Conference Training Grant: Broadening Participation of MSI Faculty in Evaluation Training and the Profession

提出这项建议时承认，迫切需要建立国家教育评价事业的能力，更具体地说，需要增加具有文化敏感性和代表少数民族的评价人员的存在和参与。在过去几年中，美国国家科学基金会（NSF）教育和人力资源理事会下属的研究、评价和传播司支持扩大以该领域能力建设为重点的参与活动。一项具体的倡议是为教授评估的少数族裔教员举办评估研讨会，这些教员既不是美国评估协会（AEA）的成员，也不是该专业的成员。我们的目标是让他们参与进来，并通过他们提醒学生注意评估方法，并将评估作为一种可能的职业选择。该提案要求基金继续努力，扩大少数民族服务机构（msi）教师对评价作为一种职业的理解，并通过各种途径加强他们对评价理论和方法的了解，包括参加NSF/ aea赞助的扩大参与倡议，该倡议将包括：(a)在美国评估协会（AEA） 2007年年会上举行的会议和会议（包括有针对性的研讨会），(b)了解AEA治理及其成员，(c)与高级评估教师和从业者以及以前的MSI教师参与者建立联系，以及(c)参加在霍华德大学主校区举行的春季后续会议。在这项倡议下，将特别强调使教员接触到与文化和环境有关的评价培训和实践的问题。该项目的一个主要重点是确定并招募10名在华盛顿特区/巴尔的摩大都会地区教授项目评估课程的MSI教师。此外，将从以前的NSF/AEA扩大参与计划中招募10名参与者参与这项为期12个月的工作。在此计划完成后，预期获选教师将能够(a)利用所提供的资源和资料，并有效整合在其评估/研究课程中获得的理论和程序知识，(b)计划在其个别院校扩大评估活动，以及(c)参与合作评估工作。将对项目进行形成性和总结性评价，以评估进展和成果。

This proposal is submitted with the acknowledgement that there is an urgent need to build the capacity of the national education evaluation enterprise and, more specifically, to increase the presence and participation of culturally attuned and minority represented evaluators. Over the past several years, the Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication, within the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Education and Human Resources Directorate has supported broadening participation activities focused on capacity building in the field. One specific initiative has been an Evaluation Workshop for minority faculty members who teach evaluation, but are not part of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) or the profession. The goal has been to bring them into the fold and through them alert their students to evaluation methodology and to evaluation as a possible career choice. This proposal requests funds to continue efforts to broaden the understanding of faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) regarding evaluation as a profession and to strengthen their knowledge of evaluation theory and methods through varied avenues including participation in an NSF/AEA-sponsored Broadening Participation Initiative that will include: (a) sessions and meetings (including a targeted workshop) held at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) 2007 Annual Conference, (b) exposure to the AEA governance and its membership, (c) networking with senior-level evaluation faculty and practitioners as well as previous MSI faculty participants, and (c) attendance at a spring follow up meeting on the main campus of Howard University. Under this Initiative particular emphasis will be placed on exposing faculty to issues related to culturally and contextually responsive evaluation training and practice.A major focus of this project would be to identify and recruit ten MSI faculty who teach program evaluation courses within the Washington, DC/Baltimore metropolitan area. In addition, ten participants from previous NSF/AEA Broadening Participation Initiatives will be recruited to participate in this 12-month effort. Upon completion of this project, it is expected that the selected faculty will be able to (a) utilize the resources and information provided and to effectively integrate theoretical and procedural knowledge gained within their evaluation/research research courses, (b) plan an expansion of evaluation activities at their individual institutions, and (c) participate in collaborative evaluation efforts. A formative and summative evaluation of the project will be undertaken to assess progress and outcomes.