Developing evaluative practices to assess and implement appropriate change
Youth workers work on helping and empowering young people, the environment, and society to change for the better – supporting the development of collective actions that stimulate change and transformation. Youth workers support actions that change policy and practice.
- plan and apply a range of participative methods of assessment and evaluation?
- develop adequate assessment approaches?
- verify that the outcomes of an evaluation properly match the methods used for the evaluation design and impact assessment?
- deal explicitly with the notion of change and transformation?
- support young people in challenging their views and capacity to envision next steps?
- encourage creativity when dealing with the follow-up of a given experience?
- demonstrate skills in report writing and presentations geared towards a variety of audiences?
- define appropriate ways to collect relevant information/data?
- use findings to influence practice?
- interpret information/data according to the profile and contexts of young people?
- where relevant, use ICT to support the assessment and evaluation process, or the data analysis?
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my knowledge of processes, assessment mechanisms and tools of evaluation?
- my knowledge about where and how to secure adequate data/material for evaluation?
- my knowledge about how to apply the different/chosen evaluation approaches to a non-formal learning context?
- my knowledge about quality assurance and what it includes?
- my knowledge of the different phases of impact assessment?
- my knowledge of ICT-related techniques with regard to assessment and evaluation?
- my knowledge of ICT-related techniques with regard to assessment and evaluation?
- my knowledge of what can generate change and of how to adjust the dissemination and use of results accordingly?
- my knowledge of different methods to collect data?
- my knowledge about current [youth] research which can support the evaluative process?
- my ability to identify the most appropriate evaluative approach with regard to the needs of the young people and to the objectives of the activity?
- my skill of ensuring that the impact assessment of the young people’s needs suit the objectives identified?
- my skills to write reports and to present them to diverse audiences?
- my ability to work with both quantitative and qualitative information/data?
- my ability to interpret information/data according to the context of the activity?
- my ability to plan an experience’s follow-up while taking into account the outcomes of the programme/project?
- my attitude towards openness to different evaluation and [self-]assessment approaches in non-formal learning environments?
- my readiness to learn about evaluation & assessment?
- my readiness to be challenged and challenge other with regard to transformation?
- my interest in processes of change?
- my readiness to present and share the outcomes of a programme/project with a wider audience?
- my awareness of the fact that no information/data is 100% reliable (with regard to its collection and use)?