Program Evaluation: Measuring What Matters
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cal Lutheran Oxnard Center
2201 Outlet Center Drive, Oxnard, CA 93036
Individual Members: $45
Organizational Members:
Non-Members: $50
About this event
This three-hour workshop session on Program Evaluation will include a common vocabulary and practices in formative and summative evaluation practices, why evaluation is important to program planning and implementation and how to structure evaluation in a busy, resource constrained environment.
Attendees are encouraged to bring real business line/program challenges, examples of how they are evaluating their work currently, what indicators of success they seek to achieve and ideas and methods moving forward.
Faculty
Itamar Harari
Itamar has an extensive background in program evaluation, project management, collaboration and grant writing. Most recently, he has served on management teams of several non-profit organizations, leading a process of continuous improvement with regard to various community initiatives. Since 2001, Itamar has been leading a non-profit organizational development consulting practice with a diverse list of clients, including:
- The American Jewish University
- The California Alliance of the Boys & Girls Clubs
- CalPoly Pomona’s School of Education
- The Jewish Federation of North America
- Las Virgenes Unified School District
- Valley Outreach Synagogue
Itamar received his doctorate in educational leadership and organizations from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also managed state-wide evaluation projects. An innovative and positive thinker with a passion for data, he has a talent for utilizing data to effectively guide the decision-making process. He conducts and leads program evaluation projects and does consulting for others regarding the program implementation processes. In addition, he provides training and technical assistance to staff in various aspects of data utilization.