AEA eStudy Webinar: Introduction to Evaluation

eStudy 020: Introduction to Evaluation - Tom Chapel 
Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays October 9, 11, 16, & 18, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM Eastern Time. For one registration fee, participants may attend 1 or all sessions. NOTE that due to the introductory nature of the content, this is an 8 hour course. Participants will be charged as if it is a 6 hour course. 
Length: 3 total contact hours 
Description: This workshop will provide an overview of program evaluation for Institute participants with some, but not extensive, prior background in program evaluation. The session will be organized around the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) six-step Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health as well as the four sets of evaluation standards from the Joint Commission on Evaluation Standards. The six steps constitute a comprehensive approach to evaluation. While its origins are in the public health sector, the Framework approach can guide any evaluation. The course will touch on all six steps, but particular emphasis will be put on the early steps, including identification and engagement of stakeholders, creation of logic models, and selecting/focusing evaluation questions. Several case studies will be used both as illustrations and as an opportunity for participants to apply the content of the course and work through some of the trade-offs and challenges inherent in program evaluation in public health and human services.  

This eStudy will occur in four 2-hour sessions and will include materials sent before, between, and after the sessions.

Presenter: Thomas Chapel is the Chief Evaluation Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. He serves as a central resource on strategic planning and program evaluation for CDC programs and their partners. Before joining CDC, Tom was Vice-President of the Atlanta office of Macro International where he directed and managed projects in program evaluation, strategic planning, and evaluation design for public and nonprofit organizations. He is a frequent presenter at national meetings, a frequent contributor to edited volumes and monographs on evaluation, and has facilitated or served on numerous expert panels on public health and evaluation topics.
Register: https://www.eval.org/webinar_reg/Registrationtop.asp 
Last day to register is Tuesday October 2