Develop Follow-up Materials
Earlier, you developed criteria that will be used to determine the course’s success. For example, you may have determined that the students need to do the following:
Pass a written test
Perform the process taught in front of an instructor
Perform the process taught while on the job
At this point, you should develop the tools needed to measure these criteria. That is, you should:
Write the test that the students must pass
Develop the task they must perform in front of the instructor at the end of the class
Write the form the students’ supervisors will use to evaluate the students’ on-the-job proficiency
You should get buy-in from the course sponsors on whatever test or form you develop. It is the sponsors who agreed to the course’s criteria for success. They should also understand and agree to the methods used to measure those criteria.
Example of a Follow-up Course Evaluation
Most course evaluations measure only the students’ satisfaction with the course. The evaluation...
