Evaluation Of A Summative Evaluation

Our program provides a great foundation in influencing children’s health, which in turn fosters important areas of development, which children need in order to grow healthy and ready to succeed in school. This involves a joint collaboration between the program, families and the community by providing essential services to the children that include a nutritional meal plan, health and related services such as screenings for children and services for children that are ill.

In our club we will cook foods chosen by students. We will make a plan on how we will cook it and then the next day we will cook the foods in our groups. To find out how many kids would join the club, I sent out a survey to ten sixth graders and 15 seventh graders. Responses showed that 75% of people thought a cooking club was a good idea and 75% of people said they would be willing to work in a group.

The Morningside center is an afterschool program designed for at-risk youth. The Department of Human Services is requiring an evaluation component for all future contracts. Marian is in search of an evaluation program to show that Morningside center is achieving the right goals for the adolescents that attend the program. As a staff member, I suggested in the meeting that the best evaluation program to use would be the target-problem scaling. As I mentioned above, the target-problem scaling is a method of evaluating changes that take place over time. (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2015) It is also a process where the problem is identified, a plan takes place, and changes in the target problem are measured. (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2015) First off, I think this method would work best because the Department of Human Services is requiring a evaluation, which means a evaluation of the program has to take place to see if there is a problem. The second reason why I would use this method, I think this method would work best because in this method it evaluates change over time. The method will be able to determine if this program at Morningside has helped and made improvements in the adolescent’s lives. The third reason why I think this method is best because, it uses a target-problem change scale. This scale is implemented to view

Before the program starts the staff member and volunteer need to make sure all counter tops and equipment being used have been washed and wiped down (Kids in the Kitchen, n.d). Once the children are settled and attendance has been taken, it is time to designated tasks to the children (Kids in the Kitchen, n.d). These task are as followed set table, clear table, wash table wash dishes, put away clean dishes, pick up garbage (Kids in the Kitchen, n.d). Once the rules are set and told to the children the cooking class can begin. During the cooking process the staff and volunteer discuss about the certain foods and what food groups they would fall into. Depending on what is being made that week there are some different questions that are being asked in regards to the food of the week. The first week they make “Shake your Frooty” which is a fruit shake (Kids in the Kitchen, n.d). During the process of preparing the food, staff are recommend to ask discussion questions that are related to nutrition. Some discussion questions can be in regards to the taste and texture of the fruit shake, discuss the different ingredients in the fruit shake and see what food group they go into, what is sweeter honey or sugar? (Kids in the Kitchen, n.d). The questions are all based off the session of the week. While the food is being cooked or cooled down the children are allowed to go out to the games room or computer room for 15 minutes. At the end of the session the kids are given a copy of the recipe that they put into there cooking book that they can take home at the end of the

Process evaluation is used to determine if the program activities have been implemented as intended. Outcome evaluation is used to measure effects of a program in the target population by estimating the progress in the outcome objectives that the program is to achieve (CDC, n.d.).

Value for children participating (Please provide a brief overview of the educational value and provide supporting statements from either ELECT, Developmental Profiles or the Key Developmental

Next would be having the children help prepare the meal. Helping prepare and cook the meal teaches children a valuable skill for life. When helping prepare the food it can also get them to show and

The program planning activity is an essential stage in the future success of the educational institution and it revolves around the design of all steps and strategies that will have to be taken in order for the institution to meet its final objectives. The success of the project planned and the means in which it was executed are assessed through evaluations, which represent "systematic assessment[s] of the processes and/or outcomes of a program with the intent of furthering its development and improvement" (Office of Educational Assessment).

A medium term objective is to expand the outreach of the cooking classes to other state food pantries, with the support of the NH Food Bank. A second object is to have at least 10% of graduates who have partaken in the program later serve as paid assistants in future classes. Lastly, the program will work to obtain funding through the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to finance public gardens and supply the ongoing community nutrition classes. Classes will be held weekly in six-week sessions, and will consist of a lesson plan regarding a nutritional topic as well as an interactive cooking demonstration where the participants will cook alongside the instructors. This program is free to participants and all materials including equipment and food items will be supplied by the program each

On completion of the program sessions identify the strengths of this program and look for Positive feedbacks about the supportive programs from parents and the young people involved,

One of the problems that we discovered when consulting for kid fit was the initial assessment. There were some areas in which we felt could be stronger or removed from the assessment. We felt that the “My Plate” Score sheet should be altered in order to improve the assessment. The “My Plate” score sheet is given to the patients before and after the program. Although the score sheet is a good way to provide information on the patients, but many patients are not fully aware of what a healthy lifestyle consist of. With more information on the daily consumption of vegetables or fruit patients would be better suited to answer these questions. Without information on these topics, this can lead patients to unintentionally lie on the assessment. These

Preschoolers may be capable of simple food preparation tasks, such as washing fruits and vegetables and may enjoy helping prepare the family meals.

The overall mission is to “work to end hunger ad obesity through nutrition assisted programs” (School Meals, 2016). The programs ensure that the public has access to nutritious foods. The Child Nutrition Program is one of these programs but it specifically targets children. The population served would be school aged children or those who are under the age of eighteen. These programs ensure that the children who attend school, day care or community programs have healthy and nutritious food and

Questions to be posed to the community in which these children live, and to their homes especially, are as relevant as those of the target group. Do the adults “monitor” food intake and activity? If so, how knowledgeable are they about the nutritional needs of children and the

Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development (Palomba & Banta, 1999). Educational assessments are carried out to measure the efficiency of the program, the quality of instruction and progress of a child’s learning. The purpose is to determine the growth and development.