Public Health Approach to Evaluating School Safety Initiatives

In this self-paced training, Dr. Justin Heinze provides an introduction to evaluation in the field of public health. This training focuses on the following aspects of evaluation:

• Program Evaluation
• Process/Formative Evaluation
• Impact/Summative Evaluation
• Evaluation Planning

This introductory training helps you start thinking about evaluation as you implement school safety programming, ensuring that you set the proper foundation for your researcher.

Learning Objectives

• Define the key components of effective program evaluation.
• Describe the benefits of program evaluation.
• Distinguish between process/formative evaluation and impact/summative evaluation.
• Identify the elements of an evaluation plan.
• Describe the connection between an evaluation plan and the original proposal.

This training is offered through the Bureau of Justice Assistance-supported National Center for School Safety.