Post-training support : the evaluation
This page aims to explain some theoretical points of our conception of evaluation in the context of post-training support. With these key concepts, a training team can consider designing and systematizing evaluation tools.
Definition of post-training support
Post-training support is a stage that comes after training and includes two steps:
– The first step is to assess what has been done following the training. This is the evaluation phase, which can be compared to taking a snapshot at a moment in time, a few weeks, months, or years after the training.
– The second step is to support the implementation of what has been learned. This is the follow-up phase, which aims at changing actions and addressing what was not achieved when the evaluation snapshot was taken.
Definition of the evaluation
– There is no training withou evaluation
The evaluation is a process that aims to identify the results of the training action, both those that were intended and those that were induced by the action itself.
– What is an evaluation ?
The evaluation is the process of setting benchmarks to assess the effects produced by the training action.
Evaluation provides information and insight into:
– The learning outcomes achieved through the training: the knowledge and skills that have been acquired by the participants.
– The effects of the training action: the changes that have been produced by it in the social environment.
Importance of the evaluation
What is the purpose of the evaluation ?
Goals :
Understand the main principles of post-training evaluation;
Position the evaluation within the post-training support process.
Practical use :
This theoretical input was used with UGPM to create tools for evaluating post-training impacts of training modules.
External sources : References taken and adapted from: Formateurs d’adultes: Se professionnaliser, Exercer au quotidien; 6th edition reviewed and expanded; Jean-Paul Martin and Emile Savary, p.294.
