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Publication Date: 2012
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Evaluating Innovative Leadership Preparation: How What You Want Drives What (and How) You Evaluate
Buskey, Frederick C.; Karvonen, Meagan
Journal of Leadership Education, v11 n1 p204-221 Win 2012
Educational leadership preparation programs are expected to train graduates who change their practice and produce outcomes for teachers and students. However, programs are challenged to produce evidence of their impact while also evaluating for formative purposes. This paper describes collaboration between an educational leadership program director and a program evaluator to construct an evaluation system that incorporated program theory, processes, and outcomes. The leadership preparation program, grounded in ethical leadership practices, had a unique design with core tenets that informed choices about the evaluation design. Decisions about data sources were informed by evaluation foci, the availability of existing data sources, and resource constraints. The complexity of the evaluation design paralleled the complexity of the program itself. Leadership content expertise, evaluation design expertise, and genuine collaboration were all essential to the successful design of this evaluation plan. Several recommendations are offered for others collaborating to design evaluations of their programs. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Ethics, Role of Education, Graduate Study, Theory Practice Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Evidence, Expertise, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Holistic Approach, Alignment (Education)
Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/JOLE
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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