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AEA GUIDING PRINCIPLES TRAINING
PACKAGE
The
Guiding Principles for Evaluators serve as the cornerstone of good
evaluation practice. Developed in 1994 as guidelines for sound,
ethical practice, they have been broadly vetted with the AEA
membership and reviewed and revised at regular intervals,
including most recently in 2003, in order to ensure that they remain
current with the field.
In
2006-2007, the AEA Ethics Committee worked with a range of
evaluators to develop a training package aimed at introducing the
Guiding Principles in a workshop format and engaging evaluators in
discussion about ethical practice. The resulting package, having
been reviewed by an expert panel and approved for distribution by the AEA Board of
Directors, is available for use for personal instruction or as a
starting point for facilitating a workshop on the Guiding Principles.
The AEA
Guiding Principles Training Package Components:
-
Comprehensive
Guide (pdf)
This guide contains
ALL of the components noted below in the next section in a
single, downloadable format.
-
Ethical Reasoning
Article (pdf)
This resource about ethical reasoning can be
distributed before or during the workshop.
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PowerPoint
Presentation (pdf or ppt)
The PowerPoint presentation with facilitator notes can be
used as is or adapted for your workshop context. This is
available in two versions:
Powerpoint as
pdf document: The pdf version includes full
notes and is good for initial review and self-study
Powerpoint as ppt document: The PowerPoint version may be manipulated to show both notes and
slides and customized for your own presentations.
Components included in the Comprehensive Guide:
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Facilitator's Guide (pdf): Read this first
for an overview of the components of the training package and
for useful information on preparing for and conducting a
training workshop.
-
Case Study
(pdf): The case study is about an external
evaluation of a health program to be used in the small group
exercise.
-
Case Study
Worksheet (pdf): The work sheet is to be used by
participants during the small group exercise.
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Completed
Case Study Work Sheet (pdf): The completed work sheet is
only for the facilitator as a guide for discussion about the
case study after the small group exercise.
-
AEA Guiding
Principles (pdf): The full version of the Guiding
Principles can be distributed before or during the workshop.
-
Workshop Evaluation
Form (pdf): This optional form can be used to have
participants evaluate your workshop.
Questions:
If you should have questions
about this training package, please contact the Chair of the AEA
Ethics Committee. The roster of Committee leaders may be found
towards the bottom of our leadership page by
clicking here. |
