Youth Focused Evaluation

YFE Week: Brian Hubbard on Strengthening Youth Participatory Evaluations

Hello fellow evaluators! My name is Brian Hubbard and I am an administrator and youth worker who created and continues to work directly with a youth council from the Conservation Corps.  I have seen the benefits of working with and alongside youth engaging in participatory evaluation. The Conservation Corps is a non-profit organization that provides …

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YFE Week: Maddy Boesen on Addressing Adultism & Being an Ally in Youth-Focused Evaluations, Part 1

Hello, I’m Maddy Boesen from the Research Department at GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network). This post is the first of a two-part series about identifying and redressing adultism in youth-focused evaluation that comes from a series of conversations with my friend and colleague, Mariah Kornbluh of Michigan State University. What is adultism? …

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YFE Week: Kim Sabo Flores and David White on Youth Focused Evaluation: One Year And Growing Strong!

Hello, my name is Kim Sabo Flores (Evaluation Access) and I am David White (Oregon State University).  We are the co-chairs of the Youth Focused Evaluation Topical Interest Group (YFE TIG).  The YFE TIG is an inclusive and participatory space for all evaluators, of any age. The YFE TIG focuses attention on the practices, and …

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CP TIG Week: Tara Gregory and Bailey Blair on Using Qualitative Data as a Catalyst for Youth Empowerment

We’re Tara Gregory, Director of Research and Evaluation, and Bailey Blair, Youth Leadership in Kansas Program Associate, at Wichita State University’s Center for Community Support and Research (CCSR).  CCSR was awarded a grant last year by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to provide technical assistance and research services to leadership groups for …

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LAWG Week: Patricia Moore Shaffer on STEM Evaluation in Informal Settings

My name is Patricia Moore Shaffer. I am the Evaluation Manager for the NASA Office of Education in Washington, DC, and enjoy networking with colleagues through the Washington Evaluators and the Federal Evaluator groups. Informal learning experiences, such as summer and after-school programs or museum exhibitions, present a prime venue for fostering youth interest in …

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CP Week: Alison Baxter on Evaluation and Research Activities With Youth: How Incentives Make a Difference (To Youth and Evaluators)

Greetings State-side colleagues! My name is Alison Baxter and I have the privilege of being an internal evaluator with Pathways to Education Lawrence Heights in Toronto, a holistic after school program for high school students who live in a low income community. My experience has been that engaging youth in evaluation activities is not always …

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Marybeth Neal on Using a Wall to Engage Stakeholders

I’m Marybeth Neal, I am a cultural anthropologist that uses ethnographic methods to engage stakeholders in creating their own ongoing systems of evaluation. This summer I had the absolutely delightful experience working with a brilliant group of teens and young adults who train both youth and adult members of social change organizations on how to …

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Alice Hausman on Measuring Community -Defined Indicators of Success

I am Alice Hausman, a professor of Public Health at Temple University. I have been working as a community based participatory research (CBPR) evaluator of youth violence prevention initiatives in urban environments for many years. Lesson Learned: Involve the Community in Identifying Measures and Data. As part of the participatory evaluation planning process, I always …

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PD CoP Week: Rashell Bowerman on Evaluating Professional Development: Guskey Level One: Participant Reactions

Hello, I am Rashell Bowerman, Educational Consultant for the Michigan Department of Education. I formally worked as a doctoral associate for the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) and continue to participate in NSTTAC’s Evaluating Professional Development Community of Practice. NSTTAC is committed to data-based decision making and views evaluation as a tool for …

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Allan Porowski and Heather Clawson on Conducting Evaluation with At-Risk Youth

Hello! We’re Allan Porowski from ICF International and Heather Clawson from Communities In Schools (CIS). We completed a five-year, comprehensive, mixed-method evaluation of CIS, which featured a several study components – including three student-level randomized controlled trials; a school-level quasi-experimental study; eight case studies; a natural variation study to identify what factors distinguished the most …

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