Hi, I’m Mary Arnold, a professor and youth development specialist at Oregon State University. In a previous AEA365 post I presented three tips for successfully engaging youth in participatory evaluation (YPE) projects. Here are a few more tips that can help ensure the success of your YPE endeavors. Hot Tips: Teach the Cycle. As trained …
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Hi, I’m Sara Plachta Elliott, Evaluation Fellow at the Skillman Foundation in Detroit, Michigan, through a grant to Brandeis University’s Center for Youth and Communities. As an Evaluation Fellow, I work with Foundation staff to create learning opportunities that inform the work of improving school and neighborhood conditions for Detroit’s kids.In 2010, Brandeis conducted a …
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I’m Regan Grandy, and I’ve worked as an evaluator for Spectrum Research Evaluation and Development for six years. My work is primarily evaluating U.S. Department of Education-funded grant projects with school districts across the nation. Lessons Learned – Like some of you, I’ve found it difficult, at times, gaining access to extant data from school …
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I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and aea365 regular Saturday contributor. Today is a big day. Well actually, yesterday was a big day, but right now is the morning after when we get to reflect on a night to remember. We frittered away the evening, sharing and chatting away the hours until …
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My name is Rob Shumer and I work at the University of Minnesota. I’ve taught a few courses on participatory evaluation, some which focus on youth led evaluation. I am currently involved with a few projects that engage youth in evaluation of their school programs. Most youth participatory evaluation happens through programs that occur after …
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Greetings! I’m Shep Zeldin and I am a professor in the Civil Society and Community Research Graduate Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and I’m Jane Powers from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell University. We are engaged in a long term project to promote and support youth-adult partnerships (Y-AP) in organizational and …
Hi! My name is Krista Collins, and I am an Applied Developmental Psychology doctoral candidate at Claremont Graduate University. As a developmental psychologist and practicing evaluator, I am interested in how youth-participatory evaluation can engage youth in meaningful activities that will enable them with the tools to promote their own development. Best practices about how …
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Hi, I’m Dr. Mary Arnold, a professor and youth development specialist at Oregon State University. We are not lacking great ideas for how to involve youth in program evaluation, but we often struggle with how to actually making it happen! Here are a few starter tips for ensuring success in involving youth in participatory evaluations. …
Hi, I’m Katie Richards-Schuster from the Michigan Youth and Community Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Over the last 10 years, the Michigan Youth and Community Program has been working to engage young people in community-based participatory evaluation. Much of our work has focused on capacity building activities—training and education—but also …
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The onset of spring is a wonderful time of year. Cold weather, dreary skies, and minimal sunlight give way to warmer climes, cloudless firmaments, and sunsets that form noticeably later. Could there be a better time to celebrate the germination and growth of a new Topical Interest Group? My name is Kim Sabo Flores (Thrive …
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