8084 Module 5 Discussion:
Communicating Results and Inspiring Change
Reflect again on the scenario presented in this module’s introduction. How might Sabrina’s feelings be similar to your own when you first started to review Connor Street’s evaluation data? What additional information might have been helpful to have as you tried to use the data to determine program quality?
Effective communication of evaluation results is crucial to maintaining stakeholder engagement. Furthermore, respectfully connecting the data to each stakeholder’s prior understanding, as well as their interests and needs, helps to build a shared vision for the program. It also boosts morale and confidence toward data-driven change.
In this Discussion, you explore how to engage stakeholders in understanding and then acting upon program evaluations.
To prepare
Review the Community Tool Box resources below:
These resources which explore best practices for communicating with stakeholders. As a leader, consider how you might use these best practices to first promote understanding of evaluation results and to second, adopt change which is driven by evaluation results.
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/promoting-interest/communication-plan/main
Assignment Task Part 1
Post the following:
In this Discussion, In 1 ½ pages create an adoption plan to communicate results and inspire change by explaining how evaluation results should be communicated to each stakeholder group: teachers, families, support staff, and accrediting agencies. Then, explain how you might use your leadership role to promote adoption across all stakeholder groups.
Read selections of your colleagues’ postings.
Assignment Task Part 2
Respond to two of your colleagues’ postings in 150 words each in the following ways:
- Explain how your colleague’s adoption “plan” might inspire change within the program and why.
- Propose how your colleague might use evaluation results to create professional development opportunities for staff.
- Propose how your colleague might use evaluation results to implement interventions for young children and their families.
- Demonstrate evidence of personal learning as a result of collegial interaction.
Cite appropriate resources and provide references in APA format to substantiate your thinking.
