Essential Skills Series

Here is the Royal Roads ESS registration link

http://cstudies.royalroads.ca/courses/PACS3730-Y14.htm

The Essential Skills Series is a 4 day workshop that equips participants to enter and participate in the evaluation field and to develop as evaluation professionals. Graduates will be able to describe in basic terms 28 core evaluation concepts – from the uses and benefits of evaluation through common data collection methods to evaluation ethics and standards – and will gain elementary experience in six core practices – from creating logic models to writing findings statements

The ESS was completely re-designed in 2014 by the Canadian Evaluation Society incorporating state-of-the-art thinking and modern adult learning principles. Prior knowledge of evaluation, or of social science research methods, is not required, and this course is geared towards individuals who are new to evaluation.

The ESS workshop is offered as an integrated 4 day course, offered in four consecutive days (Victoria location) or two 2-day workshop sessions (generally two weeks apart).  The courses and handout material will be in English only.

Here’s an overview of the topics discussed in this course:

• Foundations of evaluation
• Evaluation objectives and roles
• Program profiling
• Evaluation questions
• Evaluation indicators
• Common research methods
• Evaluation design
• Data collection
• Data management and analysis
• Synthesizing evidence
• Communicating evaluation findings

The ESS Workshop will be offered in Fall of 2015 in Vancouver and April/May, 2015  in Victoria  Please check the CESBCY chapter website for specific dates of ESS offerings and registration information.   http://bc.evaluationcanada.ca/new .