Teaching of Evaluation

Nicole Lewis on Evaluation Apprenticeships – Real Life Evaluation Experience for Students and Evaluation Capacity Building for Community Groups

Greetings, I am Nicole Lewis, an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. I teach program evaluation courses and serve as the evaluator for various grant-funded initiatives. One of the challenges of teaching program evaluation courses is creating meaningful opportunities for students to apply what they learn in the classroom …

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Samantha Grant on Getting Program Staff Invested in Evaluation

Hi, I’m Samantha Grant, and I work for the University of Minnesota Extension as a Program Evaluator for the Center for Youth Development. As evaluators, incorporating evaluation into a program is as natural as breathing but for program-focused individuals, it is often the last, painful thought. In my work I have tried to show the …

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Kylie Hutchinson on the Splash and Ripple Model

My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. I teach workshops on evaluation and occasionally facilitate the Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series course. I am also a regular workshop presenter at AEA conferences, eStudy Webinars, and the Summer Evaluation Institute. I also Twitter …

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Lee Kokinakis on the House that Evaluation Built

My name is Lee Kokinakis and I work for the Michigan Nutrition Network (MNN) at the Michigan Fitness Foundation (MFF). I provide curriculum and evaluation assistance to projects and work with the MNN team to help local and state partners accomplish Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) outcomes under the United States Department of Agriculture …

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Ira Mahoud on Basic Evaluation Guides

Cheers! I am Ira Mahoud, a student, researcher, part-time evaluator, and occasional jazz musician. I have been on the lookout for basic guides to conducting evaluation – something shorter than a textbook but longer than an overview, that I could share with others who wanted to know the basics. Rad Resources: Here are five guides …

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Viola, Patterson, Gray, and Boal on Reflecting on Students’ Self-Assessments of Knowledge Gained through a Program Evaluation Graduate Seminar

Our names are Wendy Viola, Lindsey Patterson, Mary Gray, and Ashley Boal and we are doctoral students in the Applied Social and Community Psychology program at Portland State University.  This winter, we took a course in Program Evaluation from Dr. Katherine McDonald.  We’d like to share three aspects of the seminar that we felt made …

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Joi Moore on Facilitating Systematic Evaluation Activities

Greetings. I’m Joi Moore, Associate Professor in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri.   I also serve as a faculty member for the Information Experience Lab. Teaching an online application development course, such as Flash animation, can easily become overwhelming for students and the instructors.  Students must acquire the …

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Scribing: Vidhya Shanker on Discussions Regarding the AEA Cultural Competence Statement

This is Vidhya Shanker, a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota. I served as an Evaluation 2010 scribe for Think Tank Session 242, Cultural Competency in Evaluation: Discussion of the American Evaluation Association’s Public Statement on the Importance of Cultural Competence in Evaluation. Discussion was organized into small groups, each of which focused on …

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Maureen Wilce on Program Evaluation Basics Webinar Series

My name is Maureen Wilce and I’m the team leader for the Program Evaluation and Community Interventions Team in the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch in CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health. My team provides technical assistance to support the evaluation efforts of 36 state partners in the National Asthma Control Program. Together with …

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Scribing: Bonnie Stabile on Teaching About Specific Aspects of Evaluation

My name is Bonnie Stabile and I teach Program Evaluation in the MPA and MPP programs at George Mason University.  I served as a session scribe at Evaluation 2010 and attended session number 535, Teaching About Specific Aspects of Evaluation.  I chose this session because I am interested in learning about innovative facets of the …

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