Essential Skills Series in Evaluation 

The policy of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society is to offer the following Essential Skills Workshops to its membership when demand warrants.

If you are interested in participating in one of the following workshops, please contact Edmonton Coordinator Frank Testin.

1. 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
   
   
2. Building an Evaluation Framework
   • Considerations when developing an evaluation framework
   • Basic steps for planning an evaluation
   • Methods for needs assessments
   • Methods for evaluability assessments
   • Logic model fundamentals
   
   
3. Improving Program Performance
   • Terms/concepts in process evaluation
   • Key aspects of program performance
   • Program monitoring strategies
   • Major data collection techniques
   
   
4. Evaluating for Results
   • Measures of program outcomes
   • Development of reliable and valid measures
   • Outcome monitoring systems
   • Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness methods
   • Effectively communicating results
   • Enhancing evaluation utilization