Professional Development Workshop Series

Summer 2008:
Our Most Highly Acclaimed Series To Date!
August 22-27, 2008

Claremont Graduate University's annual Professional Development Workshop Series has garnered its best reviews to date from participants. Evaluators traveled from Bermuda, South Africa, Guyana, Iceland, New Zealand, Pakistan (not to mention 13 of the United States ) to participate in high-quality, intensive training on campus in sunny Southern California.

This year's series featured, in addition to 23 day-long workshops on evaluation and applied research methods, a series of three highly attended keynote luncheons. Those talks, by CGU President Robert Klitgaard, Mark Lipsey (Vanderbilt University), and Joha Louw-Potgeiter and Johann Louw (University of Cape Town) will be made publically available through this site and our online video library in the coming weeks.

Our thanks to everyone who has made this year yet another resounding success.

Full List of Workshops

Friday, August 22, 2008
Basics of Evaluation & Applied Research Methods Stewart I. Donaldson & Christina A. Christie	Introduction to Applied Quantitative Analysis Dale E. Berger	Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods Michelle C. Bligh	Writing Successful Grant Proposals Allen M. Omoto

Saturday, August 23, 2008 *Special lunchtime keynote session available.
Practical Program Evaluation: A Program Theory Approach Huey T. Chen & Stewart I. Donaldson	Building Evaluation Capacity Hallie Preskill	Advanced Qualitative Evaluation Sandra Mathison	The Logic of Evaluation and Causality: What Makes What Works Work? Michael Scriven

Sunday, August 24, 2008 *Special lunchtime keynote session available.
Considering Culture in Evaluation and Applied Research Rodney K. Hopson	Logic Models for Program Evaluation and Planning Thomas Chapel	Evaluation Use, Influence, & Consequences: Research, Theory, and "Minding the Gap" to Practice Melvin M. Mark	Getting Outside the American Box:  New Perspectives on Evaluation’s Function, Focus and Utility from Around the World Ross Conner

Monday, August 25, 2008
Using RCTs (Randomized Control Trials) to Improve Educational Research and Evaluation Tiffany Berry & Rebecca M. Eddy	Introduction to the Measurement of Experience Jeanne Nakamura	Evaluating Public Health Programs and Initiatives: Using CDC's Framework for Program Evaluation as a Guide Thomas Chapel	Beyond the Basics and the Traditional: Designing Qualitative Evaluation and Applied Research Studies Sharon F. Rallis & Matthew Militello

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Creating Effective Surveys for Applied Research Jason Siegel	Empowerment Evaluation David Fetterman	Monitoring Progress on Campus Diversity Daryl Smith	Quasi-Experimental Methods William D. Crano

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Using Technology to Enhance Applied Research and Evaluation Stewart I. Donaldson & Tarek Azzam	How to Conduct Culturally Competent Community-based Program Evaluations Katrina L. Bledsoe	Cost-Benefit Analysis Annette Steinacker

Daily Schedule

Each workshop lasts one full day.

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Check in & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Morning Welcome & Introductions
9:15 a.m. – Workshop Begins
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break
12 noon – 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
4:45 p.m. Workshop Concludes

New in 2008: Special Keynote Sessions Co-sponsored by the Southern California Evaluation Association. Tickets for these events, which will include a buffet lunch and talk, will be available at the door for $10.  Lunchtime during these dates will be timed so participants may attend the keynote talks. Keynote Sessions - When and Where: 12 noon - 1:30 pm Albrecht Auditorium Stauffer Hall of Learning, Claremont Graduate University 925 North Dartmouth Ave, Claremont CA 91711

Friday 8/22/08 Robert Klitgaard (President, Claremont Graduate University) How Evaluation Research Can Improve Politics and Policy, with Examples

Saturday 8/23/08 Mark W. Lipsey (Director of the Center for Evaluation Research and Methodology, Vanderbilt University) Evaluation Evidence and Evidence Based Practice: Concept and Confirmation

Sunday 8/24/08 Joha Louw-Potgieter (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Johann Louw (University of Cape Town, South Africa)   Programme Evaluation in South Africa or, "Always Something New Out of Africa" - Pliny the Elder

Workshops Photo Album

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Dr. Huey T. Chen presents on "Practical Program Theory Driven Evaluation".

Registration

Generous gifts to Claremont Graduate University made it possible for us to once again realize our mission of making high-quality evaluation education more accessible to a diverse group of working professionals and students.

Regular Registration Rates

Students:
$100 per one full-day workshop

Professionals:
$175 for one full-day workshop
Discounts available for multiple workshops.

For those admitted into the Certificate of Advanced Study in Evaluation, or our M.A. and Ph.D. Programs, some of these workshops meet various program requirements.

Continuing education credit is available for licensed psychologists in California through the MCEP Accrediting Agency. Each workshop is accredited for 5.5 hours.

For more information about our Ph.D., M.A., and other programs in Evaluation, click here.

Location & Directions

Location, Directions, Accommodations & Transportation: Information on transportation, suggested accommodations, location and directions of workshop are provided as well as vacation ideas while visiting sunny Southern California.

Contact us at (909) 621-8084 or psych@cgu.edu.

Last updated 8/29/08