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Session Title: Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Informing the Intrinsic Value of Evaluation Work - Using Social Learning Theory to Promote Self-efficacy
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Business Meeting and Multipaper Session 516 to be held in Avila B on Thursday, Nov 3, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG
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| TIG Leader(s):
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Ann Maxwell, Office of Inspector General, ann.maxwell@oig.hhs.gov
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Sue Hewitt, Health District of Northern Larimer County, shewitt@healthdistrict.org
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Laura Feldman, University of Wyoming, lfeldman@uwyo.edu
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| Presenter(s):
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| Christa Smith, Kansas State University, christas@ksu.edu
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| Sheryl Hodge, Kansas State University, shodge@ksu.edu
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| Abstract:
This presentation describes a team-building activity that was conducted in an office of professional evaluators in an effort to build understanding of each others' strengths, as well as to identify their own strengths and contributions to the field of evaluation. The purpose of the activity was created out of a desire to reflect on current assets, provide continuous feedback on evaluation-related tasks, and ultimately increase the self-efficacies of evaluation professionals.
By incorporating Bandura's self-efficacy model (Bandura, 1977) in our professional development endeavors, we examined the influences of prior knowledge and experiences, persuasion, vicarious learning, and interpretation of physiological responses on our own evaluator self-efficacy. Additionally, the activity enabled recognition of how evaluator self-efficacy in turn impacts task choice, effort, and persistence.
Through dissemination of the procedures utilized, evaluation managers and supervisors can provide an innovative, insightful, and constructive mechanism for promoting a productive work environment that fosters professional growth.
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