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SI11 Session 18: Essential Competencies for Program Evaluators 

08-02-2011 12:08

Handout from session at 2011 AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute

Description: This workshop is designed to teach participants the Essential Competencies for Program Evaluators, a set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes in six categories. The session will begin with the analysis of program evaluation vignettes representing diverse areas of practice to show both the common competencies across settings and those unique to specific contents or contexts. Following a brief history of how the competencies were developed, the session will then examine the competencies in all six categories: professional practice, systematic inquiry, situational analysis, project management, reflective practice, and interpersonal skills. This discussion, which builds on the continuum of interpersonal evaluation practice, will ground participants in the competencies’ content and allow people to ask questions as they think about their own evaluation practice. After a short break, participants will develop concept maps to explore how the competencies make sense in their roles or content areas. Comparative discussion will further illuminate the competencies, and then participants will complete a self-assessment tool and discuss how to set priorities and action steps for professional development. Most of the session will consist of interactive exercises with just enough lecture to frame the discussion.

Audience: All evaluators, and those thinking about entering the field of evaluation, working in any context

Jean King is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development at the University of Minnesota where she also serves as Director of the Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute. A sought-after presenter and long-time writer on evaluation topics, she is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and reviews. Jean has received numerous awards for her work, including AEA’s Myrdahl Award for Evaluation Practice and Ingle Award for Extraordinary Service, three teaching awards, and three community service awards. From 2004-2009 she served as Co-PI with Frances Lawrenz on “Beyond Evaluation Use: Determining the Effect of Individual Project Participation on the Influence of STEM Overall Program Evaluations,” an NSF-funded research project.

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