Learning Objectives:

1. Have a basic understanding of program evaluation.
   
2. Understand some of the types and models used in evaluations.

The Main Lesson:

Read these materials

• Evaluations are very important in the work of an Extension Agent.  We must be prepared to evaluate each and every activity that we are working on.  The first and foremost thing we must answer with evaluations is:  Did we meet our objectives.  NC 4-H has Ben Silliman, Extension 4-H Specialist, taking  responsibility of evaluating the activities and events that make up the NC 4-H Program.

• For this week there will be a couple of  powerpoint presentations that will help in establishing a basic knowledge of 4-H evaluations and how beneifical they are.
  

• View here at introevaluationa.htm
• View here at survey design and creation
  

• Here is a journal article for you to read  from the Journal of Extension about evaluations. Are evaluations an afterthought or are they an integral part of program development?

• http://www.joe.org/joe/1995april/a4.html

For Further Study

• Here is a website that you can go to which has a Basic Guide to Program Evaluation.

• http://www.managementhelp.org/evaluatn/fnl_eval.htm

• Take what you have learned about evaluations and create a survey regarding your term project using the design techniques learned in this lesson. This  homework assignment should also be submitted through Vista.