Strategies 2.0 Southern California Learning Community

Save The Date! Join us on  Friday May 17, 2019  for the last convening in our four part series: Achieving Impact through Evaluation and Data for Family Strengthening Programs Know Your Audience: Potential Clients, Program Participants and Community Members Hub: Otis Booth Center at Children's Institute in Los Angeles Remote Participation: Atascadero, Lancaster, San Bernardino, San Diego and online Please look for an email with enrollment details arriving in your inbox soon! On May 17th we will share examples of how regional participants have implemented the tools and resources with their programs. We are collecting: "Wipe out" reports - half or one page reports with spotty data. These are examples of getting in the practice of creating outcome reports using what you have available. Examples of how you are developing a culture of inquiry with your team. Examples of evaluation plans and your experience implementing them. Please contact Natalie Rhodes, at 805-260-9333 or nataliestets@gmail.com , to share your reports and stories.

March 8th Learning Community

Thank you for joining us on March 8, 2019 for  Achieving Impact through Evaluation and Data for Family Strengthening Programs.  Know Your Audience: Staff and Volunteers .

Many thanks to Amina Fields and Todd Sosna from Children's Institute in Los Angeles, for sharing your expertise and experience with our regional participants!

Please visit the Strategies 2.0 YouTube Channel to access the Learning Community Convening recordings.

Putting learning into action

All the convening participants are encouraged to: Create a Logic Model for one program. Then use your Logic Model to create a simple evaluation plan for that program. See the example from Amina Fields' presentation below.

Review data with staff as a way to reflect and identify opportunities for improvement. Develop a culture of inquiry with your team and cultivate curiosity and open-mindedness about data. Generate outcome reports with the data you have available. Don't wait for more or better data, just begin with what you have. Practice viewing data through the lens of decision making. What decisions do you and your staff need to make and how can your existing data assist you? What data is missing that would be helpful in your decision making? What decisions are your clients needing/wanting to make and how can reviewing data with them help to support their next steps?

Resources

Evaluation Readiness Worksheet This worksheet serves to stimulate reflection and dialogue regarding your organization’s various cultures of learning, with an emphasis on identifying strengths, assets and areas for growth.

Todd Sosna Presentation Slides

Amina Fields Presentation Slides

Thank you!

On behalf of the SoCal Learning Community team, thank you for your participation and all your efforts on behalf of children and families in our communities.

Natalie Rhodes, Lydia Marquez, Lisa Fraser and Enease Mansoorian.