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Measuring Success Consortium July 17 th, 2015

Case Study Exploring the COMMUNITY TOOL BOX

A demonstration of the CTB’s resources – University of KansasExamples of possible ways to apply & evaluate the success of this demonstration

Brenda Souders Loyd, M.S.Executive Director/COO

United Methodist Home for Children Residential Care, Inc.5120 Simpson Ferry RoadMechanicsburg, PA 17050

Satoko Marquet, MSW, MPH, PhD(c)Family Design Resources, Inc.

471 JPL Wick DriveHarrisburg, PA 17111

Esprene Liddell- Quintyn, Graduate AssistantSchool of Behavioral Sciences and Education

Penn State Harrisburg777 West Harrisburg PikeOlmsted Building W-311Middletown, PA 17057

Our purpose today

Gain knowledge about the University of Kansas’ Community Tool Box website and resources.

We will…• Locate and access the Univ of Kansas’ CBT

website and its contents (an overview).• Identify how to access the following CBT

Recruiting and Training Volunteers topics: Developing a Plan for Involving Volunteers Recruiting Volunteers Developing Volunteer Orientation Programs Developing Training Programs for Volunteers

Community Tool Box

www.ctb.ku.edu

Community Tool Box

Tools to change our world

Free on-line resource for those people working to build healthier communities and bring

about social change.

Community Tool Box

Resources for:assessment

planninginterventionevaluationadvocacy

Community Tool Box

VisionPeople are better prepared to work together to

change conditions that affect their lives.

MissionTo promote community health and development

by connecting people, ideas, and resources.

Community Tool Box

CTB is a public service of the Work Group for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas.

Established in 1994 and continuously updated.Available in English, Spanish, and Arabic.Over 300 educational modules, free tools, and

thousands of pages of tips.

Community Tool Box

Learn A Skill > how-to informationHelp Taking Action > guidance for your workConnect > link with othersAbout > information about the tool boxServices > connecting collective impact

Learn A Skill

Table of Contents46 chapters of information related to community-building skillsIncludes curriculum guides, power point presentations, toolkits (quick start on core competencies in community work)

Search

Search feature is located in the right hand corner of each page.

Helps to find specific information using key words.

Help Taking Action

Troubleshooting Guide – identifies common problems faced by people doing community work.

Getting Started – simple model for taking action.Databases of Best Practices – for community

health and development.

Help Taking Action

Online Courses – to learn about health assessment and community health improvement planning.

Advisor – obtain guidance from experienced community members and experts related to your community work.

Demonstration of the Toolbox Chapter 11: Recruiting and Training

VolunteersSection 1: Developing a Plan for Involving

VolunteersSection 2: Recruiting VolunteersSection 3: Developing Volunteer Orientation

ProgramsSection 4: Developing Training Programs for

Volunteers

Community Tool Box

www.ctb.ku.edu

Learn a skill>Table of Contents> Chapter 11 Recruiting and Training Volunteers

Section 4 Developing Training Programs for Volunteers

Section 4 Power Point Presentation

Developing Training Programs for Volunteers Toolkit

Icebreaker Activity to use with volunteers during first training session.

Lesson plan format to develop teaching activities with volunteers.

Volunteer evaluation form.

Community Tool Box

Work Group for Community Health Development

University of Kansaswww.ctb.ku.edu

Hmm…how might this be used? Application

Imagine that your organization is tasked with developing a training program for volunteers.

First, decide what you want the volunteers to gain during the training program (e.g. how to care for the elderly.)

From this, you can create an objective for the training program. At the end of the volunteer program you will administer an evaluation form to assess how much/ what the volunteers have learned.

Training areas may include: Policy Knowledge or Skills Application, etc. These are Evaluation areas too!

Using a Likert scale you can measure your indicators of your training outcomes.

NEXT: create graphs that illustrate the program's success.

Let’s evaluate what we did – EXAMPLEHow would you rate your knowledge level before and after the presentation?

Our stated outcome: Gain knowledge about the University of Kansas’ Community Tool Box website and resources.

Our scale to measure your knowledge level: • 1=no knowledge• 2=low level of knowledge • 3=medium level of knowledge • 4=high level of knowledge

See HANDOUT questionnaire…YOUR COMMENTS/IDEAS welcomed!