Individual Reflections
Tan Xin Xin | T03
Managing Social Services
During the implementation stage, my group managed to fulfill all 9 SMART objectives. An example of an objective is, ‘At least 80% of the children will be able to state 1 way that they can apply impulse control into their daily life by the end of the session.’. All children shared how they could use impulse control methods when they encounter unpleasant issues in life. Examples of their responses include taking deep breaths when upset and thinking of the consequences of their actions before hitting someone.
Our objectives were evaluated via 3 methods: assessing children’s answers in their reflection booklets, assessing children’s responses during discussion and observing children’s participation in the activities. For example, noting down children’s responses during discussions could effectively evaluate the objective, ‘At least 80% of the children will be able to identify at least one impulsive behaviour that they observe in others by the end of the session.’. Examples of their responses include seeing their peers break the rules or speak vulgarities. All 3 methods were effective because they facilitated a comprehensive evaluation of our objectives, and are therefore reasonable.
Assessing children’s answers in their reflection booklets
Observing children’s participation in the activities
Assessing children’s responses during discussion
Observer penning down notes
My group’s total expenditure summed up to $358.58, which was approximately 76% of our proposed budget of $469.80. The excess of about $100 was because we reduced our tea break quantity to cater to 10 people instead of 20, recycled corrugated boards and sourced for cheaper online shopping options for our programme materials. My group’s expenditure is therefore cost-effective and reasonable.
