Children arrive and eagerly join in the activities. You go off to work wondering how the day will be for your child. For you, it goes by very slowly. You walk in the door not knowing what to expect. You look around the room and see all the happy smiling faces on busy, playful children.
Evaluation is essential to sound operation.
A good initial design does not guarantee that positive outcomes will automatically follow. Programs should be monitored and evaluated periodically. Bylaws and budgets are only planning tools. Once you have arrived at specified procedures, there should be a process created to make sure that they are being followed and that the program is providing the needed services. The process of evaluation of the program becomes fairly simple once it is broken down into basic components.