Settlement workers in schools newcomer orientation week, year two roll out : evaluation report

Kappel Ramji Consulting Group. (Added Author). Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Following the successful 2007 pilot of Newcomer Orientation Week (NOW) - a one week initiative to prepare newly arrived youth for entry to high schools in Ontario - Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS) rolled out the initiative to 40 schools in Ontario in the summer of 2008. The NOW program was delivered through thirteen organisations. This is the final evaluation report of the NOW Roll out in Year II.

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Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (31 p. : graphs, tables) : digital file.
Publisher: Toronto, Ont. : Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, 2008

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Oct 6, 2008." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction -- 2. Background of the roll out -- 3. Evaluation method -- 3.1 Evaluation strategies and tools -- 3.2 Stakeholder participation -- 3.3 Limitations of the method -- 4.0 Evaluation findings -- 4.1 NOW experience overall -- 4.2 Outreach/recruitment of students for NOW -- 4.3 NOW curriculum -- 4.4 NOW team roles -- 4.5 NOW concept -- 4.6 Management of NOW -- 5.0 Analysis and recommendations -- 5.1 Sanction model enhancements -- 5.2 Continue to identify and meet SW training needs -- 5.3 Make enhancements to the train-the-trainer process -- 5.4 Continue to enhance the curriculum -- 5.5 Anticipate compensation issues related to enhanced SW roles -- 5.6 Ensure clarity about the scope and rationale for centralized vs. site specific responsibilities and costs -- 5.7 Review & enhance central and local management capacity needs -- 5.8 Begin planning for NOW in the fall -- 5.9 Ensure province wide consistency in budget paramenters -- 5.10 Continue evaluative activities to ensure high quality NOW programs -- 6.0 Conclusions -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Sample of managers.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.