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Re: Assessing Program Impact
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Rita Deedrick <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:36:50 -0500
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ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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In addition to picking up good sessions at AAM and ASTC... the Visitor Studies Association (VSA) is a great resource for learning about program evaluation.  The 2006 annual VSA conference is July 25-29 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  The conference itself is interesting, and the pre-conference workshops are always informative and useful (in my experience, anyway!).  While some VSA members are "outside" evaluators, many are in-house evaluators or museum and science center folks who need to learn to incorporate audience research and evaluation into their work.  

There's also a travelship awarded to a qualified first-time attendee each year - check out the VSA website at www.visitorstudies.org for more info - the award application deadline is April 1.

-Rita

Rita Deedrick
Senior Director for Program Evaluation
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ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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Does anyone know of a workshop/professional development opportunity that
shows you ways to assess the impact of your science education programs
(i.e., do-it-yourself methods as opposed to hiring an outside evaluator)?
BTW, I'm more interested in assessing direct interaction programs here
(e.g., outreach to schools, teacher workshops, etc.) than I am in visitor
experience type situations (e.g., exhibits, planetarium shows, etc.).

Any and all leads will be greatly appreciated!

Dan Zevin
Project Manager, Astronomy from the Ground Up
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94112
http://www.astrosociety.org/afgu 

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