EXTENSION
EDUCATION EVALUATION TOPICAL INTEREST GROUP
OF THE AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
PRE-CONFERENCE
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 2000
A month from now many of you will be in sunny Honolulu attending “Evaluation 2000”. EEE-TIG has a great selection of activities and sessions planned for the conference. We hope that you will join us for as many sessions as you can. See you in Honolulu! Mike Duttweiler, EEE-TIG Chair
EEE-TIG Activities at Evaluation 2000
TIG SOCIAL AND DINNER EVENT
Wednesday, November 1, 8:00 pm, Oceanarium
Each year the EEE-TIG offers
a social and dinner to provide TIG members, spouses, and friends
an opportunity to get together to establish and renew friendships
and reconnect with colleagues. The social and dinner this year
will be the evening of Wednesday, November 1 at the Oceanarium at
the Pacific Beach Hotel at 2490 Kalakaua Avenue. Our dinner
reservation is for 8:00 pm. The name is more than a teaser; a 280,000
gallon oceanarium graces the dining area. As for fare, they have
a "dinner of the month" which is a complete dinner/dessert
combination ($19.95 or 29.95) which includes choice of roasted
potatoes or steamed white rice, soup or salad, steak or prime rib
with one of chicken breast, shrimp/scallops brochette, shrimp
scampi, or fresh catch; dessert and beverage. They also have a
wide variety of other complete dinners and entrees including
salad and vegetarian entrees ranging from modest to extravagant.
We will be able to order off the menu and be billed individually.
In a couple of weeks you will receive a reminder and request for
an RSVP so we have a count. Thanks are due Western Representative
Molly Engle for making the arrangements.
TIG
BUSINESS MEETING
Thursday, November 2, 5:00 6:00 pm., Ewa Room, Sheraton Waikiki
The annual EEE-TIG Business Meeting will be held from 5:00-6:00
pm on Thursday, November 2 in the Ewa room at the Sheraton
Waikiki. The meeting will feature presentation of the annual EEE-TIG
awards, election of new Board members, and other TIG business. Dr.
Ronald Mau, Associate Dean/Associate Director for Cooperative
Extension, University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture
and Human Resources, will be our guest speaker. He will address
challenges and lessons in addressing evaluation and
accountability issues at the college level.
TIG
OFFICER AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION
Each year the EEE-TIG elects officers and Board members at the
annual conference. This year we will be electing a new Chair-Elect,
North Central Regional Representative, and Southern Regional
Representative. As we have done in the past, members who will not
be able to attend the AEA Conference will be able to vote for
these offices electronically. An electronic ballot will be sent
out to you in about a week. If you will not be able to vote in
person at the EEE-TIG Business Meeting at the AEA Conference, you
can mark and return the electronic ballot via e-mail prior to the
conference. If you will be attending the TIG business meeting in
Honolulu, you can complete a ballot there. The only thing we ask
is that you don't fill out ballots using both methods!
EVALUATION
CAPACITY BUILDING
Ellen Taylor-Powell of the University of Wisconsin is initiating
a dialogue to explore collaborative approaches to evaluation
training. Quoting Ellen: “There seems to be a lot of
interest in building evaluation capacity across the system.
…. We all have a lot to offer. I'd like to suggest that
those who are interested meet during the Hawaii AEA conference to
discuss how we might collectively and coherently respond to the
demand and help build nationwide capacity in evaluation.”
Ellen will recruit participants at our Annual Business Meeting
who will then decide when and where to meet. Please help address
this important need...and opportunity.
2000-2001
BOARD MEETING
The newly-elected EEE-TIG Board will be meeting for the first
time on either Friday or Saturday at the AEA Conference. If you
have any comments, suggestions, proposals or other business that
you feel should be addressed by the TIG Board during the upcoming
year, please contact incoming Chair Nancy Ellen Kiernan (e-mail:
nekiernan@psu.edu, phone: (814) 863-7261).
EEE-TIG
WEBSITE
We have made modest updates at our TIG website http://danr.ucop.edu/eee-aea/
One section that could be improved significantly is the Research
Papers section. You will see that we have only a few papers
posted. Milton Fujii indicates that individuals who presented
last year and those presenting this year can lend a big hand by
sending their papers to him as an attached file. Any standard
word processing document format should work fine. Please send
Milton your good work at Milton.Fujii@ucop.edu Those
presenting this year, please include this in your final
preparations for Honolulu.
SCHEDULE
OF EEE-TIG-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES AT AEA CONFERENCE
Following is the schedule of TIG-sponsored sessions and posters
at this year's AEA conference.
Wednesday, November 1, Akaka Room, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Demonstration
CYFERNet Evaluation: Navigating a Comprehensive On-line Resource for Evaluating Community-based Programs, DONNA J. PETERSON, Chair, University of Arizona
Thursday, November 2, Kona Room, 8:40 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
Panel
The Implications of New Funding Sources for Extension (In-house) Evaluators, JOHN A. MICHAEL, Chair, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Thursday, November 2, Kona Room, 10:20 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
MultiPaper
Developing and Strengthening Evaluation Capacity, MICHAEL NEWMAN, Chair, Mississippi State University
Indicators of Dependency in Participatory Extension Education, NANCY GRUDENS-SHUCK and TASHA M. HARGROVE, Iowa State University
A Framework to Build Evaluation Capacity of Extension Professionals, RAMA RADHAKRISHNA, Clemson University
Developing Evaluation Capacity Among Penn State Cooperative Extension’s 4-H/Youth and Family Living Extension Educators, TENA L. ST. PIERRE and D. LYNNE KALTREIDER, Pennsylvania State Universit
Thursday, November 2, Kona Room, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
MultiPaper
Expanding Evaluation Methodologies, RICHARD POLING, Chair, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Evaluation of Regional Internet Extension Inservice Training: Implications for Evaluation Practice, ROBERT M. LIPPERT and RAMA RADHAKRISHNA, Clemson University; OWEN PLANK, University of Georgia; CHARLES C. MITCHELL, Auburn University
Using Success Markers to Identify Outcomes of Hard-to-Measure Behaviors, S. KAY ROCKWELL and SUSAN WILLIAMS, University of Nebraska
Handling Response Shift Bias in Extension Evaluation, F. RICHARD ROHS, University of Georgia
Thursday, November 2, Ewa Room, 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Business Meeting
EEE-TIG
Business Meeting
MICHAEL DUTTWEILER, TIG Chair, Cornell University
NANCY ELLEN KIERNAN, Program Chair, Pennsylvania State University
Friday, November 3, Ewa Room, 1:50 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Panel
Tales from the Trenches: Real Life Examples Using Logic Models, MOLLY ENGLE, Chair, Oregon State University
“Seeing” Differences: Comparing Theory at Different Sites of the Financial Counseling Program, MIDGE SMITH, University of Maryland
A Logic Model for Planning and Reviewing “Quality” Outreach, MARY P. ANDREWS, Michigan State University
A Logic Model Use in the Development and Evaluation of a Breast Cancer Education Program, KATHLEEN S. TAJEU, Auburn University
Designing Programs of Practical Education, JOHN A. MICHAEL, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Logic Models in Planning State Strengthening Projects in Delaware, LESLIE J. COOKSY and PATRICIA T. NELSON, University of Delaware
Building Evaluator Capacity Using Logic Models to Teach, ELLEN TAYLOR POWELL, University of Wisconsin
Friday, November 3, Niihau Room, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Demonstration and MultiPaper
Accountability: Demonstration and Presentation on Aspects of Development, MARILYN GRANTHAM, Chair, University of Minnesota
Minnesota Impacts: Using a Web-Based Accountability and Reporting Tool to Increase Evaluation Capacity in a State Extension Service, MARILYN GRANTHAM and JENNIFER OBST, University of Minnesota
Developing a Web-based System for Reporting Extension Accomplishments, RAMA RADHAKRISHNA and JOAN PINION, Clemson University
Measures of Success: Measuring the Impacts of the Canadian 4-H Program on Members, Family and Alumni, JOHN B. COLLINS, University of British Columbia
Saturday, November 4, Niihau Room, 1:50 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Skill-building Workshop
Evaluating Youth Development Programs Using Qualitative Methodology, SUSAN BARKMAN, Chair, Purdue University
Saturday, November 4, Koko Room, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
MultiPaper
Evaluation Strategies for Diverse Cultural Settings, CHARLES CLARK, Chair, University of Illinois
Development of User Friendly Quality Evaluation Methodology for a Native American Population, RUTH CARTER and HOWARD ROGERS, University of Arizona
Evaluation Issues for the Emerging Extension System in Russia, ANDREW V. NOVOTOROV, Iowa State University
Strategies for Evaluating Latino Outreach Programs, with Attention to Language, Literacy, and Cultural Factors, BARBARA J. SAWER, Oregon State University
In addition, members of the Extension Education Evaluation group will display six posters and participate in four roundtables
Originally sent October 4, 2000.