MTS SUMMER EVALUATION INSTITUTE
Schedule and Curriculum
Explanation:
General
observations about the schedule:
Participants will meet at 8 AM each day of the institute. During the first hour (8 – 9), procedural
items will be taken care of and participants will have time to check email,
make last minute preparations, etc.
Presentations are then scheduled from 9 until 12 each day, with a brief
time for breaks. Some morning sessions
will continue into the afternoon session (with an hour for lunch). Afternoon sessions will begin with an
evaluation of the morning activities.
The Q & A sessions are scheduled for afternoons, and other afternoon
activities will vary from formal presentations, participant presentations,
field trips, and participant work time.
Initials: The initials after
schedule items correspond to who is scheduled for that session. The full names follow.
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ag – Arlen
Gullickson (Eval. Center) ba – Brooks
Applegate (Eval. Center) cn – Cris
Nelson (Eval. Center) cr – Craig
Russon (Eval. Center) dls – Daniel
Stufflebeam (Eval. Center) df – Dale
Farland (Eval. Center) |
gm – Gary
Miron (Eval. Center) gr – Gloria
Rogers (Visiting Scholar) hm – Howard
Mzumara (Visiting Scholar) jf
– Joan Farland (Eval.
Center) jh – Jerry
Horn (Eval. Center) js – James
Sanders (Eval. Center) |
lw – Lori
Wingate (Eval. Center) ms – Michael
Scriven (Visiting Scholar) pa – Peter
Airasian (Visiting Scholar) sv – Sally
Veeder (Eval. Center) tr – Todd
Rogers (Visiting Scholar) yl – Yvonna
Lincoln (Visiting Scholar) |
Needs assessment data: We have designed the curriculum based upon
general understanding of the field of evaluation, what has been presented in
past institutes, on the constraints of instructor’s schedules, and upon a needs
assessment of the applicants to the institute and those selected to
participate. The curriculum does not
totally reflect any one of those influences.
A summary of the needs assessment data is included in a separate
document. We encourage you to review
the document to get a sense of participant perceptions of the topics that you
will be teaching.
Q & A sessions: Our intention for the Q & A sessions is
for the participants to have an opportunity to hear some of the current
thinking of the instructors and to interact informally about that topic or
others that arise. As scheduled, we
have asked the instructors to informally present about a topic of choice for 10
to 15 minutes, followed by 10 to 15 minutes for questions and discussion.
Teams 1 – 5: Fifteen participants have agreed to attend
the institute. The participants will be
grouped into five teams of three each.
The grouping will be done randomly.
Individual participant and team presentations will be made at several
times during the Institute, as indicated by the schedule.
MTS Institute 2000
SCHEDULE -- WEEK 1 -- Foundations
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Week 1 |
Monday 6/12/00 |
Tuesday 6/13/00 |
Wednesday 6/14/00 |
Thursday 6/15/00 |
Friday 6/16/00 |
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8:00- 9:00 |
$ Introductions $ Getting started {ag} $ Announcements $ Orientation |
$ Getting started {df} $ Center/campus tour $ Announcements |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements (transportation & directions) |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements |
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9:00-10:00 |
$ Overview of the curriculum {ag} $ Introduction to the Program Standards {dls} |
$ Personnel Standards {tr} |
$ Presentation on alternative evaluation approaches / models {dls} |
$ Divide and conquer strategy for designing evaluations {ag} $ NSF User-friendly Handbook on Program Evaluation {ag} |
$ Qualitative Evaluation methods and models (yl) |
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10:00-11:00 |
$ Standards continued {dls} |
$ Personnel Standards simulation {ag, tr} |
$ Briefing on the CIPP Model {dls} |
$ Quantitative evaluation project examples {ba & gm re
Edison evaluation} |
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11:00-12:00 |
$ Preparation for simulation exercise {dls, lw, sv} |
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$ Evaluation for internal & external use in nonprofit
organizations {js} |
$ NSF User-friendly Handbook on Mixed Methods Evaluation
{jh} |
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1:00- 1:15 |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
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1:15-4:00 |
$ Standards application simulation {lw, sv} $ Q & A session with Dr. Stufflebeam |
$ Student Evaluation
Standards {tr} $ Q & A session with Dr. T. Rogers |
$ Q & A session with Dr. Sanders $ Overview and explanation of
participant products and presentations {df} |
$ Mixed method evaluation project examples (e.g. RSI, Sara,
EETAP) {cr} $ Evaluation of charter schools {gm} $ Q & A session with Dr. Miron $ 5:30 PM at Gullickson home |
$ Q & A session with Dr. Lincoln $ Team
presentations
on selected component of evaluation problem and solution based upon
models/standards (~ 15 minutes per team) |
MTS Institute 2000
SCHEDULE -- WEEK 2 -- Methods
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Week 2 |
Monday 6/19/00 |
Tuesday 6/20/00 |
Wednesday 6/21/00 |
Thursday 6/22/00 |
Friday 6/23/00 |
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8:00- 9:00 |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
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9:00-10:00 |
$ Proposal preparation {jh, ag} $ Staffing for evaluations {jh} |
$ Briefing presentation on
evaluation reporting and follow-up {Team 1} |
$ Trans-discipline evaluation {ms} |
$ Checklists – introduction, examples in evaluation {dls, ms} $ Metaevaluation checklist {dls} |
$ Briefing presentation on survey
methods in evaluation {Team 2} |
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10:00-11:00 |
$ Budgeting for evaluations {ag} |
$ Reporting evaluation findings {ag} |
$ Big footprint evaluation {ms} |
$ Contracting checklist {dls} |
$ Survey considerations {ag} |
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11:00-12:00 |
$ Contracting for evaluations {jh} |
$ Quantitative evaluation methods; planning, analysis,
reporting {cn} |
$ Goal-free evaluation {ms} |
$ Key evaluation checklist {ms} |
$ Survey examples
and applications {ag, df} |
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1:00- 1:15 |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation (12:50-1:00) |
$ Evaluation |
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1:15-4:00 |
$ Professional development in evaluation {cr} $ Q & A session with Dr. Horn |
$ Data base development for evaluation {ba} $ Q & A session with Dr. Applegate |
$ Q & A session with Dr. Scriven |
$ Leave for Battle
Creek (by 1:00 PM) $ 2-4; Visit to Kellogg Foundation, Battle
Creek |
$ Introduction to the intern program {ag} $ An intern’s view of the internship {hm} $ Coordination of the internship program {jf} $ Q & A session with Dr. Gullickson |
MTS Institute 2000
SCHEDULE -- WEEK 3 -- Participation
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Week 3 |
Monday 6/26/00 |
Tuesday 6/27/00 |
Wednesday 6/28/00 |
Thursday 6/29/00 |
Friday 6/30/00 |
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8:00- 9:00 |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
$ Getting started {df} $ Announcements $ Assessments |
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9:00-10:00 |
$ Program vs
course assessment $ Good
Practice in assessing student learning $ Use of
assessment models $ Best
practices in assessment of program effectiveness |
$ Common
mistakes in outcomes assessment $ Assessment
as a mediator for change $ Understanding
change process $ Politics of implementing assessment processes {gr} |
$ Selecting instruments $ Designing instruments $ Finding instruments $ Administration {pa} |
$ Airasian, continued |
$ Briefing presentation on critical
issues in evaluation {Team 4} |
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10:00-11:00 |
$ Development
of RosE-Portfolio, demonstration |
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$ Briefing presentation on “gaps” in
the Summer Institute curriculum {Team 5}
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11:00- 12:00 |
$ Advice from the field {gr} |
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$ Debriefing $ Evaluation of the
institute |
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1:00- 1:15 |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
$ Evaluation |
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1:15-4:00 |
$ Use of
team facilitation $ Developing
a program assessment plan $ Developing
measurable learning outcomes $ Review of
“catalog” of outcome attributes $ Choosing
effective assessment methods $ Assessment method truisms $ Q & A session with Dr. G. Rogers |
$ Q & A session with Dr. Nelson $ Briefing presentation on
professional development programs in science education {Team 3} |
$ Q & A session with Dr. Airasian $ Participant presentations about your Institute “artifacts” (about 5 minutes each) |
$ Q & A session with Dr. Russon $ Leave for Lake Michigan |
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