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The Certificate in Evaluation Practice is
awarded for completion of a set of courses designed to increase one's
understanding of the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential
to produce valid and useable evaluations. It is for evaluators
who are seeking an expanded conception or a broader framework for what
constitutes evaluation practice, for evaluation professionals without
much formal or recent coursework who wish to develop a more systematic
understanding of the field, and for those who are approaching evaluation
practice as a new endeavor. This certificate also serves as the prerequisite
for the next level certificate in Advanced Evaluation Practices.
Requirements: 15 days of coursework in Group
IA topics, below, and 15 days of electives from Groups IB and IC topics.
In the list below, each topic is linked to
the current TEI course that satisfies the requirement or the elective.
Many past TEI courses satisfy part or all of
the hours associated with Group I courses. If you are a past TEI participant,
you may request a transcript showing your credits against any Certificate.
Send a stamped and self-addressed envelope to the TEI office: 116
Front Street, Federal Building, Rm 236, Lewes, DE 19958, and indicate
which certificate(s) are of interest. Transcripts will be provided at
no cost as long as we are permitted to handle these requests as we have
time, i.e., within 30 days. For rush orders, send a check for $10
along with a stamped and self-addressed envelope.
Required:
Group IA. 15 days of instruction
in the basic fundamentals of evaluation:
IA.a. Theories
of evaluation and their implications for practice (3 days)
IA.b. Evaluation
design (3 days)
IA.c.
Evaluation research methods (3 days)
IA.d.
Professional standards and ethics for evaluators (2 days)
IA.e. Working
with evaluation stakeholders (2 days)
IA.f. Managing
evaluations (2 days) |
Electives:
Group IB. 9 days selected
from following topics:
IB.a.
Applied statistics
(4 days)
IB.b.
Applied measurement
(2 days)
IB.c.
Survey design and administration
(2 days)
IB.d.
Sampling
(1 day)
IB.e.
Linking evaluation questions to analysis techniques
(3 days)
IB.f.
Applied regression analysis
(3 days)
IB.g.
Qualitative data analysis
(2 days)
IB.h.
Qualitative inquiry methods
(2 days) |
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Group IC. 6 days selected from following topics:
IC.a. Program
theory/logic modeling
(2 days)
IC.b.
Effective utilization of technology
(2 days)
IC.c.
Building organizational capacity for evaluation
(1 day)
IC.d.
Reporting strategies
(1 day)
IC.e.
Optimizing use of evaluation results for policy
(1 day)
IC.f. Multi-cultural issues in evaluation
(2 days)
IC.g.
Multi-site evaluations
(2 days)
IC.h.
Evaluation consulting business skills
(1 day). |
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