Evaluation

Evaluation - a process of obtaining information and using it to form judgements which in turn are to be used in decision making.

Evaluation may be 

• External - conducted by the Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Skills
• Internal - conducted by the School community 

 The Dept. of Education Transition Year Guidelines for Schools recommends that ” The programme should be regularly reviewed and evaluated internally by the co-ordinating team in close co-operation with school management, staff, pupils, parents, work providers and community interests. As part of this process, schools should attempt to develop appropriate quantitative and qualitative indicators as a means of raising and assuring the overall quality of the programme provided in the school”. As well as recommending this ongoing internal review process the Dept. of Education also commits itself to “Regular monitoring and external evaluation of Transition Year programmes will be the responsibility of the Department’s inspectorate . Thus it is highly recommended that all schools involve themselves in this “process of obtaining information and using it to form judgements which in turn are used in decision making”

• Work Experience Evaluation - Word Doc
• Parents Evaluation - Word Doc
• Personal Teaching Style Checklist - Word Doc
• Module/Subject Evaluation by Students

See Resource Pack for further material

Student Evaluation

• Self-Evaluation
• End of Year Evaluation
• Module/Subject Evaluation