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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Webinar: How Well are we Serving our Female Students in STEM?
Wednesday May 16, 2012 1-2:30pm ET
You’d like to have more women enrolled in your technology programs such as nanotechnology and computer networking, but you aren’t sure how many you have now and what you should measure. This webinar will provide you with the evaluation tools you will need to measure enrollment and retention of women in your programs. You’ll get the answers to sticky questions such as, “Do I measure retention of women only or do I compare it to male retention?” and “Should I distinguish between advanced and introductory courses?” Regardless of whether you are in the planning phase or have already started the implementation of your project, you'll walk away knowing how to better measure your program’s progress in recruiting and retaining female students. As a bonus, when you sign up for the free webinar, you will receive an evaluation template that was actually used in the CalWomenTech Project.
Presenter: Donna Milgram, Principal Investigator for the CalWomenTech Project, highlighted by NSF for demonstrating significant achievement and program effectiveness.
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Reducing the Outcomes Angst: A step-by-step approach to identify what to measure
Wednesday March 21, 1-2:30 pm ET
Deciding what to measure (and what not to measure) towards gathering evidence of impact can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t need to be. In this webinar, Lana Rucks, an ATE external evaluator, will provide a step-by-step approach for making the decisions around what should be measured as an indication of impact. Using an actual ATE project as a framework, attendees will learn how the varying aspects of evaluation (e.g., logic modeling, operationalizing variables, triangulation, etc.) come together in the real world. Regardless of whether you are in the planning phase or already started the implementation your project, you’ll walk away knowing how to better communicate the story of your project/center’s impact.
Presenter: Lana Rucks - Principal Consultant, The Rucks Group LLC
Discussion: Lalitha Locker, Sinclair Community College
Moderator: Jason Burkhardt - Project Manager, EvaluATE
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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
