Discussion Journal 7

This week we learned that evaluating programs is important. We evaluate programs so that we can have the best program possible; keep what works and fix what doesn't. With all that we have to make sure we use different perspectives, get facts and feelings, and ask the experts. We also learned how to incorporate evaluation into our logic models. Asking the question of who needs to know and how we will evaluate each section of the logic model helps us understand our program better.

This week nothing touched emotionally on my life in relation to evaluation, but it did make me think of things in relation to my workplace and my team. I am captain of my team and thinking about how we do things sometimes is interesting. We never really stop to evaluate how our means of communication is going or if people are really relaying the information. We text all the women as well as write the stuff on a board in the locker room. One day I tried doing a Facebook message and I asked them what they preferred they said that the text message was easier as they get it instantly. A few said they can't receive group messages. Evaluating how we communicate to our team is extremely important because everyone needs the message, so my co-captain and I have been experimenting with different ideas this week to maximize our communication, ultimately maximizing the success of our program. 

My action plan is to really incorporate evaluation into the SEPPP we are working on for our group. We have already started to run into some things that could jeopardize how our program turns out. If we constantly evaluate how our plan is going and how we see our program going I believe it is going to be successful. The biggest thing with evaluation is communication. Our group needs to communication regularly to evaluate our plan.