Essay - What Type of Evaluation Will You Conduct? Who Are the...

What type of evaluation will you conduct? Who are the stakeholders, and what interests do *****y have? Discuss the considerations that will guide your evaluation planning.

I would perform a program evaluation allowing me to collect data related to the activities, characteristics, and the results of ***** program. This type ***** evaluation would also allow me to make recommendations to the director of mental health about what can be done to improve the ***** and future planning. I would ***** perform clinical interviews this would allow me to gather psychological information ***** the participants and evaluate the ***** his*****ry and changes in the ********** psychological state as a result of the program. (Types ***** Evaluations)

My evaluation would determine whether or not the ***** is effective ***** worth the cost of continuation.

The stakeholders in ***** case are the adults and teens that ***** counseled, the community members and the community health center. All of ********** ***** have specific ***** in the program; ***** ***** and ***** that are counseled are depending on the program to assist *****m with their educational, emotional and sexual problems; the community members ***** donated their time ***** the program and are ***** on the program to ***** the community ***** they also want ***** know ***** the ***** that they donated was well spent; the community health center has donated time, money and resources and they want the program to be a good investment.

There would be sever*****l considerations that would guide my evaluation of the program. These considerations would include ***** amount of time that the program has been in operation. This is important because one year ***** ***** a long period of time and ***** ********** expect to find the same results in a ***** that has only ***** in operation for one year as compared to a progr*****m that has been operating ***** ten years. In o*****r w*****ds, there would be major differences *****tween a progr*****m ***** has just begun and a well-established program.

***** goals of the program would also play a role in guid*****g my *****. I would question whether or not the goals that have been set forth are being met. For instance I would request documented proof of improvement in grades, reduction in risky ***** behavior and ***** improvement. This would be important to ***** evaluation ***** it would establish that ***** ***** is needed and beneficial to the *****.

I ***** also do a ***** benefit analysis of ***** program, this would determ*****e whether or not the benefits realized by the ***** outweigh the cost or vice versa. If ***** ***** ***** the program outweigh the cost I ***** recommend that ***** program continue and be granted additional funding. But if the cost of the program outweighs the *****nefits I would ***** that the ***** be terminated. A cost benefit analysis is ***** when evaluating a program because it determines ***** or ***** a progr*****m is cost *****.

The final *****line to my evaluation would be