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SPDG Levels of Collaboration. Amy Detgen, Technical Assistance Coordination Center Debra Price-Ellingstad, Technical Assistance Coordination Center David Merves, Evergreen Evaluation & Consulting, Inc. Session Goals.
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SPDG Levels of Collaboration Amy Detgen, Technical Assistance Coordination Center Debra Price-Ellingstad, Technical Assistance Coordination Center David Merves, Evergreen Evaluation & Consulting, Inc.
Session Goals • Overview of evaluation of collaboration in the Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network (TA&D Network) • Introduce Draft Collaboration Instrument • Attendees develop their own SPDG examples of collaboration • Q & A
Technical Assistance Coordination Center Overview of Collaboration in TA&D Network Leveraging Resources Conference TA Collaboratives
Collaboration: Research and Evaluation • Sequence of the evaluation process • Evaluation Questions • Logic Model • Theoretical Model • Evaluation Methodology
Theoretical Considerations and Approaches Collaboration in Early Care and Education: Establishing a Framework for a Research Agenda Logic Model; Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Meeting, October 21-22, 2010 Thomson, Perry, & Miller, Conceptualizing and Measuring Collaboration, 2007, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Frey, Lohmeier, Lee & Tollefson, American Journal of Evaluation 2006; 27; 383, Measuring Collaboration Among Grant Partners Gajda 2004; 2009 Evaluating Organization Collaboration ppt, AEA Belinda Biscoe, Director of Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center (MC3). 4th Annual Leveraging Resources Conference, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, OSEP, Washington, D.C., March 25, 2009 Evaluating Community Collaborations, Thomas E. Backer, Editor, 2003, Springer Publishing
NCEO’s Focus on Collaboration • Partners employ common strategies and language • Partners develop common products, tools, and services • Non-duplication of efforts • Cost efficiency
Collaboration Challenges • Difficulties associated with initial stages of evaluation • Staff members’ lack of time • Delayed accomplishments • Duplication of efforts • Difficulty working with a diverse set of organizations
SPDG Levels of Collaboration Instrument Your examples
Thank you For additional information please contact: Amy Detgen Debra Price-Ellingstad TACC TACC adetgen@fhi360.org dpriceellingstad@fhi360 David Merves EEC david@eecvt.com
Resources Frey, B. B., Lohmeier, J. H., Lee, S. W., & Tollefson, N. (2006). Measuring Collaboration Among Grant Partners. American Journal of Evaluation, 383-392.