The Professional Development issue of The Evaluation Exchange
The Professional Development issue of The Evaluation Exchange - at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP)
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange focuses on evaluating professional development across a range of fields, including after school and youth development, education, child care, and child welfare.
The issue features innovative methods in professional development, conceptual frameworks and practical tools for evaluating professional development, links between professional development and program quality, and the role of organizational contexts in supporting professional development and positive outcomes.
Included in the issue is a Questions & Answers feature with Thomas Guskey, who describes his five-level model for evaluating professional development.
Pathways from Workforce Development to Child Outcomes Harvard Family Research Project explores connections between workforce development and child outcomes in four human service sectors.
Evaluating the Impact of Professional Development in Eight Steps Joellen Killion from the National Staff Development Council outlines an eight-step process for measuring the impact of professional development.
Classroom Observation, Professional Development, and Teacher Quality Robert Pianta from the University of Virginia describes a classroom assessment scoring system that measures teacher--child interactions and serves as the basis for individualized professional development to strengthen teachers' classroom practice.
The Three-Step Assessment Tango: Nurturing and Measuring Learning in Online Professional Development David Eddy Spicer, Roland Stark, and Martha Stone Wiske from WIDE World describe their process of measuring learning in online professional development.
Key Strategies to Educate Public Child Welfare Workers and Improve Child Welfare Systems Joan Levy Zlotnik, Mary McCarthy, and Katharine Briar-Lawson review research and evaluation findings on public agency--university partnerships to educate public child welfare workers and the impact of such partnerships on workforce retention.
Coaching for Quality Sarah Jonas describes the Children's Aid Society's model of site-based coaching for quality after school programming and the supports they provide to build the capacity of their coaches.
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