Section 3: Accountability & Justice
Evaluation
When delivering training on sexual violence, you will want to consider different mechanisms for evaluating both short- and long-term outcomes. We encourage you to collaborate with community frontline workers and organizations and researchers within your institution to develop a comprehensive evaluation strategy to determine the overall effectiveness of various forms of training on preventing and responding to sexual violence at your institution as well as other indicators such as awareness of your institution’s sexual violence and misconduct policy, changes in attitudes and values related to sexual violence, and the effectiveness of institutional response to sexual violence (including investigations, accommodations, and collaboration with different stakeholders and on- and off-campus organizations).
A consistent approach to measuring similar workshops will allow you to compare them over time and show improvement or the need for adapting the workshop to be more successful for the intended audience. The pre/post test is a common form of evaluating training programs. Identical tests are used at the beginning and end of the training and the results are compared to examine changes in knowledge, attitudes, and skills. Pre-tests can be given at the time of registration for a workshop or at the beginning of a session. Post-test can be given at the end of the session or shortly after the date of the last session. Additional tests can be given at set time after the workshop to assess long-term impact, e.g., 3 months, 6 months, 1 year. Post-tests can also be used throughout longer trainings, e.g., at the end of a morning session and again at the end of an afternoon session.
Frequently, pre/post-test questions will be a mix of quantitative and qualitative questions. Quantitative questions are usually answered by many respondents and have definitive answers. They often use Likert scales, where respondents indicate how much they agree or disagree with a statement by choosing from a set of fixed choices on a linear scale (e.g., strongly agree, agree, neither agree or disagree, disagree, strongly disagree). Qualitative questions can be used to understand these statements and to gather information not captured by the quantitative questions. All the questions should link to the learning objectives and outcomes for the training.
Below are examples of pre/post-test questions that can be used as part of your evaluation for this training.
Pre-Test (Best done a few days before first session)
- How well do you understand the term “Sexualized Violence” and behaviours that fall under it?
1
No understanding2 3
Somewhat understand4 5
Clearly understand - How well do you understand the factors that contribute to SV happening?
1
No understanding2 3
Somewhat understand4 5
Clearly understand - Do you think you have skills to use in healthy and respectful relationships?
1
Very few skills2 3
Some skills4 5
Many skills - How comfortable do you feel being accountable or saying sorry when you have hurt someone, whether you meant to or not? (This can be in a non-SV context too)
1
Not comfortable at all2 3
Somewhat comfortable4 5
Extremely comfortable - Is it important to work toward stronger relationships and communities?
1
Not important at all2 3
Somewhat important4 5
Extremely important - Can you think of ways that you could strengthen your relationships and communities?
1
Cannot think of any2 3
Can think of a few4 5
Can think of many - Is there anything you are worried about in this training?
- Is there anything you need to support your learning and processing? E.g. assistive technology; translation support; an Elder present; a journal
Module 1 learning evaluation
- List 1-2 skills that can help you in your relationships
- Identify what you learned about different forms of violence
- Identify 1-2 things you learned about how and why violence happens
- Were there any other main takeaways you had?
- Is there anything you are confused or wondering more about?
Module 2 learning evaluation
- List 1-2 skills or learnings that can help you in your relationships
- Identify what you learned about different forms of violence and their impacts
- Identify 1-2 things you learned about how and why violence happens
- Were there any other main takeaways you had?
- Is there anything you are confused or wondering more about?
Module 3 learning evaluation
- List 1-2 skills or learnings that can help you in your relationships
- What role does power dynamics play in planning for healthy relationships and communities?
- How do consent and boundaries impact building stronger relationships and communities?
- Were there any other main takeaways you had?
- Is there anything you are confused or wondering more about?
Module 4 learning evaluation
- List 1-2 skills or learnings that can help you in your relationships
- List 1-2 learnings or skills that are most helpful for you to be accountable
- What steps do you feel you can take toward healthier relationships and communities?
- Were there any other main takeaways you had?
- Is there anything you are confused or wondering more about?
Post-Test (Best done a week or so after the last session)
- How well do you understand the term “sexual violence” and behaviours that fall under it?
1
No understanding2 3
Somewhat understand4 5
Clearly understand - Has your understanding of the term “sexual violence” changed? YES or NO
- If YES, how?
- How well do you understand the factors that contribute to SV happening?
1
No understanding2 3
Somewhat understand4 5
Clearly understand - Has your understanding of the factors that contribute to SV changed? YES or NO
- If YES, how?
- Do you think you have skills to use in healthy and respectful relationships?
1
Very few skills2 3
Some skills4 5
Many skills- If you learned something new about this, what was it?
- How comfortable do you feel being accountable or saying sorry when you have hurt someone, whether you meant to or not? (This can be in a non-SV context too)
1
Not comfortable at all2 3
Somewhat comfortable4 5
Extremely comfortable - Is it important to work toward stronger relationships and communities?
1
Not important at all2 3
Somewhat comfortable4 5
Extremely important - Can you think of ways that you could strengthen your relationships and communities?
1
Cannot think of any2 3
Can think of a few4 5
Can think of many - Please feel free to leave any final thoughts, comments or suggestions about this training.