| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Divisive Contexts and Their Impact on Evaluation |
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Roundtable Presentation 643 to be held in Suwannee 17 on Friday, Nov 13, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Human Services Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Joanne Farley, Human Development Institute, joanne.farley@uky.edu
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| Chithra Perumal, Human Development Institute, chithra.perumal@uky.edu
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| Abstract:
Questions for roundtable discussion will be raised focusing on a two year evaluation of a community collaborative intended to enhance the academic performance and well-being of students in a particular school. The collaborative-school relationship experienced a number of issues and problems which impacted the ability of evaluators to conduct high quality evaluation. These issues generated problems for the evaluation in areas such as following the goals of the evaluation, collecting evaluation data, obtaining evaluating findings, developing valid interpretations of evaluation findings and reporting out evaluation results and implications. Since multi-group collaboratives can often have issues of leadership, representation, and agenda, focusing on this particular collaborative should initiate rich dialogue among roundtable participants. The purpose of this roundtable will be to encourage group discussion of how to resolve and deal with challenges to conducting a high quality evaluation. Participant dialogue will be informed by being given a history of the focal collaborative and discussion of the issues that operated in areas such as collaborative leadership; racial/ethnic divisions among constituents of the collaborative, e.g., students, teachers, and parents; and community commitment to the collaborative mission and goals.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Methodological Successes and Challenges in Conducting Comprehensive Organizational Health Assessment in Child Welfare |
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Roundtable Presentation 643 to be held in Suwannee 17 on Friday, Nov 13, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Human Services Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Sheridan Green, University of Denver, sheridan.green
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| Robin Leake, University of Denver, robin.leake@du.edu
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| Julie Morales, University of Denver, julie.morales@du.edu
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| Cathryn Potter, University of Denver, cathryn.potter@du.edu
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| Abstract:
Comprehensive organizational assessment in child welfare helps guide and effectively target intervention efforts. This proposed roundtable will begin by the University of Denver, Butler Institute for Families presenting their work in the development of a comprehensive organizational health assessment for child welfare; the selection of domains, methods and measures; the on-site assessment process; and the follow-up used by a regional, federally-funded child welfare workforce initiative. The evaluative use of the assessment to gauge the intervention and initiative-level effectiveness will also be presented. The encouraged discussion will focus on the successes and challenges of this approach and other evaluators' experiences, specifically in the context of human services and child welfare. Recommendations for modifications, refinement and further work will be solicited from the roundtable participants.
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