WSA Courses – Evaluating Community Development

WSA Courses – Evaluating Community Development and Measuring Change

Course title: Evaluating Community Development

Duration: One day

Customisation: This course can be tailored to your context and needs

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Aimed at those who work with community groups, projects or programmes, WSA Community’s Evaluating Community Development course helps participants develop a clear understanding of community-based evaluation.

 

This established course provides useful practical tools to strategically plan and measure the impact of work being done, buidling yoiur knowledge and confidence in embedding evaluation at planning, implementation and review stages.

Who is this course for?

 

  • People who work with community groups, projects or programmes, who could benefit from a clear understanding of community-based evaluation.
  • Those in communities or running community projects who want to measure the changes their projects make.
  • Useful for people in this arena who need practical tools to strategically plan and evaluate their own work or that of others.

What outcomes can I expect?

 

  • Understanding of the principles of evaluation and its relationship to community development values and the different approaches to evaluation.
  • You’ll be able to employ a number of participative techniques and have a clear understanding of measuring quality and how to do this effectively. 

What will I learn?

 

  • The significance of evaluation to community development and the relationship between the two.

  • How to map out positive changes using a Theory of Change approach.

  • Data collection methods and how to set indicators or measures of success.

  • Which types of data you can collect and how to consider different data sources in analysing data.

What tools and knowledge will I take away?

 

  • A logic model or theory of change, and how to apply this to your work to focus on outcomes.

  • A practical understanding of the different kinds of data and evaluation tools you can use.

  • An appreciation of how to set appropriate measures and indicators.  

“This was a strong introduction to the field of evaluation, and would really help anyone looking to start embedding good evaluation practice into their work.”

“[I feel better able to] collaborate with communities and use evaluation methods that are fun and interesting alongside more quantity-based data that informs aspects like funding.”

“I have a better understanding and more clear approach to evaluations now.”

“[I valued] looking at the methods and approaches for collecting data, and the opportunity to discuss and reflect on the challenges and complexities of evaluation.”

“[I feel better able to] give a better, more balanced view to managers and communities on the part of the work we are involved with and how this is still measurable when working in collaboration with others.”


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Understanding Community Development

How to Engage with Communities

Train the Trainer