Evaluation issues: learning and development
NOW PLEASE COMPLETE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOUR PROJECT.
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Section B – Part 1: Family support
23. Please indicate the main/immediate target group benefiting from the project (tick one): Parents / guardians Both parents/guardians and children Children Other (please describe)
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24. Please describe the specific activity funded by your project and how it provides support to families:
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25. Have you asked beneficiaries (parents/children) what they think of the project?
Yes
No
not applicable (e.g. too early; no direct beneficiaries; etc)
26. If yes, please indicate what methods you have used to collect their feedback (tick all that apply):
Written feedback (e.g. questionnaires)
Structured verbal feedback (e.g. telephone survey) Informal verbal feedback
Formal evaluation (e.g. by external consultants) Other (please describe)
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27. Does your project involve links with other relevant agencies involved in family support, e.g. SureStart, health board, etc (tick all that apply)?
Yes, people are sometimes referred by the project to other support agencies Yes, people are sometimes referred to the project by other support agencies
Yes, the project is co-located with other family support agencies
Yes, project staff have contact with other agencies in relation to the project No, there are no links with other agencies
Other (please describe): …
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Section B – Part 2: Workforce development
1. Please describe the ways in which your project supports workforce development (tick all that apply):
It enhances the skills of existing childcare workers It helps increase the number of childcare workers
It funds equipment/facilities that will benefit workforce development It funds training
It funds salaries and/or administration costs Other (describe)
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2. Does the project provide any training to childcare workers? Yes No If yes, please provide details:
Type of training (e.g. health & safety, assisting children with special needs, etc)
No. workers trained to date
Total no. expected to be trained
a) b)
c) d)
(please continue on a separate sheet if necessary)
3. Is the project consistent with the workforce training strategy of your local childcare partnership?
Yes No
Don’t know
LCP does not have a workforce training strategy
4. If yes, please indicate what methods you have used to collect their feedback (tick all that apply):
Written feedback (e.g. questionnaires)
Structured verbal feedback (e.g. telephone survey) Informal verbal feedback
Formal evaluation (e.g. by external consultants) Other (please describe)
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5. Please describe any barriers you have encountered that relate specifically to the issue of workforce development (e.g. any problems with recruitment, training provision, capacity, etc).
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Section B – Part 3: Capital support
1. Please describe the focus of your project (tick all that apply) New building
Refurbishment /alteration / extension of existing premises Creation or enhancement of outdoor area
Purchase of equipment or fittings Purchase of toys / play equipment
Mobile provision Other (please describe) …
2. Has the project received specialist or technical support from your local authority during the implementation stage (e.g. legal services, architectural services, planning services, etc)?
Yes No
n/a (e.g. we are the local authority)
If yes, how satisfied were you with this support?
Very satisfied Unsatisfied
Satisfied Very unsatisfied
Neither Too early to say / don’t know
3. Please state which other organisation/s (if any) are providing you with specialist or technical support
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4. Have you experienced any technical or logistical difficulties in implementing the project? Yes No
If yes, please describe: …
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5. How will you ensure that your target group makes use of the facility/ies? …
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Section B – Part 4: Children with Additional Support Needs (ASN)
1. Please indicate how you assessed the need for this project at the start: …
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2. Please indicate the immediate target group/s benefiting from this project (tick all that apply): Parents/guardians
Children with additional support needs Childcare providers (organisations)
Childcare providers (individuals, e.g. playworkers) Other
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3. Please indicate the nature of your project (tick all that apply):
It helps to create additional childcare places for children with ASN It helps to improve the quality of existing provision for children with ASN It helps children with ASN to access mainstream settings
It provides advice and information to families and/or childcare providers Other (please describe)
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4. If your project enables children with ASN to take up places in mainstream childcare settings, please indicate approximately how many children will do so:
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5. If the project improves the quality of existing places, please indicate how (tick all that apply): It provides additional equipment
It provides staff training / development
It gives childcare providers access to advice/information Other (please describe)
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6. If yes, please indicate what methods you have used to collect their feedback (tick all that apply):
Written feedback (e.g. questionnaires)
Structured verbal feedback (e.g. telephone survey) Informal verbal feedback
Formal evaluation (e.g. by external consultants) Other (please describe)
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Section B – Part 5: Combined Care and Learning
1. Please indicate how the project combines care and learning (tick all that apply): It provides a new location/facility for delivery of care and learning
It improves an existing location/facility for combined delivery It funds a post to contribute to combined care and learning It provides equipment for combined care and learning It gives childcare providers access to advice/information Other (please describe)
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2. What would you say are the main barriers (if any) to combining childcare and learning? …
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3. Have you asked beneficiaries (parents/children/providers) what they think of the project?
Yes
No
not applicable (e.g. too early)
4. If yes, please indicate what methods you have used to collect their feedback (tick all that apply):
Written feedback (e.g. questionnaires)
Structured verbal feedback (e.g. telephone survey) Informal verbal feedback
Formal evaluation (e.g. by external consultants) Other (please describe)
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Section B – Part 6: Outdoor Play
1. Does your project involve:
Creation/enhancement of an outdoor play area
Recruitment/training of staff to deliver activity in outdoor play area Both of the above
Other (please describe) ……
2. (If relevant): Please describe the type of outdoor play area your project has created / will create:
Open space (e.g. multi-purpose yard, garden) Fixed play equipment
Mobile play equipment A combination of the above Other (please describe)
3. (If relevant): Please describe the type of training provided to staff: …
4. Have you asked beneficiaries (parents/children/providers) what they think of the project?
Yes
No
not applicable (e.g. too early)
5. If yes, please indicate what methods you have used to collect their feedback (tick all that apply):
Written feedback (e.g. questionnaires)
Structured verbal feedback (e.g. telephone survey) Informal verbal feedback
Formal evaluation (e.g. by external consultants) Other (please describe)
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Annex B: Case study information
B.1 In this Annex we summarise the key features of our 12 case study projects.