PICTA@Lewes

There is a great benefit from evaluating training as feedback to the tutor that they are achieving goals set out when designing courses. The only problem is that these evaluations are often undertaken at the end of a course where an damage may have already be done. Evaluation is an ongoing process that should be addressed and actioned upon by the tutor at any time during the training process.

I feel that the general Training Evaluation forms that are dished out at the end of the course do not truly reflect the processes as it is quite often given to the student when they are about to leave where they have other things on their minds other than filling out forms.

So companies and tutors may do this deliberately to ensure that they get positive responses, but I myself would rather know truly what I was doing right/wrong.

I have had experience of rather basic forms with yes/no answers, like 'Did the course meet your needs?' to really elaborate forms where they want your inside leg measurement.

I prefer to evaluate my training during my one-to-one conversations with students when we address their Individual Learning Plans on a weekly basis. One of the reasons that I do it this way is that you cannot be guaranteed in a prison environment of having a student for the whole duration of the course and so they may be moved on before you can get them to fill out an evaluation form.
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