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Office of Road Safety Implementation/Process Evaluation of the Road Aware Drivers Program Final Report 10 August 2009 Office of Road Safety Evaluation of the Road Aware Drivers Program DISCLAIMER The information contained within this Report has been compiled from a variety of external sources and has not been subject to an internal independent verification. Although every care has been taken to ensure that the information and opinions are correct, Quantum Consulting Australia Pty Ltd specifically disclaim any responsibility for any errors, mistakes or incorrect facts or interpretation that may occur, and accept no liability on any basis for the findings and recommendations in this Report. Findings within this Report can be influenced by a number of unforeseen events that may occur outside of our control. Therefore, no assurance can be given that the findings contained within the Report will remain as such in the future. Implementation/Process Evaluation of the Road Aware Drivers Program 2 Office of Road Safety Evaluation of the Road Aware Drivers Program Contents TABLES AND FIGURES ............................................................................................................... 5 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE REPORT .................................................................................. 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 8 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................19 1.1 Background.......................................................................................................................... 19 1.2 Objectives of the Evaluation................................................................................................ 24 1.3 Structure of the Report ........................................................................................................ 25 1.4 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. 25 2.0 METHODOLOGY ...............................................................................................................26 2.1 Research objectives ............................................................................................................ 26 2.2 Research methods............................................................................................................... 27 2.3 Statistical analysis ............................................................................................................... 32 2.4 Sampling.............................................................................................................................. 33 2.5 Data limitations .................................................................................................................... 33 3.0 ANALYSIS OF RESULTS ..................................................................................................34 3.1 Program objectives ........................................................................................................... 34 3.1.1 Alignment of program materials to program objectives..............................................34 3.1.2 Structure and Engagement of road safety agencies ..................................................36 3.1.3 Support for road safety education by systems and sectors........................................39 3.2 School related objectives ................................................................................................. 40 3.2.1 Principal awareness and support for road safety education.......................................40 3.2.2 Awareness of Keys for Life Program .........................................................................41 3.2.3 Principal support of Keys for Life professional development......................................42 3.2.4 Keys for Life Program reach......................................................................................43 3.2.5 Keys for Life Program implementation.......................................................................53 3.2.6 Barriers and enablers regarding implementation of the Program ...............................59 3.2.7 Promotion of the Keys for Life Program.....................................................................67 3.3 Teacher related objectives ............................................................................................... 69 3.3.1 Awareness and support for the Keys for Life Program...............................................69 3.3.2 Number of teachers attending Keys for Life professional development.....................70 3.3.3 Number of Keys for Life courses run by teachers......................................................70 3.3.4 Extent to which the Keys for Life Program is taught...................................................71 3.3.5 Teacher satisfaction with Keys for Life teaching materials.........................................81 3.3.6 The extent to which teachers organised a Keys for Life parent workshop..................84 3.3.7 Teacher accessibility to Program resources..............................................................86 3.3.8 Impact on attitudes and awareness of road safety/supervised driving issues.............87 Implementation/Process Evaluation of the Road Aware Drivers Program 3 Office of Road Safety Evaluation of the Road Aware Drivers Program 3.4 Student related objectives................................................................................................ 89 3.4.1 Number of students participating in the Keys for Life Program ..................................89 3.4.2 Student satisfaction with teaching materials..............................................................89 3.4.3 Initial impact on student attitudes ..............................................................................90 3.4.4 Students participating in Keys for Life .......................................................................91 3.4.5 Perceptions of supervised driving..............................................................................94 3.5 Parent related objectives.................................................................................................. 96 3.5.1 Flow on effects of Keys for Life Program...................................................................96 3.5.2 Parental attendance at Keys for Life parent workshops.............................................96 3.5.3 Parental satisfaction with Keys for Life parent workshops .........................................98 3.5.4 Impact of Keys for Life parent workshop on parents................................................100 4.0 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION........................................................................................101 4.1 Delivery of the Program.................................................................................................. 101 5.0 PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK .....................................................................................104 5.1 Development of a performance framework .................................................................. 104 6.0 KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................106 APPENDIX A - LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTED.........................................................116 APPENDIX B - STATISTICAL RESULTS REPORT...................................................................128 APPENDIX C - ADDITIONAL SURVEY DATA...........................................................................141 APPENDIX D - SCHOOLS THAT HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED KEYS FOR LIFE .....................143 APPENDIX E - EVALUATION METHODOLOGY .......................................................................149 APPENDIX F - ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS IN JURISDICTIONS............................................150 APPENDIX G - BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................................................160 Implementation/Process Evaluation of the Road Aware Drivers Program 4 Office of Road Safety Evaluation of the Road Aware Drivers Program Tables and Figures Figure 1: Road Aware Program Impact.................................................................................. 21 Table 1: Surveys used in the Evaluation ................................................................................ 28 Figure 2: Importance of road safety education programs (n=58)............................................ 40 Table 2: How Principals became aware of the K4L Program.................................................. 41 Table 3: K4L PD workshops run by location 2003-2009......................................................... 43 Table 4: Number of schools/teachers that have attended a K4L PD workshop (2003-2008).. 44 Figure 3: Schools from systems/sectors attending K4L PD workshops (2003-2008).............. 44 Table 5: Schools in systems/sectors and Education Districts that participated in K4L PD (2004- 2008)........................................................................................................................ 45 Table 6: Number of schools/education institutions that implemented K4L (2003 -2008)......... 46 Table 7: Number of schools that have implemented K4L by Education District (2003-2008).. 47 Table 8: Schools in Education District that implemented K4L following attendance at a PD workshop