How-Tos: Community Partnership Evaluation
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files. To download a free copy, please visit the Adobe web site. Adult Education at Work: A Collaborative Resource Addressing the Changing World of Work and Learning
D. Davis, Tennessee Department of Education, Division of Adult and Community Education
A step-by-step guide for adult education program administrators interested in creating or improving workplace education programs through partnerships with employers and other educators. Describes the history of and current trends in workplace education and offers information, ideas for activities, resources, and sample forms to help develop a program's infrastructure, goals, partnerships, content, recruiting techniques, and methods for assessment, evaluation, and reporting.
Download/view: PDF (599KB) Assessing Your Collaboration: A Self-Evaluation Tool
L. Borden and D. Perkins, Journal of Extension, Volume 37, Number 2, April 1999
Reviews significant research on effective collaborations and highlights essential components for existing and new partnerships. Presents a brief, easy-to-use checklist that is designed to assess the successes and weaknesses of a particular collaboration.
http://www.joe.org/joe/1999april/tt1.html Community ToolBox
Kansas University Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development
A large, detailed resource that offers guidance on how to build and develop healthier communities. Areas of focus include leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, advocacy, grant writing, and evaluation. Links to helpful Web pages and listservs addressing community issues such as funding, health and education.
http://ctb.ku.edu/ Guide to Performance Management for Community Literacy Coalitions
National Institute for Literacy, 2008
Enables community literacy coalitions and their partners to develop a community literacy outcome measurement process to assess literacy across the community, as well as activities of direct-service providers. Contains outcome indicators and data collection sources for common literacy activities and sample survey questions. Describes how to analyze data and use the analysis for program improvement.
Download/view: PDF (KB) | HTML National Network for Collaboration: Training Manual
A guide and diagnostic tool for those starting or strengthening a collaboration. Divided into four sections—Collaboration Framework, Training Manual, Standards of Practice, and Evaluation Toolkit. Describes the key elements of collaboration; suggests activities to help train players in the collaboration process; provides research-based standards of good practice for building and maintaining effective community collaborations; and offers a series of modules, including a progress checklist, to help users assess their community needs and the partnerships they build to address them.
http://crs.uvm.edu/nnco/cd/tablecon.htm |
