Evaluation for the Unevaluated:
Program Evaluation 101

Module 1: Introduction to Evaluation - Page 4 of 9

Cool After School Program Description

Here's what the program looks like.

Cool After School
Location Springfield (midsized city in the Midwest)
Goal Reduce substance use among high-risk middle school children
Intervention Provide multifaceted after school programming
Target group Middle school students, ages 12-14
Number of slots 50
Enrollment 30 girls, 20 boys
Program staff 3 adults (teachers); 4 teacher's aides or college age mentors
Duration 9 months per year (September-June), 3 hours per day (3-6 pm)
Program elements Supervision, health promotion, academic assistance, recreation/sports, parent involvement and parent activities

Jack hired some super people to help him with the program. He was lucky to find three adults and four college kids, high-energy, wholesome guys who'd played a lot of high school and college soccer. The team sports component of the program was likely to be a huge success.

Jack worried a bit about not being able to find some good female staff but put it on his list to recruit heavily for the second year of the program. Cool After School was off and running.

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