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Quinte Adult Day School Action Research Project
Belleville & Trenton, Ontario
Measuring SMSD Skills in Literacy Learners
Using United Way's Outcomes Measurement Model
Quinte Adult Day School hired local youth with Skill Link funding
from Service Canada to renovate their historic Belleville location.
Team Members
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Project Manager
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Marsha Roadhouse
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Practitioner-Researchers
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Stacey McQuoid, Chris Pleizer
Cory Lloyd
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Funder
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Brandi Hodge
United Way of Quin
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Board Representative
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Doug Miles
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Research Friend
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Mark Gallupe
Loyalist College
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Summary
Quinte Adult Day School's project used the United Way Outcome Measurement process to develop and pilot measurement tools and data evaluation methods that capture changes in learners' self-management and self-direction (SMSD) skills. Although we are conscious of the difficulty in tracking learner progress in the “soft skills” we believe that these skills are at least as important to furthering education/training and employment goals as are the more traditional literacy skills of reading, writing and math.
Research Questions
- How do we recognize, measure and evaluate changes in self-management and self-direction skills in literacy learners?
- How do we show that SMSD skills are equally important to achieving "success" within the formal education/training and employment streams as are the more traditional literacy skills?
- How do we identify the parallels and similarities between our SMSD outcomes and indicators with MTCU's Learner Skills Attainment framework to collect and analyze data of value to both funders?
Outcomes
Final Report: [Summary] [Full Report]
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