Training Evaluation Resources/Handouts

The following handouts were developed by Cindy Parry and Jane Berdie as technical assistance to the Macro Evaluation Team, a subcommittee of California's Statewide Training & Education Committee (STEC).

Representatives from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), counties, Regional Training Academies (RTAs), the Resource Center for Family Focused Practice (RCFFP), and the Inter-University Consortium (IUC) in Los Angeles participate on the Macro Evaluation Team.

The Macro Evaluation Team is charged with making recommendations about statewide child welfare services training evaluation. This includes development of a statewide training evaluation framework, as mandated by California's Program Improvement Plan (PIP). Counties and RTAs can also access technical assistance from CalSWEC and national experts in training evaluation via the Macro Evaluation Team.

The following documents were designed to assist the Macro Evaluation Team in the development of training evaluations for child welfare workers.

For more information, please contact Leslie Zeitler at CalSWEC.

• April 1, 2004, Macro Evaluation Team Meeting--Agenda
  
• Teaching for Knowledge and Understanding as a Foundation for Evaluation
• Writing Curricula at the Skill Level as a Foundation for Embedded Evaluation
• Moving from Teaching to Evaluation: Using Embedded Evaluation to Promote Learning and Provide Feedback
• Steps in Designing Embedded Evaluation
• Embedded Evaluation Planning Worksheet (California)--for Child Maltreatment Identification at the Skills Level of Learning