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   Essential Skills Series will be offered again in 2012. 

               Stay tuned for the next Series dates.

 

The Essential Skills Series consists of three, one-day foundational modules.  The modules have been designed by the Canadian Evaluation Society to introduce and enhance program evaluation skills and promote the professional practice of evaluation across Canada.  There will be opportunities for group exercises and discussion during the modules.  Participant workbooks will be provided for each module.

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About Essential Skills Series

If you are:

  • A newly appointed evaluation or program review officer
  • Responsible for managing evaluation projects within your organizations
  • Looking for an introduction or a refresher on the main concepts and issues in program evaluation

Then the Essential Skills Series is for you. Attend a fantastic introduction to evaluation concepts and methods rolled into a four day series of workshops. The workshops are led by experienced evaluators in the field. Pick and choose a workshop or come to all of them.

The workshops are designed by the Canadian Evaluation Society to enhance program evaluation skills and promote the professional practice of evaluation across Canada. The workshops provide opportunities for group exercises and discussion. Participant workbooks are provided for each workshop.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS SERIES WORKSHOPS:

Understanding Program Evaluation
Building an Evaluation Framework
Improving Program Performance
Evaluating for Results

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Content

Understanding Program Evaluation
  • Terms and concepts used by evaluators
  • Trends in evaluation
  • Benefits and uses of program evaluation
  • The relationships between planning, management and evaluation
  • Major models and types of evaluation
  • Evaluation Standards of Practice
  • How to make evaluations ethical & fair

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Building an Evaluation Framework
  • Considerations when developing an evaluation framework
  • Basic steps for planning an evaluation
  • Methods for needs assessments
  • Methods for evaluability assessments

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Improving Program Performance
  • Terms/concepts in process evaluation
  • Key aspects of program performance
  • Program monitoring strategies
  • Data collection techniques

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Evaluating for Results
  • Measures of program outcomes
  • Outcome monitoring systems
  • Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness methods
  • Effectively communicating results
  • Enhancing evaluation utilization

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Check out our Workshops page also for professional development opportunities.

Past Essential Skills Series:

  • November 21, 22, 28, 29, 2011
  • July 4-7, 2011
  • June 8-10, 2011
  • October 18, 19, 25, 26, 2010.
  • July 5-8, 2010.
  • November 23-26, 2009.
  • July 13, 14, 20 & 21, 2009.
  • November 24-27, 2008.
  • May 26-29, 2008.
  • November 26-29, 2007.
  • May 14-17, 2007.