Upcoming Program:

The Evaluators' Institute® is proud to introduce a new instructor, Dr. Delwyn Goodrick, and to offer 33 classes this July 2010 in Washington, DC. Three of these classes and one revised class are new to The Evaluators’ Institute course offerings.

The TEI Washington, DC Institute will be held from July 12 through July 24, 2010 at the Park Hyatt Hotel, 24th and M Street NW, Washington DC. The deadline for the Early Bird discount registration has been EXTENDED to June 25, 2010. To register, download and complete the PDF registration form.

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Courses Offered:

TEI Welcomes Dr. Delwyn Goodrick, Evaluation Practitioner /Psychologist, Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Delwyn Goodrick is a psychologist who has been working as an academic (Victoria University) and as an evaluation practitioner for the past fifteen years. She has extensive experience in teaching evaluation and social research to academics and public sector practitioners, and is currently co-editor of the Evaluation Journal of Australasia (EJA).

Dr. Goodrick will be teaching Case Studies in Evaluation, a two-day course exploring case study design, analysis and representation. The workshop will address case study topics through brief lecture presentation, small group discussion and workshop activities with realistic case study scenarios. Participants will be encouraged to examine the conceptual underpinnings, defining features and practices involved in doing case studies in evaluation contexts. Discussion of the ethical principles underpinning case study will be integrated throughout the workshop (July 14-15).

Evaluation of Training Programs, Instructor: Mr. James Bell, President of James Bell Associates, Inc. This class addresses four areas (1) instructional objectives and modes, (2) evaluation design and measure selection, (3) data collection, and (4) data analysis and presentation of findings to demonstrate performance and, if needed, improvements in the training program design. Case examples of training evaluation challenges and solutions are examined and used in class exercises (July 21-22).

Strategy Mapping to Clarify Mission and Goals to Enhance Understanding and Commitment, Manage Conflict and Support Change, Instructor: Dr. John Bryson, University of Minnesota. This class presents a technique for linking strategic thinking, acting, and learning in addressing the challenges of complex problems, and managing the inevitable conflicts that arise. The class focuses on Action-oriented strategy mapping (AOSM) as a technique in formulating and implementing mission, goals, and strategies and for being clear about how to evaluate strategies. AOSM is one of the most powerful strategic management tools in existence (July 14-15).

Dr. Michael Patton is teaching Developmental Evaluation: Applying Systems Thinking and Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use Theory a revised course formerally taught as Alternative Evaluation Designs: Implications from Systems Thinking and Complexity Theory. Developmental Evaluation, addresses the the challenges of contrasting models, competing purposes of evaluation, alternatives methods, and divergent techniques that can be applied to projects and organizational innovations that vary in scope, comprehensiveness, and complexity, and presents evaluation options that move beyond the traditional approaches (e.g., the linear logic models, experimental designs, pre-post tests) – July 22-23.

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Changes to 2010 TEI Course Offerings:

Revision of the TEI basics of evaluation,Foundations of Evaluation: Theory, Method, and Practice (old title: Basics of Program Evaluation – Step by Step), taught by Dr. Chris Coryn (July 15-17).

Dr. Gary Henry, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill is teaching Using Non-experimental Designs for Impact Evaluation (July 23-24).

TEI Certificate Program:

The Evaluators’ Institute® offers a Certificate Program for professional evaluators – three course-based certificates and a culminating portfolio-based (Master Evaluator Certificate).

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