Evaluation: A Key Resource in Planning for and Pursuing Program Funding Opportunities

Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Eastern)

As state and district leaders seek funds to improve teaching and learning or to turnaround low performing schools, they need to clearly define their needs; specify the data that establishes the parameters of their needs; and develop a viable approach for mobilizing local resources, data, and partners to address their goals. Evaluators can serve as a critical and often free resource during the grant writing and program design effort. Specifically, evaluators bring valuable expertise, tools, methods, and approaches to determining the alignment between the interventions or strategies employed and the ultimate goals of a program as funded.

In this webinar, research and evaluation specialists from the Alliance discussed how to specify program parameters, define measurable benchmarks and indicators, document and inform implementation, and provide data to demonstrate program outcomes. While funders are interested in knowing how, why, or if educational programs or interventions are effective for their own purposes, educators find this information especially important as they strive to address the critical learning needs of their students.

With U.S. Department of Education grant deadlines pending, this is a particularly timely topic. Strong evaluation plans contribute to winning grant proposals.

Audience: curriculum and instruction, program planning/improvement, accountability, and Title I administrators in SEAs/LEAs; research directors and grant writers at SEAs and LEAs; urban district superintendents; rural district networks; professional associations

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Presenters

Back row, left to right: Amy Burns, Stephanie Feger
Front row, left to right: Elise Laorenza, Deborah Collins, Kim Sprague