Professional Development Workshop Series

August 21-26, 2009

Claremont Graduate University is proud to offer our annual line-up of acclaimed workshops for professionals, academics, and students who seek to hone their research and evaluation skills.  Presenters from across North America will gather in beautiful Claremont, California, to teach participants from academia, research institutes and think tanks, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and the public sector.  As always, this year's series offers several new workshops as well as long-standing favorites.

Each workshop lasts one full day.

Early Registration seating is nearly sold out for several workshops, so save your seat in the workshops of your choice by registering online today.

Claremont Workshop Series Available Online
For the First Time, Summer 2009

We will be offering one workshop each day via live webcast. Anyone with a high-speed internet connection and computer speakers is able to attend.

Follow this link to register for the online versions of our workshops!

The live webcast offerings will include:

• Friday, August 21:Basics of Evaluation & Applied Research Methods (Donaldson & Christie)
• Saturday, August 22: Practical Program Evaluation: A Program Theory Approach (Chen & Donaldson)
• Sunday, August 23: Utilization-Focused Evaluation (Patton)
• Monday, August 24: Empowerment Evaluation (Fetterman)
• Tuesday, August 25: Meta-Evaluation: A Checklist Approach (Scriven)
• Wednesday, August 26:Using Technology to Enhance Applied Research and Evaluation (Donaldson & Azzam)

Full List of Workshops

Friday, August 21, 2009
		Writing Successful Grant Proposals Allen M. Omoto	Logic Models for Program Evaluation and Planning Thomas Chapel
Basics of Evaluation & Applied Research Methods Stewart I. Donaldson & Christina A. Christie Available in person or via webcast.

Friday, August 21, 2009
		Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods Michelle C. Bligh	Quasi-Experimental Methods William D. Crano
Practical Program Evaluation: A Program Theory Approach Huey T. Chen & Stewart I. Donaldson Available in person or via webcast.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
		How to Conduct Culturally Competent Community-based Program Evaluations Katrina L. Bledsoe
Using Technology to Enhance Applied Research and Evaluation Stewart I. Donaldson & Tarek Azzam Only a few seats remaining! Available in person or via webcast.			Using RCTs (Randomized Control Trials) to Improve Educational Research and Evaluation Tiffany Berry & Rebecca M. Eddy

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 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break*
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
4:45 p.m. Workshop Concludes

*Lunch break on Aug. 23 & 24 will be extended to 2 pm to accommodate our keynote sessions.

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.  In response to economic concerns across the globe, this year's registration rates have been reduced to make the workshops accessible to the public.  See below for our unprecedented Early Registration Rates.

Each workshop lasts one full day. (See above for the daily schedule.)

Early Registration seating is nearly sold out for several workshops, so save your seat in the workshops of your choice by registering online today.

Register for On-Site Workshops in Beautiful Claremont, CA
or
Register for the Online Versions of Our Workshops (from Anywhere in the World)

Early Registration Rates for On-Campus Workshops:

• Students: $45 per one full-day workshop
• Professionals: $90 for one full-day workshop; $80 for each additional full-day workshop

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.

A certificate of participation is available upon request.

Continuing education credit is pending for licensed psychologists in California through the MCEP Accrediting Agency. We expect each workshop to be accredited for 6 hours (with the exception of workshops on August 23 and 24, which will be accredited for 5.5 hours). Continuing education units are only available for the on-site workshops, not for the webcast offerings.

A certificate of participation is available upon request for all licensed psychologists and other professionals.

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

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

Workshops Photo Album

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

Undergraduate Applied Research Methods Fellowship Program

Number of Awards: 10
Open to: Undergraduate students studying applied research methods and evaluation
Application deadline: July 1, 2009

Claremont Graduate University’s School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences is continuing its efforts to introduce promising young scholars to the exciting world of applied psychology, evaluation and applied research methods.

Up to ten undergraduate students will receive scholarships to attend CGU’s August Professional Development Workshops free of registration charges.

To be considered for this fellowship you must:
• Write a 2-3 page essay on how you plan to use psychology in your future career
• Send the essay to John Lavelle (john.lavelle@cgu.edu) by July 1, 2009.

Fellowships will be announced July 13, 2009.

Last updated 7/02/09