Program Overview

The presented problem at my organization is truancy. There has been an increase in absenteeism and the organization has proactively created an attendance committee to track and tackle attendance.The program consists of multiple stakeholders which includes dean of students, office managers, and social workers. Each member of the committee is assigned a specific grade for outreach. The grades are 5th - 8th, if the committee identifies students who are absent more than three days with no communication from family or a doctor's notes. There will be a follow up call and notes will be imputed on the tracker regarding communication. The tracker consists of absent dates, and the follow-up action includes reaching the families. If a student is absent eight (8) times, the parent/guardian will be called to school to meet with the stakeholders; principal, dean of students, social worker, and office manager.The Problem will be discussed at the meeting, and an attendance plan will be developed. The child is considered truant if a student is absent ten (10) times yearly. At this point, the student is at risk of not being promoted to the next grade. The parent/guardian will be called to the school to meet with an administrator. If a student is absent fifteen(15+) times a year, the school, as state-mandated reporters, must report this truancy and notify Child Protective Services.

Questions

1. Introduction -Create an introduction starting with this statement "In this paper I will be presenting a program evaluation"

2. Focus Evaluation - This section identifies the primary research question(s).

• Indicate research questions for outcome evaluation?
• This section indicates how the evaluation approach/research will attend to diversity?
• Students proposing an Outcome Eval have fully cover Steps 3a and 3b from Grinnell et al. (2019) (pages 242-244). Step 3: Selecting Program Objectives, 3b:Measuring Program Objectives.

3. Possible Data and Measures

• What kind of measuring scale will be used to measure the attendance committee program?
• The type of study is correctly identified (quant, qual or mixed methods).QuantitativePre- and Post-Intervention
• At least one measure is described, including why it was selected/created, and considering cultural appropriateness.
• Write down potential pre/post questionnaires and why this question is relevant to cultural appropriateness.

4. A discussion of the data collection plan is covered, including:

• Potential ethical issues.
• Students proposing an Outcome Evaluation have included addressed steps 4a, 4b, and 4c covered in Grinnell et al. (2019) Chapter 13, pages 245-248;Step 4a: Selecting Samples or Data Sources, Step 4b: Pilot-Testing Measuring Instruments, Step 4c: Administering the Measuring Instruments

5. Conclusions and Dissemination

• Please explain your conclusions, use, and share lessons learnedGiven your data collection plan, indicate how you will draw conclusions from your data and how you will disseminate your findings.
• Students proposing an Outcome Evaluation have included how you would assess your data and a best guess about what the data would reveal, as well as how findings could be disseminated to stakeholders and beyond focusing on Grinnell et al. (2019) pages 248-250.