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It is part of human nature to evaluate. We
look at situations, ask questions, and make changes. This non-formal
way of evaluating happens in our public and private lives.
Generally, the goal in evaluating is to learn from situations
and make changes in order to improve things. In Public Achievement,
there are precious opportunities to make more of a difference
with our work if we regularly carry out evaluation.
The purpose
of the Public Achievement Evaluation Toolkit is to provide
tools to make it easier to do evaluation. Coaches,
teachers, team members, and site teams (including school
administrators, community partners, and staff from the Center
for Democracy
and Citizenship) are all engaged in some type of evaluation.
If evaluation is done on a continual basis, the practice
deepens and strengthens the learning and contributes to what
we know
about best practices in civic work.
Familiarize
yourself with the tools. Make a plan for
your Public Achievement year. Make it a habit to
carry out evaluation
throughout
the year. And, most importantly, share your results
with your site, community, the Center for Democracy and Citizenship
and
the Public Achievement forum. There are people around
the globe interested in learning what young people
are
doing
and learning
in Public Achievement.
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