| Session Title: Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Managing Evaluation: Mediating Evaluation Policy and Evaluation Practice |
| Business Meeting Session 362 to be held in Mineral Hall Section E on Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM |
| Sponsored by the Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG |
| TIG Leader(s): |
| Ann Maxwell, United States Department of Health and Human Services, ann.maxwell@oig.hhs.gov |
| Susan Hewitt, Health District of Northern Larimer County, shewitt@healthdistrict.org |
| Laura Feldman, University of Wyoming, lfeldman@uwyo.edu |
| Presenter(s): |
| Donald Compton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dcompton@cdc.gov |
| Michael Baizerman, University of Minnesota, mbaizerman@umn.edu |
| Michael Schooley, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mschooley@cdc.gov |
| Robert Rodosky, Jefferson County Public Schools, robert.rodosky@jefferson.kyschools.us |
| Marco Munoz, Jefferson County Public Schools, marco.munoz@jefferson.kyschools.us |
| Abstract: The management of evaluation studies, evaluators and an evaluation unit stands between evaluation policy and evaluation practice. We have submitted a New Directions for Evaluation co-edited volume on managing these three elements and our paper will pre- review the text. We suggest the strengths and weaknesses of the two classical answers: Insiders (evaluator) and outsiders. Further, we characterize evaluators as “knowledge workers” and examine this small literature for practical suggestions and concepts for this level of managing. Then we look at managing a unit, homogeneous and heterogeneous, when the manager is an insider or outsider. In addition, we suggest guidelines for education and training Insiders and Outsider managers. Finally we present Guidelines for Managing Evaluation based on the literature, three case studies, and two essays on their practical experiences by federal managers, and our own professional work. The result will be a sample of content from the NDE volume which will serve as an introduction to our contribution to the understanding and practice of managing evaluation studies, workers and a unit. |