Courses
Program Evaluation for Program Managers
This course is designed specifically for program managers. Through our consulting work, we've met so many program managers who have to evaluate their programs, but aren't sure how to do that.
They've got great skills already -- they can manage people and processes and think critically about their work. But they haven't been trained in evaluation.
This course is for people who are not evaluators. It's for people who work in programs and want to learn more about how evaluation can help them do better.
This course is for you if a few of these points resonate:
Evaluation is not currently your main task
You run a program, or will be running one soon
You work alongside evaluators and want to understand their work better
You've been tasked with evaluating your program and you don't know where to start
You want to learn more about how evaluation can improve your program
You need to create an evaluation plan
You want to feel more confident about evaluation
What's included?
Program Evaluation for Program Managers includes three modules. Each module is made up of several videos and accompanying activities that you can complete at your own pace. You'll get a pdf workbook for each module, and high-value templates:
Our tried-and-tested Evaluation Plan Template, including all the components you need to consider
An Evaluation Budget Template, with prompts to consider various evaluation expenses
Interview Guide and Focus Group Guide Templates, along with Information Letter Templates
You’ll also become a member of our community discussion board, where you can learn from other students and our experienced Eval Academy moderators. Students can use the community to problem solve and get inspiration about all things evaluation.
Module 1: Designing Your Evaluation
Jump right in to evaluation planning. Learn about what evaluation is, how it's useful, and how to craft your perfect plan.
Module 2: Collecting the Right Data the Right Way
Explore the most common methods for collecting data: surveys, interviews and focus groups. You'll also learn about structuring and analyzing the data you already use in your program.
Module 3: Making Sense of It All
Get practical, easy tips for presenting your findings and using them to drive improvement.
Meet Your Instructor
Shelby Corley is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, and lives and works in Treaty 6 Territory. She is a Credentialed Evaluator who has been working in research and evaluation for over 15 years.
Shelby is the CEO of Three Hive Consulting and Eval Academy. After years of serving clients in the non-profit, government and healthcare sectors, her approach to evaluation has become highly practical. With a graduate degree in anthropology, Shelby inherently prioritizes equity and systems thinking.
Shelby regularly presents at evaluation conferences, and loves the opportunity to talk about evaluation. Workshop participants always provide positive feedback on her content knowledge and delivery.
What are participants saying?
“I thought the instructor was phenomenal. Thank you for developing and sharing this evaluation course.”
“I am so glad I took this course! It is exactly the refresher I needed to feel more confident carrying out evaluations within my role.”
“The Program Evaluation for Program Managers Course is the perfect resource for managers who want to learn how to properly conduct an evaluation.
The course is divided into short sections with useful practice activities that has made it manageable for me to work on when I only have short periods of time here and there.
Working through my own program evaluation as part of the course has been so value-added: by course-end, I have the majority of an evaluation plan already complete!
Knowing I am following the correct steps to design and conduct my own evaluation has given me so much more confidence.
I would highly recommend this course to other managers.”
Looking for customized evaluation training? We do that, too! Contact us at info@evalacademy.com.