CREAD seeks participants

The Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment and Dissemination (CREAD) is now beginning to recruit new participants for the third and final cohort for our certificate in program evaluation. This project is supported with grant funds awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The goal of this project is to prepare practitioners in school districts and at postsecondary institutions to be program evaluators for funded programs or for on-site programs at their institutions. The coursework includes not only program evaluation methodology, but also quantitative and qualitative methods courses and practical applications of the coursework.

The grant allows us to offer stipends to 15 participants this final year. The $1,500 stipend will cover approximately half of the tuition and books costs. We are inviting you to nominate persons who would be qualified and interested in participating in this certificate program.

NSF is particularly interested in preparation of under-represented practitioners in program evaluation and we urge you to consider nominating under-represented staff from your district or institution to participate. Candidates should already have a master's degree. We expect participants to be fully employed while they complete the program over a period of approximately 12 months (seven courses). All courses include both classes at the University and on-line work.

Interested candidates may see the program information at our Web site http://education.csufresno.edu (look under Programs and click on NSF). The application form is also available on the Web page. The third cohort of students will begin on Feb. 2, 2005.

For questions, contact Phyllis Kuehn at phyllisk@csufresno.edu or 8-0456; or Sharon Brown-Welty at sharonb@csufresno.edu or 8-0294.