Form 0920-23HO Att1_PH_LEADS_2023_0920-1050surveyword

Form Approved

OMB No 0920-1050

Exp. Date 6/30/2025

PH LEADS Post-training Evaluation

Course Title: Advanced Program Evaluation

Due Date: {insert date}

In this evaluation, you will be asked to respond to questions and statements about the [Advanced Program Evaluation] training. Your responses will help program staff improve future trainings designed for the ASPPH/CDC Public Health Fellowship.

A primary focus of this course was to teach fellows how to use the CDC Program Evaluation Framework to connect each step of the framework with a section of an evaluation plan. This training also sought to provide the needed skills to identify strategies for addressing budget, time, data and political constraints in evaluation practice.

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Please respond to the following questions and statements.

1. How relevant do you think the information from this training is to your fellowship position?

• Not at all relevant

• Slightly relevant

• Moderately relevant

• Very relevant

• Extremely relevant

2. How well do you understand how to apply concepts described in this training?

• Some significant confusion and/or blind-spots

• A basic understanding

• A solid understanding

• A comprehensive understanding

• An expert-level understanding

3. This training confirmed the importance of selecting evaluation approaches and theories appropriately.

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

4. After this training, how well do you understand how to use systematic evidence to make evaluative judgments?

• Some significant confusion and/or blind-spots

• A basic understanding

• A solid understanding

• A comprehensive understanding

• An expert-level understanding

5. This training increased your ability to reflect on an evaluation formally or informally to improve practice.

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

6. After this training, how well do you understand how to identify evaluation purposes and needs?

• Some significant confusion and/or blind-spots

• A basic understanding

• A solid understanding

• A comprehensive understanding

• An expert-level understanding

7. This training increased your ability to design credible and feasible evaluations that address identified purposes and questions.

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

8. This training expanded skills needed to determine and justify appropriate methods to answer evaluation questions, e.g., quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods..

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

9. This training demonstrated the need to identify assumptions that underlie methodologies and program logic.

• True

• False

10. This training highlighted the importance of involving partners in designing, implementing, interpreting, and reporting evaluations as appropriate.

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

11. This training demonstrated methods to collect data using credible, feasible, and culturally appropriate procedures.

• True

• False

12. After this training, how well do you understand how to identify strengths and limitations of an evaluation’s design and methods?

• Some significant confusion and/or blind-spots

• A basic understanding

• A solid understanding

• A comprehensive understanding

• An expert-level understanding

13. This training increased your ability to use evidence and interpretations to draw conclusions, making judgments and recommendations when appropriate.

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

14. This training demonstrated the need to engage a diverse range of users/partners throughout the evaluation process.

• True

• False

15. This training demonstrated the need to describe a program, including its basic purpose, components, and its functioning in broader contexts.

• True

• False

16. After this training, how well do you understand how to communicate evaluation processes and results in timely, appropriate, and effective ways?

• Some significant confusion and/or blind-spots

• A basic understanding

• A solid understanding

• A comprehensive understanding

• An expert-level understanding

17. After this training, how well do you understand how to negotiate and manage a feasible evaluation plan, budget, resources, and timeline?

• Some significant confusion and/or blind-spots

• A basic understanding

• A solid understanding

• A comprehensive understanding

• An expert-level understanding

18. This training described methods to monitor evaluation progress and quality and makes adjustments when appropriate.

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

19. This training confirmed the importance of managing and implementing safeguards for evaluation data.

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

20. This training demonstrated the need to foster positive relationships for professional practice and evaluation use.

• True

• False

21. This training increased skills needed to communicate in meaningful ways that enhance the effectiveness of the evaluation.

• Strongly Disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

22. Would you like to provide any additional feedback about this training?

23. Are there any specific trainings you want PH LEADS to host in the future?