 Youth Program Evaluation - Sample Instruments and Tools
Overview
As you develop your own evaluation instruments, consider whether you
need to include the following components:
- Introduction: Includes purpose of the instrument and Human Subjects
protection information. Link to examples.
- Activity Data: Documents frequency and type of participation to facilitate analysis by category such as short vs. long-term member, group leader vs. member. If placed at the beginning, helps to set the program context for the survey. Link to examples.
- Reactions: Asks for participants' feelings about a session or program. Link to examples.
- Teaching Effectiveness: Provides feedback to presenters about teaching and facilitation skills. Link to examples.
- Outcomes: Indicators of change in knowledge, attitude, behavior, etc. Link to examples.
- Participant Information and Demographics: Gathers data about attributes of respondents and is best placed at the end of a survey. Link to examples.
- Planning: Asks participants about needs and interests to direct future program planning. Link to examples.
- Cover letter and communication to participants. Link to examples.
 Instruments & Tools
Select any of the following domains of youth programming and find
examples of youth development evaluation instruments.
MC to develop additional pages for sections with documents
- Subject Matter/Content Information: Tools to measure the
knowledge and competencies of project specific objectives (for example,
increase in knowledge of horse health and care, horse grooming, careers
working with horses)
- Diversity: Includes effective interaction with diverse individuals,
increase in understanding/empathy with those with different backgrounds
or abilities and measurement of the quality long term relationships
- Youth Development: the human growth and development of youth. This
includes the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth and
development as well as the development of risk and protective factors. (
TO DO LIST:Matt will do (Boomerang, A&C))
- Youth Engagement: Involves areas where youth are engaged
in youth governance, civic action, citizenship, youth/adult partnerships
and community service
- Organizational Development: The building and sustaining of
the organizations and partnerships that youth and adults are involved
in. Includes organizational structure, financial systems, board
development, etc. This work includes organizations and partnerships
internal and external to 4-H Youth Development and the University
of Wisconsin-Extension.
- Leadership Development: The development of the personal attributes
and skills for those that are in leadership roles, providing direction
or influence with a group to reach organizational or group goals. (TO
DO LIST: Matt will finish template)
- Volunteer Development: Includes the building and maintaining
of volunteer management systems. This involves recruitment,
selection, orientation, and training volunteers. It also includes
sustaining volunteers, evaluating volunteers, and recognition. The
Wisconsin 4-H Youth Protection Program is included.
- Equity, Access and Opportunity: Includes tools that measure
how we complete outreach work, reach new audiences, and make our
programs accessible. Civil rights initiatives are part of this
work.
- Community Building: Involves skill building and empowering
individuals and groups to change their own communities. Includes
community development, building social capital, and processes that
bring community members together.
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