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Methodology

A collaboration between the project and the evaluator form an exemplary model of formative evaluation to keep the project on course and aligned with the vision. Project staff and evaluators work together to facilitate planning with sites, and hold meetings.

The outcomes of the project are based on:

  • Interviews with all sites
  • Pre- and post-questionnaires for teachers and site educators doing professional development
  • Questionnaires for students taught by these teachers and site educators
  • Examination of student grades and test scores


Year Five Goals
Goal 1. Build CNLN technology infrastructure
  • Continue site committees in two neighborhoods
  • Continue to inventory technology assets in neighborhood (satellite) sites
  • Design, build, maintain, and update CNLN website and build electronic learning community
  • Design graphical user interface to access content
Goal 2. Professional development
  • Engage teachers, community instructors, and principals to improve instructional practice
  • Organize cross-sector teams to select and develop content
  • Provide professional development support, including:
    • Expand professional development support to feeder schools in the two CNLN neighborhoods
    • Conduct training workshops on technology integration into academic learning to teachers and community site instructors from sites and feeder schools in the two CNLN neighborhoods
    • Provide continuing support to workshop attendees who wish to integrate technology into their instruction during the academic year
    • Share successful strategies, instructional methodologies, and curricula, particularly through the use of the electronic learning community
  • Develop instructional materials focused on science, math, and technological literacy
  • Develop database of learning objectives and instructional modules to post on the webserver
Goal 3. Train community in effective use of CNLN
  • Develop materials and outreach program to inform neighborhood residents
  • Collaborate with neighborhood and school sites to identify critical education needs
  • Provide CNLN resources in student learning, career development, and community service
  • Develop programmatic initiatives such as collaborative projects, cross-age peer tutoring and mentoring
  • Begin training neighborhood students and residents to maintain network
  • Expand community training program, including:
    • Developing and implementing training for parents of students on various topics of interest to be made available at the Einstein Center and at CNLN sites
    • Enable learners at sites to participate in on-line learning programs, including Gotham Writers and Space Explorers
Goal 4. Build community-school electronic learning community on CNLN web site
  • Integrate neighborhood web resources into CNLN
  • Provide information to support teacher-community interaction as part of the CNLN electronic learning community
Goal 5. Conduct evaluation and provide best practices repository
  • Define goals, benchmarks, and measures of performance
  • Conduct pre-project data acquisition and surveys
  • Design data collection instruments
  • Begin to collect data and provide feedback to CNLN participants
  • Conduct summative evaluation
  • Validate best practices to be placed on the website
Reports

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First Year Status Report

Evaluation Report: CNLN At The Halfway Point

Fourth Year Status Report

Professional Development Report

Evaluation Design