APR/SPP & SPDG

The State Personnel… Performance Plan?

…with the Improvement Activities of the SPP/APR

Combining the goals and objectives of the SPDG…

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User

APR/SPP & SPDG

CENTRAL DATABASE

APR/SPP & SPDG

APR/SPP & SPDG

• The problem, likely, will not be the database. The problem will be getting people to understand and interact with the database in constructive ways.

• A web driven database will refuse to think outside of a Logic Model, so if the staff is not prepared for this type of thinking, it can be threatening.

Where Might Problems Arise?

APR/SPP & SPDG

A Few Good Questions:Does The Boss:

• Have a passing understanding of databases

• Of systems change • Fluent in Logic Models • Have a good understanding

of Outputs and Evaluation

Are The Staff:

• Somewhat fluent in Logic Models• Fairly good at understanding Outputs and Evaluation

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If you have answered YES to those questions…

Review the Improvement Activities within the SPP/APR• Is there an effective system in place for evaluation of

outputs? • Do the outputs include: Who collects the data? When the

data is collected?

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Does the Data Reveal: • Data about level of involvement• Number of participants involved• Actual number of individuals

changing• Percent change in enrollment or

participation• Actual numerical change in

enrollment or participation• Calculation of cost/benefit ratio• Data about knowledge, attitude,

skills and aspiration changes

• Numbers of people who benefited• Changes in knowledge scores• Increases in yield or income• Percent change in knowledge• Decreases in actual number of cases• Actual change scores• Coded Qualitative Data Analysis• Data concerning practice changes• Number of people who adopted new practices OR behaviors

APR/SPP & SPDG

The Benefits…Again!• A database starts here, with the smallest piece

of quantifiable, measurable, valid, reliable data, and builds. 

• Pretests, posttests, surveys, essays can all be generated from this point, and this data can be pre-slugged with verbiage to become the rough draft of annual performance reports, progress reports, etc.