| 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:
Evaluation to the Rescue: Combining Internal and External Evaluation Policies and Practices to Sustain Peripheral Educational Programs |
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Roundtable Presentation 111 to be held in Balboa A on Wednesday, Nov 2, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Ian Martin, University of San Diego, imartin@sandiego.edu
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| Sharon Rallis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, sharonr@educ.umass.edu
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| Abstract:
In times of economic stress, school systems cut their budgets while aiming to maintain core academic services. Looking to eliminate services not deemed basic, districts put peripheral programs on budgetary chopping blocks. Thus, school social workers, counselors, nurses and librarians often find their programs and positions in jeopardy. Drawing on our work in school districts, we argue that those programs engaging in internal and external evaluation practices fare much better than programs or services without evaluation. They survive because they are proactive; that is, they use evaluation information to advocate their value to the district and to make on-going improvements, thus, increasing perceived effectiveness. This roundtable focuses on the role of evaluation within school counseling programs, presenting real cases that use combined internal and external evaluation. We highlight conceptual tools and evaluation capacity building activities that better position peripheral programs within state departments of education and local school districts.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours: How Are We Using Efforts To Outcomes (ETO) Systems to Evaluate Programs? |
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Roundtable Presentation 111 to be held in Balboa A on Wednesday, Nov 2, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Elizabeth Kelly, The Urban Assembly Schools, ekelly@urbanassembly.org
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| Abstract:
The Urban Assembly is a family of small NYC public schools supported by a public/private partnership. Our central office staff provide school support in leadership development, instruction, student enrichment, school operations, youth development, and college readiness. We have a complex value proposition: Our work is with the adults in our schools yet we hold ourselves accountable for our students' success. In order to best measure our impact we had to be sure of the integrity of our implementation - of how we provide the support to schools as needed? We monitor that through a performance management system called ETO (Efforts to Outcomes.) None of the tools in the market is specifically designed for our needs, so we customized this as much as we could. We know we are not alone, and we need to be among our kind. Please join to share lessons from our journeys and improve our evaluative practices.
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