I decided to make a survey for teachers regarding the Nelson Literacy Program.  The survey was designed to help identify how often teachers use the program, how effective they find the program to be and how user-friendly they find the resource.  I asked one of my colleagues to look at my draft survey and she provided me with the following advice:

Your questions are clear, but too close together.  Even if you have to double side the survey, it's better to have a bit more space in between.  Crowded surveys are often not completed because they look like to much work.  Give more space to answer your short answer questions, they are very well worded and will solicit longer answers.  In number 7 change the word 'so' to 'them' (state them below).
This is my revised survey:

Nelson Literacy Program Survey

1)       How long have you been using the Nelson Literacy Program to teach reading strategies in your classroom?

a)      One Year _____         b)  Two Years _____        c)  Three Years _____      d)  Other (Specify)______

2)     Approximately how many hours do you use this resource per week in the classroom?

a)      2 – 3 Hours _____    b)  3 – 4 Hours _____     c)  4 – 5 Hours _____     d)  Other (Specify) _____

3)      Please circle the word(s) that best fits your answer.

I find the resource to be “user friendly”.	Always	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Not Sure
The resource provides opportunity for differentiated instruction.	Always	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Not Sure
The lessons are well explained and easy to follow.	Always	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Not Sure
The lessons are aligned with LA curriculum outcomes.	Always	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Not Sure
I use the assessment sheets and provided rubrics to assess my students’ learning.	Always	Almost Always	Sometimes	Rarely	Not Sure

4)      What would you consider to be the “strengths” of the Nelson Literacy Program?

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5)      What would you consider to be the “weaknesses” of the Nelson Literacy Program?

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6)      Would you change anything about this program?  If so, please explain.

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7)      If you have any other comments / concerns regarding this program, please state so below.

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I administered the survey to four of my colleagues and found that it gave me a clear indication about what teachers thought about the Nelson Literacy Program. 

Assignment 4 - Logic Model

    Project Logic Model:  Nelson Literacy Reading Program
      The Nelson Literacy Reading Program provides teachers with a wide variety of text forms and lessons to help teach students reading strategies.  The program provides teachers with detailed lessons, opportunity for differentiated instruction and assessment tools.  Nelson Literacy emphasizes the need for whole class, small group and individual instruction. The primary goal of the program is to equip students with reading strategies that they can apply to different text forms to help them learn new information. 

GOAL	OBJECTIVES	ACTIVITIES	OUTPUTS	OUTCOMES	IMPACTS
Statement of the overall purpose of the project	Specific statements of what the project sets out to accomplish	Specific tasks to complete through implementation of the project	Immediate results (direct products of project activities)	Intermediate results (1 to 3 years after project starts)	Long-term results (3 to 10 years after project starts)
To develop a wide variety of appealing and well – written text forms which will be used to teach students various reading strategies to help them develop their reading comprehension skills and be successful in comprehending new information in all subject areas.	Students will question what they read to make personal connections to the text Students will learn how to summarize the main ideas of a text Students will make inferences and synthesize to evaluate texts	Teacher provides instruction using a reading strategy Teacher models how to use the strategy Teacher and students use the strategy together Students apply strategy, with some support from teacher Student applies the strategy independently	Students are able to apply the learned reading strategies to the performance tasks at the end of instruction	Students are able to apply the learned reading strategies to various subject areas, depending on the text type which is being used to present new information Students benchmark results (reading comprehension test) will improve as they practice the learned reading strategies	Students will have learned various reading strategies which they can use to help them learn new material in their academic futures  Students will think more critically about what they read
Goals and Objectives represent the Strategic Directions of your Project		Activities comprise the Project Work Plan, which should include details for each activity (Who?, What?, When?, Where? How?)	Outputs link directly to project activities; activities are what is done…outputs are the expected results of what is done	Outcomes relate to your objectives; objectives are desired, outcomes are the expected results	Impacts relate to goals; a goal is desired, impacts are the expected end-results

Assignment 3 - Program Evaluation

Program Evaluation:  Nelson Literacy Reading Program

Engage Stakeholders

 Who should be involved?

Teachers and students should be involved in the program evaluation.  

How might they be engaged?

They will be engaged by answering a questionnaire and rating scale.

Focus the Evaluation

 What are you going to evaluate? 

The evaluation will determine if the Nelson Literacy program is successful in teaching students various reading strategies which they can use to help themselves learn in all subject areas.

What is the purpose of the evaluation?

The purpose of the evaluation is to determine how effective and user-friendly the program is.  Is it set up to ensure teachers are able to effectively teach students the different reading strategies?

Who will use the evaluation and how will they use it?

Nelson Literacy Developers – Will use the evaluation to consider improvements to their program.

School Divisions – Will use the evaluation to decide if the program should be implemented in their schools.

What questions will the evaluation seek to answer?

Do teachers find the resource easy to use?  Are the lessons set up to ensure students are able to be successful in learning the various reading strategies?

Are students able to apply their reading strategies across all subject areas?

What information do you need to answer the questions?

What I wish to know:	Indicators – How will I know it?
How useful teachers find the resource to be	Results from survey
Does the program succeed in teaching students various reading strategies?	Results from student reading comprehension testing (benchmark results) and performance tasks from each reading strategy (from the program)
Are students able to apply the reading strategies to help them learn new content in all subject areas?	Results from survey

When is the evaluation needed?

The evaluation is needed during and after the implementation of the Nelson Literacy program.

What evaluation design will be used?

Scriven – Summative and Formative

Collect the Information

What sources of information will be used?

Existing Information:  The Nelson Literacy Resource Overview Booklet

People:  Teachers and students currently using the program

What data collection methods will be used?

Surveys and Tests

Instrumentation:  What is needed to record the information?

Questionnaire for teachers and students, Benchmark testing results and Performance Task results

When will data be collected for each method?

Survey (Teachers) – During program

Survey (Students) – During program

Tests – Benchmark – Immediately after program

Demonstration Task Results – Immediately after the teaching of each literacy strategy (During program)

Analyze and Interpret

How will the data be analyzed?

Data analysis methods:  Responses will be read and answers compiled using the computer.

Who responsible:  I will read the teacher and student survey responses.  I will compile the responses into similar categories on the computer.  Teachers will be responsible for providing information on their students’ benchmark results and performance task results for the different reading strategies.  This information will also be categorized using the computer.

How will the information be interpreted – by whom?

Have students’ benchmark results improved since the Nelson Literacy Program has been implemented?

Nelson Literacy program developers will use the results to determine how effective their program is in improving students’ reading strategies and what teachers like / dislike about the program.

Use of the Evaluation

What was learned from the evaluation?  What are the limitations?

What action will be taken (if any), to help make improvements towards the Nelson Literacy program?

To Whom	When / Where / How to present
Teachers	Email teachers (who participated), the results from teacher surveys and student testing results – will help teachers recognize common areas of strengths and weaknesses
Nelson Literacy Developers	Written report, including charts / graphs displaying the results from surveys and student achievement

Manage the evaluation :  Human subject’s protection

                                           Timeline

                                           Responsibilities

                                           Budget