Happy New Year! My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director for the American Evaluation Association. Today I’m writing to the aea365 readers who are not members of AEA, to encourage you to join the association for 2011. Hot Tip: Membership in AEA is only $80/year ($30 for students), and easily pays …
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Hello, my name is Melissa Maras, and I am an assistant professor at the University of Missouri. Schools are complex, interdisciplinary contexts always in flux with new and evolving policies, programs, and practices, all resulting in a rich mess of data that should be used in school-based evaluation, but is often difficult to navigate. Below …
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I am Dr. Shonta Smith, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Elementary, Early and Special Education at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Like my fellow university professors, I too, am evaluated each semester by my students in order to assess my overall teaching performance. The purpose of the evaluation is to …
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Hello again! I’m Brian Yates, your Treasurer, Director of the Program Evaluation Research Laboratory (PERL) at American University in Washington, DC, and a Professor there too. A few weeks ago I wrote an AEA365 on “Doing Cost-Inclusive Evaluation. Part I: Measuring Costs.” Measuring the costs of programs is only part of cost-inclusive evaluation. This week …
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Greetings. I am Jane Nell Luster, Senior Manager with the Data Accountability Center (DAC) and Assistant Professor at LSUHSC-Human Development Center. DAC is a technical assistance project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. DAC’s mission is to “support the submission and analysis of high-quality IDEA [Individuals with Disabilities Education …
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My name is Susan Kistler and I am AEA’s Executive Director. I contribute each Saturday’s post to aea365. Today’s contribution is short but heartfelt. Lesson learned: We all benefit from time with friends and family, finding that work-life balance. Today, I am back in the town where I grew up celebrating Christmas with my mother, …
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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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My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. I am also a regular facilitator of the Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series course. Hot Tip: For the past few years I’ve been adapting Christmas Carols for both evaluators and the not-for-profit sector. It gives …
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Hello, I’m Luisa Guillemard, and I’m a psychology professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. I want to share a tool that is very helpful for organizing your bookmarks and sharing them with others. I’m talking about Diigo, a social bookmarking tool that is available for free in the Internet. Rad Resource: Diigo …
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My name is Stuart Henderson. I am the Associate Director of Evaluation for the Clinical and Translational Science Center at the University of California, Davis. We recently used a combination of screen recording software and think aloud methodology to conduct an evaluation of an innovative software program. I’d like to share how screen recording software …
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