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Evaluation for Next Strategy
Paul Jang  2008-03-29 01:08:18, hit : 3,581


Evaluation for Next Strategy


Evaluation is very important because it has an absolute effect on the next strategy. Without the evaluation the pastor cannot plan the next strategy. There are two types of evaluation: (1) formal evaluation and (2) informal evaluation (McBride 1993, 117). The formal evaluation has periodically scheduled times or levels: during and at the end of the progress of the program. But the informal evaluation may be irregularly carried out whenever its need happens (McBride 1993, 117).

Informal evaluation has not some scheduled forms of the information and data for the results of the program. The forms must be drafted whenever the need happens. But the formal evaluation has the scheduled forms of the information and data for the results of the program, for instance, questionaiers, satatistical data, interview records, documents, and so on. Depending upon such scheduled forms the formal evaluation can be carried out.

Although the formal evaluation, the essence of which are information, judgements, and decisions is very important, however, more important are the heart and attitude of the evaluator, namely the pastor or leaders. Neal F. McBride emphasized the attitude of the leader:

Information, judgements, and decisions are the essence of formal evaluation. But they alone aren't what make evaluations successful. All the correct theory and technique, while important, isn't going to amount to much if you don't have a servant's heart. As the leader, your attitude is the most important ingredient when evaluating small groups (McBride 1993, 119).

What to be evaluated? In a word, the outcomes of the implementation of the program have to be evaluated. In details, those are the structure of small group, the group life, the schedule of the implementation, the progress of the program, interpersonal relationships, and the leader's leadership (McBride 1993, 122).

How to evaluate? Neal F. McBride suggested ten steps of the formal evaluation, which may summarized into three phases:

(1) the planning phase (preparing to evaluate),

(2) the process phase (acquiring the needed information), and

(3) the product phase (making and communicating judgements and decisions) in his book, How to Lead Small Groups (McBride 1993, 126-138).

The writer would like to suggest four phases:

(1) collection of the data,

(2) analysis of the data,

(3) treament of the data, and

(4) decision of the next strategy.




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