Consulting Services for Aquatic Programming
Has your aquatic program attendance declined? Is your pool in need of new programs because it has not kept up with aquatic trends? Catch The Wave Water Fitness offers a unique consulting service by providing management and aquatic programmers with the latest trends and suggests programs to enhance and attract business to your facility. Our program evaluations will allow you to make informed choices about the positioning of your pool in the future by making decisions today. As part of our program evaluation, we can help you action improvement strategies such as class design, marketing and staff training. It's all about Catching the Wave of Opportunity!
Fees: $75.00/hour or negotiated lump sum fee
SECTION #1
Evaluation is the process of "determining the merit, worth, or value of things-or to the result of that process" (Scriven, 1991, vii).
Program evaluation is an approach that systematically collects and analizes information regarding a specific program. The results of the information gathered are then used to determine the effectiveness of the program by administrators, programmers and managment for accountability and planning purposes.
Detemining effectiveness of a program looks at several key questions including but not limited to:
Catch The Wave Water Fitness offers the following pool specific program evaluation services:
Scriven, M. (1991). Evaluation thesaurus (4th ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications Ltd.
SECTION #2
Performance Measurements:
Catch The Wave Water Fitness uses a variety of performance measurements as part of its methodology and research design. Performance measurements in this context are indicators of program effectiveness. Quantitative performance measurements generate hard facts such as statistics whereas qualitative measurements are non-numerical findings that provide insight about the attributes of the thing being studied and is descriptive in nature.
Catch the Wave Water Fitness offers the following quantitative and qualitative performance measurement:s:
Methodology:
Methodology simply stated is the method that a researcher employs when conducting research.
Catch The Wave Water Fitness employs the following qualitative methodologies:
Summary:
Once the research has concluded, Catch the Wave Water fitness will provide a summary of its findings and work with programers, administrators and management to determine the course of action. Ideas surrounding program improvment, new program development, class design and marketing are potential areas of discussion.
Fees: $75.00/hour or negotiated lump sum fee
SECTION #1
Evaluation is the process of "determining the merit, worth, or value of things-or to the result of that process" (Scriven, 1991, vii).
Program evaluation is an approach that systematically collects and analizes information regarding a specific program. The results of the information gathered are then used to determine the effectiveness of the program by administrators, programmers and managment for accountability and planning purposes.
Detemining effectiveness of a program looks at several key questions including but not limited to:
- is the program meeting its objectives?
- is it cost effective?
- is it meeting attendance expectations?
- are improvements needed?
Catch The Wave Water Fitness offers the following pool specific program evaluation services:
- Formative evaluation - the purpose of formative evaluation is to inform frontline program staff of what is working or not working in their program. Formative evaluation is focused on how to make things better by providing a list of suggestions and decisions for action and development.
- Literature reviews - the purpose of the literature review is to provide a historical and current overview of the topic studied. For example, industry trends.
- Summative evaluation - the purpose of summative evaluation is to review outputs and processes that have created those outputs.
Scriven, M. (1991). Evaluation thesaurus (4th ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications Ltd.
SECTION #2
Performance Measurements:
Catch The Wave Water Fitness uses a variety of performance measurements as part of its methodology and research design. Performance measurements in this context are indicators of program effectiveness. Quantitative performance measurements generate hard facts such as statistics whereas qualitative measurements are non-numerical findings that provide insight about the attributes of the thing being studied and is descriptive in nature.
Catch the Wave Water Fitness offers the following quantitative and qualitative performance measurement:s:
- surveys
- in-depth interviews
- participant evaluation
- participant observation
Methodology:
Methodology simply stated is the method that a researcher employs when conducting research.
Catch The Wave Water Fitness employs the following qualitative methodologies:
- appreciative inquiry
- visual ethnography
Summary:
Once the research has concluded, Catch the Wave Water fitness will provide a summary of its findings and work with programers, administrators and management to determine the course of action. Ideas surrounding program improvment, new program development, class design and marketing are potential areas of discussion.