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YFE TIG Week: Accessing Youth Expertise in Designing Surveys for Youth by Mary Murray

1 Comment / Youth Focused Evaluation / August 29, 2021 August 20, 2021

Greetings. I’m Mary Murray, founder of of MEMconsultants. For two decades my team has built the capacity of youth-serving organizations to use evaluation practices to strengthen programs. Consistently, this has involved gathering information from youth via end of program surveys, interviews and focus groups. Often, we incorporate activities that expand beyond simply collecting information from …

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The Power of Youth Voice in Data Conversations by Stephanie Mui

5 Comments / Youth Focused Evaluation / January 9, 2021 January 8, 2021

Hello! My name is Stephanie Mui, and I am a Senior Program Analyst at Good Shepherd Services, evaluating afterschool programs serving elementary and middle school participants. One of my favorite parts of my job is involving afterschool youth council participants in the program performance management cycle, which has served to enrich and expand the impact …

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Program Design TIG Week: Research Activism for Youth: Facilitating a Virtual, Community-based Skill- Building Program by Asma M. Ali & Myles Castro

We are Asma M. Ali Ph.D. and Myles Castro MPH of the Sinai Urban Health Institute [SUHI] in Chicago. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we recently changed the format of SUHI’s Research Activism for Youth [RAY] program from an in-person into a 100% virtual program. RAY is a 6-week community-based program that empowers youth ages …

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Interviewing Minors in Schools

8 Comments / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods, Youth Focused Evaluation / October 8, 2020 October 4, 2020

We are Christine Crumbacher, PhD, Evaluation Specialist at Greenville County Schools in South Carolina, and Michael Sikes, PhD, independent Program Evaluator. Each of us evaluates educational programs that serve young people. Interviewing minors presents unique challenges. These include obtaining parental consent, interviewee participation, protecting participants, and collecting detailed data. Hot Tip: Know district policies concerning …

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Increasing Youth Engagement in Focus Groups by Taneisha Lee

3 Comments / Qualitative Methods, Youth Focused Evaluation / March 5, 2020 December 28, 2019

Hello! My name is Taneisha Lee, CEO of Transformative Research and Evaluation, an independent research and evaluation consulting firm in Atlanta, Georgia. We are currently evaluating a Minority Youth Violence Prevention II (MYVP2) grant-funded program for one of our clients, Clayton County System of Care. Two of the grant’s goals are to reduce youth crime …

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YFE TIG Week: Creating Youth Inclusive Spaces within Adult-Centric Events by Ross VeLure Roholt

1 Comment / Uncategorized, Youth Focused Evaluation / December 13, 2019 December 10, 2019

Hello, I am Ross VeLure Roholt, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. This year I collaborated with others on the YFE TIG to sponsor and host a group of young people to attend and participate in the American Evaluation Association meeting in Minneapolis. Over the last decade youth-led evaluation has grown in scope and …

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YFE TIG Week: Climbing Hart’s ladder: Methods for engaging youth in evaluation and decision-making by Cara Karter

1 Comment / Youth Focused Evaluation / December 11, 2019 December 8, 2019

Hello, I’m Cara Karter, a youth-focused evaluator at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. If you attended the Eval2019 poster session, you may have had the chance to chat with me about this topic. For those of you who weren’t able to attend, now is your chance! What is youth engagement? Youth engagement is …

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YFE TIG Week: Dipping your toes into youth focused evaluation by Lizzie Esposito

1 Comment / Youth Focused Evaluation / December 10, 2019 December 8, 2019

Hello! My name is Lizzie Esposito and I am working with Courageous heARTS, a youth-led nonprofit art studio in the heart of south Minneapolis. I am serving with heARTS for one year as an Americorps promise fellow, and have the opportunity to have many new experiences in the world of youth work, nonprofits and education. Daily, …

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YFE TIG Week: The Youth Opportunity Initiative by Elizabeth Kim

2 Comments / Youth Focused Evaluation / December 9, 2019 December 8, 2019

Hello, my name is Elizabeth Kim, Manager of Measurement, Evaluation, Research, and Learning at the International Youth Foundation (IYF). One of IYF’s strategic objectives is to increase economic opportunity for youth by bridging connections among learning systems, communities, and employers, and creating pathways to self-employment or career opportunities. The Youth Opportunity Initiative is one of …

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