Youth Development EvaluationYouth Development Evaluation

Orientation

NC 4-H E-LC 2016NC 4-H E-LC 2016PeoplePeople

How does this image represent…How does this image represent…

A young person in your countyYour youth development evaluation strategyThe future of the Evaluation Learning Circle

TRAINingTRAINing

Ticket to ride…Ticket to ride…

Just getting through the gate…Just getting through the gate…

Horror stories…Horror stories…

NC 4-H Eval Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed Goals

NC 4-H Eval Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed Goals• Become a learning organization

– Standard: Organizational Psychology Research– Essential Question: What is the organizational

equivalent of the smartphone?

An organization’s ability to learn and translate that learning into action rapidly is the ultimate competitive advantage.—Jack Welch

Purpose

Purpose

NC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed GoalsNC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed Goals• Become a learning organization

– Standard: Organizational Psych– Essential Question: What is the organizational

equivalent of the smartphone?1. What are desired results?

2. What is evidence of understanding?

1. What learning experiences will get to understanding?

1. What are desired results?

2. What is evidence of understanding?

1. What learning experiences will get to understanding?

Source: Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe. (2005). Understanding by Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, pp. 17-19.

NC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed GoalsNC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed Goals• Become a learning organization

– Standard: Org Psych– Essential Question: What is the organizational

equivalent of the smartphone?

• Advance youth development quality and impact– Standard: Search, HighScope, Forum for YD, Tufts/4-H– Essential Question: How do young people learn to

master life’s challenges?

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

--Maria Montessori

NC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed GoalsNC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed Goals• Become a learning organization

– Standard: Org Psych– Essential Question: What is the organizational

equivalent of the smartphone?

• Advance youth development quality and impact– Standard: Search, HighScope, Forum for YD, Tufts/4-H– Essential Question: How do young people master

life’s challenges?

1. What do youth need to know for healthy development?

2. What skills enable youth to achieve?

1. What must youth understand to become contributing members of society?

1. What do youth need to know for healthy development?

2. What skills enable youth to achieve?

1. What must youth understand to become contributing members of society?

Source: Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe. (2005). Understanding by Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, pp. 58-59.

NC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed GoalsNC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed Goals• Become a learning organization

– Standard: Org Psych– Essential Question: What is the organizational

equivalent of the smartphone?

• Advance youth development quality and impact– Standard: Search, HighScope, Forum for YD, Tufts/4-H– Essential Question: How do young people master

challenges?1. What do youth need to know for healthy

development?

2. What skills enable youth to achieve?

1. What must youth understand to become contributing members of society?

1. What do youth need to know for healthy development?

2. What skills enable youth to achieve?

1. What must youth understand to become contributing members of society?

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NC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed GoalsNC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed Goals• Become a learning organization

– Standard: Org Psych– Essential Question: What is the organizational

equivalent of the smartphone?

• Advancing youth development quality and impact– Standard: Search, HighScope, Forum for YD, Tufts/4-H– Essential Question: How will young people meet

challenges, present & future

• Advance authentic assessment in youth development– Standard: Understanding by Design, Evaluation Stds.– Essential Question: How can we know if/when/how

programming matters?

…authentic problem solving requires decidingwhen to use which approach and which facts…

--Grant Wiggins

…authentic problem solving requires decidingwhen to use which approach and which facts…

--Grant Wiggins

NC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed GoalsNC 4-H Evaluation Learning Circle(E-LC) Proposed Goals• Become a learning organization

– Standard: Peter Senge– Essential Question: What is the organizational equivalent of

the smartphone?

• Advancing youth development quality and impact– Standard: Search, HighScope, Forum for YD, Tufts/4-H– Essential Question: How will young people meet

challenges, present & future

• Advancing authentic assessment in youth development– Standard: Understanding by Design, Evaluation Stds.– Essential Question: How can we know if/when/how

programming matters?

We s(t)imulate learning-by-doing by:•Informal checks for understanding•Observations and dialogues•Tests and quizzes•Open-ended questions, problems•Performance tasks

We s(t)imulate learning-by-doing by:•Informal checks for understanding•Observations and dialogues•Tests and quizzes•Open-ended questions, problems•Performance tasks

Source: Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe. (2005). Understanding by Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, pp. 152-153.

Six Facets to Build Assessments for Understanding Six Facets to Build Assessments for Understanding A student who really understands can…

1.Explain big ideas in paraphrase

1.Interpret meanings of ideas

1.Apply in new situations

•See in perspective

1.Demonstrate empathy

•Reveal self-knowledge, thoughts, feelings, values

Source: Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe. (2005). Understanding by Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, pp. 163-164.

E-LC: Making the Best BetterE-LC: Making the Best Better

ACQUISITION…of facts, skills

MEANING…of ideas, processes

TRANSFER…to new situations

Direct InstructionInforming via explicit instruction on targeted knowledge and skills

Facilitative Teaching, engaging learners in processing, guided inquiry, projects

Coachingwith clear performance goals for independent practice, feedback, just-in-time teaching

Strategies include…

LectureAdvance organizersQuestioningDemonstrationGuidance, processingFeedback

Diagnostic assessmentAnalogies, examplesInquiry, problem-learningQuestioning, probingReciprocal teachingRethinking, reflection

Ongoing assessment and feedbackConsultingPrompting self-assessment, reflection

Source: Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe. (2011). The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Units. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, pp. 105.

Process

Process

Exemplar: NC 4-H CampsExemplar: NC 4-H CampsPossibil

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Meeting Time, Place, FormatMeeting Time, Place, Format

• Online Monthly: lunchtime? Early morning?• E-Basics Self-Directed

• Project Group Consults

• Special Opps: Yours and Mine

• Products: Project reports, publications

Grants, Project plans

Recruiting, Marketing

PracticalitiesPracticalities