Education is always evolving, growing, and changing. Each year, there are new teaching strategies and methods that are designed to enhance classroom instruction. My desire to continue to grow professionally and become a better educator has led me to pursue an advanced degree in education. As an early childhood educator my main role is currently a classroom teacher. However, one day I hope to be able to possibly step into a leadership role or become an academic coach. With that being said, program evaluation is a large part of leadership roles. Principals and coaches are constantly changing and reviewing programs that are already or will be implemented in their schools.
The content in this course will help me to delve deeper into understanding that programs are not just implemented and then everything is perfect. It can also provide me with some insight on how program evaluation is works and what it entails. For the most part, knowing how program are evaluated and how it can benefit teacher and students can only prove to be beneficial for myself and my students.
As with anything, I think that I can provide some useful feedback to the program evaluation process. Also, it will allow me to explore some areas that I may not otherwise be involved in. As teachers, we are often involved in many panels, programs and committees in school and they are allow us to learn and be educated by just being a part of it. By learning more about program evaluation, it will allow me to help to evaluate and provide feedback form a knowledge and educated perspective.
Questions for program evaluations:
1. How are students involved in the program evaluation process?
2. Once a program evaluation is used for a program how often is it evaluated to determine if it is successful?
3. Do all programs undergo the same program evaluation process?
