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Youth Work Session Evaluation Ideas – Part 2

November 9, 2011 By Shae Pepper Leave a Comment

Youth work session evaluation ideasWe’re continuing to explore different methods for youth work session evaluations.

Why is it important to conduct session evaluations? Find out more about the reasons for youth to help evaluate youth work sessions, as well as how you can use a numerical scale to rate your youth work.

While it’s in keeping with the idea of a numerical scale, today we’ll be looking at how to create a paper questionnaire for your youth to complete. Paper questionnaires can be long and tedious, so it’s best to try and keep it to 1/2 a page or 1 page with a large font size and pictures to encourage youth to complete it.

Session evaluation questionnaires can be designed in one of three ways (click on each link for a basic printable example to get you started):

  1. Numerical Scales (Quantitative – measurable outcomes)
  2. Question and Answer (Qualitative – observed outcomes that can’t be measured)
  3. Numerical Scales & Question and Answer (Quantitative AND Qualitative)

Personally, I prefer the third type, including both easy to choose numerical options and reflective questioning to provide rich data for myself, my team and other stakeholders.

Sometimes it just needs to be a quick little survey, so options one or two might work best in those circumstances. A youth worker that uses all three types of youth work session evaluations will benefit from robust data that’s both quantitative and qualitative. They’ll also have a youth group that doesn’t get sick of completing the same evaluation tool each week.

Question: Do you use quantitative methods, qualitative methods or both when having young people complete youth work session evaluations? Let us know in the comments below.

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Filed Under: Youth Work Program Administration Tagged With: Number Scale Evaluation, Qualitative Measurements, Quantitative Measurements, Questionnaire, Session Evaluation, Youth Work Resources

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