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Chad Green on Context -Specific Evaluation of School-wide Initiatives

1 Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / May 22, 2013

I’m Chad Green, Program Analyst at Loudoun County Public Schools in Ashburn, VA. For over seven years I’ve served as an internal evaluator of instructional initiatives sponsored by central office administrators. Do you have an interest in understanding school-based professional development from a sociocultural learning perspective?  Read on! Years ago I evaluated two school-wide improvement …

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Marc Wheeler and Salem Valentino on Using Infographics to Communicate Evaluation Findings: the Experience of Two Evaluators

3 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / May 21, 2013

Our names are Marc Wheeler and Salem Valentino and we are internal evaluators for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. There is a lot of buzz today about infographics.  Many of you may have thought about using infographics in your evaluation reports to try to translate your findings more effectively.  We recently took the plunge …

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Nichole Stewart on Data Science for Little Data and Big Data in Program Evaluation

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting / May 20, 2013

Greetings! I’m Nichole Stewart, a doctoral student in UMBC’s Public Policy program in the evaluation and analytical methods track. I currently work as an analyst, data manager, and evaluator across a few different sites including Baltimore Integration Partnership, Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative, and Carson Research Consulting Inc. Lessons Learned: The Growing Role of Data Science …

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Clara Hagens on Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / May 19, 2013

I’m Clara Hagens. I work for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) as the Regional Technical Advisor for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning in Asia. I’d like to share with you a guidance document we have developed to support project teams to operationalize monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plans, big and small, in various contexts. Rad Resource: CRS’ …

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AKEN Week: Vanessa Hiratsuka on Continuous Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance, Evaluation, and Research: Where does my project fit?

1 Comment / Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation / May 17, 2013

Hello, I am Vanessa Hiratsuka, secretary of the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) and a senior researcher at Southcentral Foundation (SCF), a tribally owned and managed regional health corporation based in Anchorage, Alaska, which serves Alaska Native and American Indian people. As part of Commitment to Quality, a key organizational value, Southcentral Foundation (SCF) prioritizes continuous …

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AKEN Week: kas aruskevich on Strengthening Itinerant Evaluations in Rural Alaska

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / May 16, 2013

Greetings! My name is kas aruskevich and I am principal of Evaluation Research Associates LLC. I live in Fairbanks and work primarily in rural Alaska. Alaska is known for its great natural beauty, extreme temperatures, and unique context of diverse and far-flung communities assessable only by air. Alaska is the largest state in the U.S. …

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AKEN Week: Alexandra Hill and Diane Hirshberg on Mixed Methods for Small Sizes and Culturally Responsive Practice

Leave a Comment / Mixed Methods Evaluation / May 15, 2013

We are Alexandra Hill and Diane Hirshberg, and we are part of the Center for Alaska Education Policy Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage.  The evaluation part of our work ranges from tiny projects – just a few hours spent helping someone design their own internal evaluation – to rigorous and formal evaluations of …

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AKEN Week: Alda Norris on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Extension Evaluation in Alaska

Leave a Comment / Extension Education Evaluation / May 14, 2013

Greetings from the Last Frontier. I’m Alda Norris, webmaster for the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) and evaluation specialist for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service (CES). The faculty and staff I work with at CES are experts in a variety of fields, from horticulture, entomology and forestry to economics, nutrition and child development. …

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AKEN Week: Amelia Ruerup on Understanding Indigenous Evaluation in an Alaskan Context

4 Comments / Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation / May 13, 2013

Hello! My name is Amelia Ruerup, I am Tlingit, originally from Hoonah, Alaska although I currently reside in Fairbanks, Alaska.  I have been working part-time in evaluation for over a year at Evaluation Research Associates and have spent approximately five years developing my understanding of Indigenous Evaluation through the mentorship and guidance of Sandy Kerr, …

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AKEN Week: Corrie Whitmore Introducing the Alaska Evaluation Network

1 Comment / Uncategorized / May 12, 2013

I’m Corrie Whitmore, president of the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) and an internal evaluator working for Southcentral Foundation (SCF).  SCF is an Alaska Native owned and operated health care organization serving approximately 60,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, and 60 rural villages in the Anchorage Service Unit. SCF …

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