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The Assessment and Facilitation Tool evaluation system is designed to help youth development professionals, teachers, parents, and other caring adults to assess children and youth on life skills that can enhance outcomes regarding diversity, science, leadership, citizenship, art, and more. To help in deliberately planning activities and programs, assessing strengths and weakness of collaborations, community projects, programs, teachers, parents and tracking changes in life skills of children and youth, and assess change and impact. The youth life skills areas apply to adults everyday as they make decisions, use critical thinking, communicate what they are thinking or where they want to go, solve problems, encourage curiosity and creativity, and be social conscience in the things we do. One of the first questions to be answered in getting started is what tool to pick? We suggest you read through the sub-areas of importance or constructs for each of the tools and examine how well they fit with your objectives and program plan. You may also want to look at the questions within each of the sub-areas of importance for each of the tools.If you have questions or need assistance contact Human Service Research. |
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| Collaboration Framework |
The National Network for Collaboration created a framework of community resources with a training manual and standards of practice in helping children and families. The collaboration framework provides theoretical and practical underpinnings of collaboration. The framework is based on a core foundation of shared vision, mission, principles, and Values. It identifies and defines the factors both process and contextual which can promote or inhibit the effectiveness of a collaborationn and it's desired outcomes. All the materials in the resources are based on the collaboration framework. The training module is for interested individuals in community based collaborative efforts to build long term positive community assets. The training manual is broken into discrete learning units that provide individuals with the necessary tools to take a group from the earliest conception of formation to evaluation of collaborative efforts. Click on the image for a printable pdf.
Instructions for implementing the tool manually off-line, printable cards, and scoring worksheet Sample of custom email instructions for on-line Find Your Group Tool Note to use the tool on-line you will need to log into the system and set up a program and survey. |
| Collaboration Spider Web |
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The Collaboration Spider Web evaluation tool identifies factors that influence the collaborative process and allows individuals and groups to determine which factors may need to be strengthened or addressed. Both process and contextual factors are represented on the spiderweb. Reading and understanding the definitions of the factors are critical for individuals to use this tool.
Collaboration Sub-Area Definitions Note to use the tool on-line you will need to log into the system and set up a program and survey.
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Sustainability Spider Web |
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Sustainability of an initiative or program is critical in building community assets and achieving long term outcomes. The Sustainability Spider Web identifies factors that effect sustainability. Individuals should understand the definitions before completing the survey.
Sustainability Sub-Area Definitions Sample of custom email instructions for on-line Sustainability Spider Web Note to use the tool on-line you will need to log into the system and set up a program and survey.
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| Prevention Program Spider Web |
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An effective prevention program has various degrees of the factors listed below. The Prevention Program Spider Web helps you collect information on how others perceive your program on these factors that can assist in assessment, conversations, planning, and evaluation. Individuals should understand the definitions before completing the survey.
Prevention Pttogram Sub-Area Definitions Sample of custom email instructions for on-line Prevention Program Spider Web Note to use the tool on-line you will need to log into the system and set up a program and survey.
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| Youth Programming Spider Web |
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An effective youth program has various degrees of the factors listed below. The Youth Program Spider Web helps you collect information on how others perceive your program on these factors that can assist in assessment, conversations, planning, and evaluation. Individuals should understand the definitions before completing the survey.
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Youth Life Skills |
In Outcomes in the Colaboration Framework it refers to real people impacts. Youth Life Skills Tools helps us to assess where children and youth are and measure if we can change decision making, critical thinking, communication, goal setting, problem solving, social conscience, curisoity, and more. If repeated it may show change. If used as a conversation tool with parents, teachers, and other we may learn even more.
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Accessibility and Human Service Research Human Service Research, Inc. is committed to making the tools and resources accessible as possible to children, youth, and families. To see a video and resources click here. |
