The SoundWaves Network 2018 - 2021 Evaluation Report

Methodology
Early Years Practitioners and Setting Managers completed a pre-project survey, identifying skill and
confidence levels, current music based provision, environment, training needs and any concerns.
This survey was then repeated post project.
Musicians completed a pre and post project survey again identifying skill and confidence levels,
areas for concern and expectations.
Notes from steering group meetings were recorded and used to inform the programme development
and evaluation.
Musicians recorded qualitative data via journals, plans and video which was analysed more formally
by the researcher with the musician at the end of the project.
Musicians regularly attended project meetings, the notes from which informed development and the
evaluation.
Musicians attended a post project focus group.
Steering group members attended a focus group towards the end of the project.
Feedback from CPD events has been captured via questionnaires and a top line analysis has been
made identifying changes in confidence and skill levels.
An environmental audit has been carried out by each participating setting, which was used as a
benchmark against a repeated audit at the end of the project in each setting.
Numbers and basic demographics of participants attending CPD events and sessional activity have
been recorded via a register and weekly activity logs.
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