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The document summarizes the purpose and activities of an internship with the CYFAR Idaho Project. The internship aims to: 1) Develop skills in evaluating community programs using tools like the Life Skills Evaluation and Common Measures surveys. 2) Administer these evaluation tools and collect data from youth programs in Idaho. 3) Learn strategies for communicating evaluation results. The CYFAR Project provides after-school programs for at-risk youth focusing on life skills, health, academics and community service. The internship will involve directly administering surveys, entering data, analyzing results, and assisting in writing evaluation reports to communicate outcomes.
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- 2. Purpose of My Internship with the CYFAR Idaho Project (Children, Youth, and Families At Risk) 1. To develop a knowledge of procedures and tools for evaluating a community program 2. Administer procedures and tools for evaluating community programs 3. To know a variety of strategies for communicating results of evaluation 4. To develop skills checklists of mastery of various 4-H units
- 3. CYFAR Project (Children, Youth, Families At Risk) CYFAR is an evidenced-based program for at-risk youth and families CYFAR is funded from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
- 4. CYFAR Project Sites in Idaho Five Year Grant Cycle Potlatch/Latah County, 2nd year Bonners Ferry/Boundary County, 2nd year Farmway Village/ Caldwell and Canyon County, 2nd year Plummer/Benewah County, 5th year Burley/Cassia County, 5th year
- 5. Overview of Idaho’s CYFAR Program Content Based on “Learning By Doing” After school programs include activities to teach and promote a healthy lifestyle that includes good eating habits and physical activities Children will have time for and help with homework Science, math, cooking, art and multicultural learning experiences will be fundamental to the activities Children will learn to give back to their community
- 6. Learning by Doing Arts at Farmway Village
- 7. Site Activities 1. Three family events each year plus National program, “Lights on Afterschool” 2. Children design and carry out community project 3. On-going staff training in content areas 4. Parents input throughout school year via face to face with staff and surveys 5. Parents encouraged and trained to volunteer in program 6. Community collaboration developed through meetings and updates on positive impact of program 7. Development of afterschool CYFAR advisory board with various groups and parents as members
- 8. Internship Purposes Learning About and Using Evaluation Tools
- 9. Expected Child Outcomes Increased communication skills Increased self-responsibility skills Increase in healthy lifestyle choices and physical activity Indicators of Success Evidence as measured by a pre/post Life Skills Evaluation Survey and the Common Measures Survey
- 10. Evaluation Tools 1. The Life Skills Evaluation Tool 2. The Common Measures Tool
- 11. 1. Pencil and Paper Surveys Pre and Post Life Skills Survey of All Children in the Program at the Start and End of Each School Year
- 12. Clickers are hand-held devices programed to work with an online evaluation software program The CYFERnet Evaluation Team at the University of Arizona receives the data and sends feedback to the local and national CYFAR directors 2. iClickers, More Than Just Another Computer
- 13. Internship Purpose III Strategies for Communicating Results Reviewed previous reports Assisting in composing 2011-12 report
- 14. General Results from CYFAR 2010-2011 Evaluation type: data from observation, monthly activity schedules, and reported attendance rates collected on an- ongoing basis throughout the school year. Short Term 1. Staff trained on the experiential learning model 2. Staff trained in use of 4-H curricula and outside resources in the content area of science/technology, healthy life styles, arts, and culture 3. Sites offered a variety of programming on the four content areas
- 15. Short term results continued… 4. Appropriate life skills development, ages and stages for child development and learning styles and using iClickers 5. Increased involvement of families in afterschool program 6. Increased awareness of program among school district personnel, community organizations, and local governmental organizations
- 16. Questions?
- 17. What I Learned
- 18. Strategies to support children to be effective survey takers Strategies for scheduling time for surey takers Strategies for transferring childern’s survey to national software program Strategies to assure that best practices for human assurances in research have been met when working with children Knowing How to Use Evaluation Tools
- 19. Knowing How to Use Evaluation Tools cont… Strategies for minimizing distractions in the testing environment Strategies for assuring children independently respond, without bias from test administrators Challenges of developing tests/assessments for children that are scored easily and reliable Assessments/tests are age appropriate, but may not be understood by all children of that age Time respond for some children is shorter/longer than for others Use multiple approaches to questionnaire may be necessary to address learning styles
- 20. Using the Tools with Children With the children, respecting their learning levels and developmental characteristics matters. Children respond to novel ways to “take a test.” School-age children like to share about themselves and their opinions.
- 21. Reporting Strategies Importance of making sure reports are written with facts that are communicated across all cooperating partners. Formats for sharing results with others. Strategies for analyzing data across a team. Strategies for cooperatively writing a final report with colleagues.
- 22. Learning By Doing Robotics Project
- 23. Questions?