UNIT TITLE:                  Monitoring and Evaluation Skills

LEARNING OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

(Understanding, skills, knowledge to be learned)

(Standards of achievement against which outcomes will be measured)

The learner will be able to:

The learner has achieved this because (s)he can:

1.    Understand the difference        between monitoring and        evaluation

2.    Appreciate different        approaches to monitoring

3.    Understand different        techniques used to gather,        collate and evaluate the        information collected by the        monitoring system

4.    Understand different        participative and creative        approaches to evaluation

5.    Recognise the components to        be included in the design of        an effective evaluation

6.    Appreciate the value of        disseminating the results to        the wider community and        relevant organisations

1.1    Explain the purpose of monitoring

1.2    Explain how and why it is different from          evaluation

2.1    Describe two different approaches to          monitoring

2.2    Comment on the advantages and          disadvantages of these approaches

2.3    Identify confidentiality and equality issues in          monitoring

3.1    Identify two different ways to gather          information for monitoring

3.2    Identify two different methods to collate          information

3.3    Discuss how information can be checked for          accuracy and relevance

4.1    Describe, with examples, two ways of          evaluation

4.2    Explain how the different stakeholders can          be involved in the evaluation

5.1    Identify the components which should be          included in any evaluation

5.2    Identify issues which need to be addressed          when designing an evaluation

6.1    Describe the purpose of disseminating the          results of an evaluation or monitoring          exercise

6.2    Identify three different ways of          communicating the results to others