- 2022 + 2023 -
Promise and
Commitment Scholars
Project Details
Sister programs introduced in 2020, the Promise Scholars program supports local, low-income, first-generation students while the Commitment Scholars program engages students who demonstrate leadership in racial justice, social justice or diversity initiatives.
Post-secondary student support
Sector
2022 + 2023
Year
Evaluation
Capacity Building
Services
Student Experience Office (Queen’s University)
Partner
Challenge
Develop useful approaches to participant engagement and feedback collection to ensure that the programs continue to meet participant needs. Design perennial figures, evaluation goals, and engagement materials that communicate key information and enable feedback loops despite personnel turnover in future years.
This project initially began as a rapid evaluation to understand the experiences of the first two cohorts of Promise Scholars (2022). The output of that project proved so insightful and helpful that I was invited back to elaborate on the evaluation strategy for the Promise Scholars program as well as the Commitment Scholars program (2023).
Approach
Adaptive
Relational
Creative
Instructional
Final documentation that chronicles the history and adaptation of the programs:
Final report (2022) that was later used to onboard and guide the work of the new program manager
Embedded evaluation strategy (2023) that was co-created with the program manager and included:
Comprehensive figures that clearly communicate the dynamism and complexity of the programs
Sample tools for engaging participants and partners based on contact points already embedded in program
Program life cycle visual, along with suggestions for how and when changes may be implemented
One-on-one capacity building, leading to higher confidence and excellent work by program manager
Result
Partner feedback
Paisley played a pivotal role in helping me develop an outstanding embedded program evaluation for the Promise and Commitment Scholar programming. This evaluation has been instrumental in supporting me in my current role as a Student Success Advisor at Queen's University. Paisley's guidance and insights were invaluable, and her dedication to excellence is evident in the results we achieved.
— Deandra Kabungu, Student Experience Office at Queen’s University, 2023