Evaluate promotes the goals of the Advanced Technological Education program by partnering with ATE projects and centers to strengthen the program's evaluation knowledge base, expand the use of exemplary evaluation practices, and support the continuous improvement of technician education throughout the nation.
Past Events
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ATE Survey Orientation: What You Need to Know to Get Good Information Into and Out of the Survey
Wednesday January 18, 2012 | 1-2:30 PM (Eastern)
In this webinar, EvaluATE staff will help ATE grantees prepare for the upcoming annual ATE survey (which takes place February 15 – March 15). We will review changes for 2012 (the 2012 questionnaire is one-third shorter than the 2011 version!), address frequently asked questions (both substantive and technical), and clarify definitions. We’ll also discuss how to use the information grantees report on the survey for other purposes (e.g., internal, formative evaluation and annual reporting to NSF) and use aggregate results for benchmarking grant progress against other ATE projects and centers.
We strongly recommend attendees review the PDF version of the survey prior to the webinar:
Presenters: Lori Wingate--PI, EvaluATE; Jason Burkhardt--Project Manager, EvaluATE
Discussants: David Campbell--ATE Program Officer, NSF: Dan Hull--Executive Director/PI, OP-TEC (National Center for Optics and Photonics Education)
Moderator: Stephanie Evergreen--Senior Research Associate, EvaluATE
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e-valuation: Assessing Webinars, Social Media, and Website Usage
Wednesday November 16, 2011 | 1-2:30 PM
ATE grantees are using the Web for outreach, instruction, professional development, dissemination, and more. As the Web becomes more central to the activities and deliverables of ATE grants, evaluation strategies need to keep pace. In this webinar featuring Karl Kapp, ATE evaluator and noted expert on e-learning, we’ll share recent research on webinar, social media, and website evaluation practices.
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ATE Evaluation Challenges & Solutions: A Peer-to-Peer Dialogue
October 26, 2011 | 1-4 PM
In this preconference session at the ATE PI Conference, ATE project and center leaders and their evaluators will discuss common challenges and promising practices associated with evaluating ATE projects and centers. The facilitated dialogue will take place in a small-group/roundtable format, with participants selecting the topics of most interest to them. Experienced ATE evaluators will share their real-world experiences, lessons learned, and examples as a means to stimulate conversation, innovative thinking, and practical problem-solving around evaluation issues among all participants.
WORKSHOP HANDOUTS
Evaluation Challenges
Using Findings to Make Decisions by Terryll Bailey
Obtaining Data from Individuals by Karl Kapp
Reporting and Dissemination by Candiya Mann
Finding and Using sound Data Collection Instruments by Joshua Morrill
Getting Data from Project Institutions by Peter Saflund
Defining Measures of Impact and Effectiveness by John Sener
Handout: Evaluating with Small Sample Sizes by Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher's
Evaluation Contexts
Professional Development Projects by Terryl Bailey
Curriculum Development Projects by Karl Kapp
Multi-site Projects by Candiya Mann
Small Projects/Small Budgets by Joshua Morrill's Handout:
Resource Centers and Dissemination Projects by Peter Saflund
Regional Centers by John Sener
Assessment of Student Projects by Eboni Zamani-Gallaher
Washington, DC
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Webinar: Ready, Set, Evaluate
Wednesday September 21, 2011 | 1-2:30 PM
The focus of this webinar is on helping new ATE grantees and evaluators understand the role of evaluation in ATE grants, particularly on administrative/managerial aspects of evaluation. At the start of a new grant, it’s important for grant staff and evaluators to be clear about their responsibilities, deliverables, timelines, procedures, and information needs with respect to evaluation. This webinar will be a live Q&A session with an panel of experts who have extensive experience with and diverse perspectives on ATE evaluation, including Eileen Lewis (University of California - Berkeley, Cañada College, and former co-Lead of the ATE program), Jane Ostrander (PI, Problem-Based Learning), John Kmiec (Evaluator, Pearl River Community College ATE grant), and EvaluATE staff. These ATE veterans will answer participants’ questions and share tips and tools to facilitate the implementation and management of ATE project and center evaluations.
Webinar participants should prepare for this live session by reviewing materials from EvaluATE’s November 2010 webinar “Getting Started with your ATE Evaluation” (see links below). That webinar included presentations and discussions on (1) the role evaluation in ATE projects, (2) working with an evaluator, (3) content and dissemination of evaluation reports, and (4) resources available from EvaluATE. Available materials include
Full recording of live webinar (Nov. 2010)
Webinar slides with notes (Nov. 2010)
Below are the materials associated with the live Ready, Set, Evaluate! webinar delivered on September 22, 2011:
Teacher Professional Development Email Survey (J Ostrander)
Evolution of an Evaluation Plan (J Ostrander)
Classroom Observation Tool (P Saflund/J Ostrander)
Analyzing an Evaluation Plan (E Lewis)
Possible Evaluation Components (E Lewis)
EDTTS (ATE project) Evaluation Report (J Kmiec/S Alsobrooks)
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Webinar: Strong Evaluation Plans = Stronger Proposals
Wednesday July 20, 2011 | 1-2:30 PM EDT
It’s that time of year again, when we are just a couple of short months away from the due date for the next round of ATE proposals. Join us as we review the elements of an ATE proposal’s evaluation component and how to use it to strengthen your submission. We’ll discuss how to tie evaluation tasks to the grant’s goals and objectives and how to be sure the evaluation is responsive to NSF’s expectations for ATE projects and centers. Wondering how to incorporate evaluation into your budget? Need advice on how you can convey that you’ll use evaluation for project improvement? This webinar will help you integrate evaluation into your project work and clearly discuss the project-evaluation relationship in your proposal.
In this webinar, Liz Teles (of Teles Consulting and former co-lead for NSF's ATE program) will share some helpful hints and fatal flaws related to evaluation plans in ATE proposals. Check out the one-page and expanded versions of her 10 Helpful Hints and 10 Fatal Flaws
