New
Department:
Organizational
Leadership, Policy,
and Development
Effective July 1, 2009, a
new department has been created
that integrates the business and
marketing education, human
resource development and adult
education, and comprehensive
WHRE programs from the
Department of
Work and Human Resource
Education (WHRE) into the
department formerly known as
Educational Policy and
Administration (EdPA). The
name of this new department is
Organizational Leadership,
Policy, and Development (OLPD).
It will offer exciting
opportunities for collaboration
and interdisciplinary education
and research. Click
here for details. |
Evaluation Fellows Program (EFP)
REFORMING THE WAY WE REFORM: Learning Together With and From Educational
Leaders, Evaluators, Funders and Policy Makers
The Evaluation Fellows Program (EFP) for
2009-2010 is a year-long, experiential, cohort-based
professional development program for approximately 20
educational leaders, evaluators, funders, and policy
makers/implementers. The EFP is unique in bringing together
the particular perspectives of each of the four categories
of fellows to collaboratively address the overlap of school
reform and program evaluation with the support of University
of Minnesota faculty and visiting scholars. Fellows will
learn from and with each other and with faculty,
researchers, and visiting scholars as they:
- Increase the capacity of educational
practitioner-fellows to document and
evaluate the effectiveness of educational
reform efforts.
- Increase the capacity of
evaluator-fellows to understand evaluation
issues unique to the evaluation of
educational reform efforts.
- Increase the capacity of
funder-fellows to support grantees in
documenting the outcomes of educational
reform efforts in ways that foster
organizational learning and improvement.
- Increase the capacity of
policy-maker/implementer-fellows in
understanding the appropriate use of
evaluation in informing policies relating to
educational reform.
- Create new knowledge about how to
engage people in evaluating educational
reform efforts to advance public dialogue,
policy change, and improvement.
The EFP begins with an initial day and a half orientation
retreat, followed by monthly 4-hour, intensive, facilitated
learning experiences. Fellows will have unique access to key
leaders and resources in the field—both those at the
University of Minnesota and distinguished visiting scholars.
Key readings and other resources will be provided as fellows
look at best practices in our two fields of interest.
Fellows will have the opportunity to design and implement a
small group project and individualized technical assistance
from experts at the University and in the community will be
provided.
All expenses will be paid for Fellows, including
participation in an exceptional annual conference—the
Minnesota Evaluation Studies
Institute (MESI).
Program Overview
Detailed overview of the
Evaluations Fellows Program.
Contact Information
For further information about this extraordinary
opportunity contact:
Bob Tornberg
E-mail: tornb012@umn.edu
Phone:
781-858-5503.
Revised July 2009
|
