An Evaluation Framework for Schools as Community Hubs

Abstract

The Building Connections: Schools as Community Hubs project is concerned with increasing social value within communities through understanding the development, merit, worth and significance of schools that engage with the community. This process involves identifying the multiple components of such schools developed with diverse target groups across a range of community settings. In this context, assessing the program implementation process is essential to capturing and documenting the realities of a school's planning, development, and implementation as a community hub. This chapter outlines an evaluation framework generated to document the development and implementation of community hub scho..