Setting Formal Checkpoints

“Formal checkpoints allow you to check systematically how learners are experiencing the intervention and whether it is beginning to have the impact on learner outcomes”

How do I plan to monitor the effectiveness of the intervention? It will be through student voice and looking at how they express themselves before, during and after our scheduled learning sessions (Literacy integrated with Dance sessions).

1. Before Literacy/dance session: using their communication system to signal “yes or no” for buy-in and participation.
   If student indicates “Yes” = it expresses they will join the session.
   If student indicates “No” = it expresses they are not interested in session.
   Monitoring: Checking for frequency of their answer between "Yes" vs "No"
   
   

2. During the Literacy/dance session: using their communication system to check for continuation of participation.
   If student indicates “More” = it expresses they want to continue with the session.
   If student indicates “Finish” = it expresses they are not interested in the session any longer.
   Monitoring: Check for the duration of time the student is actively engaged.

3. After the Literacy/dance session: using their communication system to check for enjoyment and emotion after the session is finished. If student indicates “Happy” = it expresses they enjoyed the session. If student indicates “Sad/Angry” = it expresses they did not enjoy the session. Monitoring: Checking for frequency of their answer between Happy vs [negative emotion]