Initiating Event
A
typical CAPE professional development program begins
with an intensive three-day Institute – a face-to-face
event where educators work in teams, with guidance from
SERVE staff, in developing evaluation plans for their
projects (Joyce & Showers, 1995). This approach
engenders buy-in and furthers a cohesive understanding
of how the project and the evaluation work (Lieberman
& Miller, 1999).
During
the Institute, teams:
•
Develop a logic
map in order to clarify project activities
and desired outcomes.
•
Identify essential questions about what the team needs to know about both the implementation
and impact of their project.
•
Explore and select data
sources that are most likely to provide
the information needed to answer the implementation
and impact questions they have identified.
•
Teams begin developing an evaluation
management plan identifying actions,
roles, and responsibilities to ensure that the evaluation
progresses in a timely and seamlessly manner that
parallels the project implementation rather than overshadowing
it.
•
Outline a communication
plan for sharing information about the
evaluation process, progress, and findings will all
stakeholders.
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