University of Florida, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, 1200 N. Park Rd, Plant City, FL, 33563, USA.
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Armsby Building, Curtin Rd, State College, PA, 16801, USA.
Eval Program Plann. 2020 Apr;79:101790. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101790. Epub 2020 Feb 4.
The overlap of competencies between general program evaluation and specific contexts or content will always be reality because evaluators may need unique competencies to answer evaluation questions for particular contexts or content areas. Limited research exists that explores the essential competencies required by professionals who use evaluation as one part of their job portfolio, which leaves unanswered questions regarding the applicability of current evaluator competency models in such settings. We used a modified three-round Delphi technique to identify evaluator competencies for non-formal educators in Cooperative Extension (CE). Our panelists identified 36 competencies in the non-formal educational programming context for CE educators that they considered important to be included in evaluation capacity building efforts. We categorized our 36 identified competencies from the Delphi study into the five competency domains proposed by the American Evaluation Association. Our findings provide information to help guide professional development among non-formal educators related to program evaluation.
通用计划评估与特定背景或内容之间的能力重叠将始终存在，因为评估人员可能需要独特的能力来回答特定背景或内容领域的评估问题。目前关于在这种环境下使用评估作为其工作组合一部分的专业人员所需的基本能力的研究有限，这使得当前评估人员能力模型在这种情况下的适用性问题仍未得到解答。我们使用经过修改的三轮德尔菲技术来确定合作推广（CE）中非正规教育工作者的评估人员能力。我们的小组成员在非正规教育计划制定背景下确定了 36 项合作推广教育者的能力，他们认为这些能力对于评估能力建设工作很重要。我们将德尔菲研究中确定的 36 项能力归入美国评估协会提出的五个能力领域。我们的研究结果提供了信息，有助于指导与计划评估相关的非正规教育工作者的专业发展。
