Connecting program objectives to evidence people can use
Common Compass runs mental health and belonging programs for students, parents and educators across Ontario schools. Its surveys had grown complex across 16 program modules with no formal data model behind them, so insight was hard to reach, facilitators sometimes saw results at the same moment as the schools they were debriefing, and analysis depended on R skills the organization did not have. As a volunteer research advisor through Data For Good, I audited program objectives and learning outcomes, mapped them to constructs and survey items, built a common core with tailored modules, designed the analytical data model, and automated results emails and debrief slides in the Google Workspace tools staff already used. Every response now carries its context, and routine reporting runs without an analyst.
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