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Hi, I am Don Glass, an independent evaluation consultant. Recently during my Universal Design for Learning Leadership Fellowship
at Boston College and CAST, I developed tools and protocols for the
evaluation of UDL implementation at the school district level. Prior to
my Fellowship award, I was the Director of Outcomes and Evaluation at
VSA and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. My work uses evaluation
strategies as ongoing teacher professional development and
capacity-building for education programs that partner arts and cultural
organizations with public schools. My work at VSA focused on building evaluation capacity to gather, use, and share valuable knowledge about inclusive arts teaching and learning.
I am also a visual
artist and educator who has held positions at the Annenberg Institute
for School Reform at Brown University, the Louisiana Division of Arts,
and the Philadelphia Education Fund. I hold a B.F.A. from the University
of the Arts and a M.Ed. from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in
Philadelphia, as well as a Ph.D. from the University of the
Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in South Africa.
I am really excited
to be working closely with Kathleen to support the growth of our TIG,
measured not just by number of members, but by the quality of our
exchange with our colleagues and our contributions to the evaluation
field. donglass@gmail.com
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Hi, I’m Kathleen Tinworth, the Director of Visitor Research &
Program Evaluation at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science since
2007. In addition, I provide creative and customized consultancy to
cultural institutions committed to better advocacy for and understanding
of their audiences and communities. I have over ten years of experience
designing, developing, and executing professional research and
evaluation in the cultural sector, social justice, and criminal justice
fields. I have served as a board member of the American Association of
Museum’s Committee for Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE) and am
currently on the board of the Visitor Studies Association (VSA). I have
been the evaluation lead on current and past grants from the NSF, IMLS,
NASA, and NIH. I author a blog about the intersection between consumer trends and the visitor experience.
As an internal evaluator
in a large nature and science museum, I am thrilled to be a part of the
Arts & Culture TIG leadership and promote opportunities to further
integrate museums and other informal (“free choice”) learning
institutions into the mission and program of the TIG. In the past few
years, I have really seen participation and energy grow in and around
the TIG. The program has gotten really dynamic and the conversations and
networking at the annual conference have become something I look
forward to all year. kathleen.tinworth@dmns.org
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