Self-Review Example:

Self-review worksheet example [pdf]

Start by determining whether or not there is evidence of each Guideline, then based upon those results decide whether or not the Key Characteristic is an attribute of the EE resource.

• It is NOT expected that your resource will incorporate every key characteristic, guideline, and indicator listed.

Determining Present/Not Present/Not an Objective:

• If you can provide supporting evidence of the guideline, mark "present."
• If you have little or no evidence to show a key characteristic, mark "not present."
• If the guideline was consciously avoided or irrelevant to the EE resource, indicate "Not an objective of the resource design" and provide the justification for that decision (Example: correlation to state school standards would not be an objective for a program targeting an adult audience).
• Avoid getting tangled in specific indicators by taking a step back and thinking about your resource as a whole. Answer for yourself "Does it represent quality? Does it address the intent of the guideline?" If so, mark "present."   

Your Comments and Supporting Evidence:

The purpose of comments is to help the reviewers become familiar with your resource.

• When creating your self-review, plan on spending about 3 hours documenting evidence of guidelines and key characteristics, depending on the length and complexity of your resource.
• Make it easy for the reviewers! Be specific by using page numbers, activity names, or numbers to reference your comments.
• If you have a long or elaborate resource, consider flagging or marking specific items that are being used to support specific criteria and/or create an outline or table of contents.
• The section "What to look for" includes indicators that are examples to consider as possible ideas for your supporting evidence. You are not expected to provide evidence for each indicator listed.
• Submit support documents that are pertinent to your program (i.e., evaluation and feedback forms, journals, worksheets).
• Submit a list of all of the items (props, books, etc.) used in your program if you consider these items to be fundamental in meeting any of the review criteria. (i.e., if your program uses a trunk of supplementary materials, don't send the trunk -- send the list of items in the trunk).