| Session Title: Participatory Evaluation With Youth Through Community Forums: A Demonstration of a Youth-Adult Training Curriculum |
| Demonstration Session 402 to be held in Centennial Section G on Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Extension Education Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Mary Arnold, Oregon State University, mary.arnold@oregonstate.edu |
| Elissa Wells, Oregon State University, elissa.wells@oregonstate.edu |
| Roger Rennekamp, Oregon State University, roger.rennekamp@oregonstate.edu |
| Abstract: Despite the growing interest in the area of youth participatory evaluation, very few models and materials exist to train youth and adults on how to conduct a participatory evaluation project. The purpose of this session is to provide a hands-on overview of a training curriculum used with 4-H youth development programs. The curriculum is designed to train youth and adult partners in participatory evaluation using community forums as a method of data collection. The session will cover the content of the curriculum as well as the process by which the curriculum is taught. Curriculum topics include: training on youth-adult partnerships, framing issues for community evaluation, hosting community forums, analyzing forum data, summarizing and reporting results, and developing a community action plan. Participants will learn about the process of teaching the curriculum, thus providing participants with strategies and ideas for engaging youth in participatory evaluation. |