Excessive evaluation anxiety is a term used to describe extreme levels of anxiety among stakeholders in response to a program evaluation. Conflict, withdrawal, resistance, shame, anger, and sense of loss of control are all signs that excessive evaluation anxiety is present. If not managed, excessive evaluation anxiety can derail a program evaluation and leave evaluators feeling traumatized. Fortunately, there are strategies to help identify and mitigate excessive evaluation anxiety. Join us for our webinar to learn more!
Presenters:
Agnieszka Rykaczewska is a third-year Ph.D. student at Claremont Graduate University’s Evaluation and Applied Research Methods program, with more than seven years’ experience in evaluation and research. She began her evaluation career as a research associate evaluating a mental health intervention program for youth ages 14 to 21. In addition to assisting the implementation of the evaluation, she assisted in developing engaging and interactive trainings on evaluation for program staff and, in an innovative approach, worked closely with program youth to disseminate data to the community through theatrical and artistic performances. Since coming to CGU, Miss Rykaczewska has managed the evaluations of a variety of educational programs, ranging from STEM education, career and trade skill development, afterschool programming, and curriculum frameworks. For example, she led the evaluation of The Learning Center at the Los Angeles Fairplex, a program intended to provide career skills and support academic progress of high school students at risk of dropout. At the same time, she assisted in the evaluation of International Baccalaureate’s Middle Years Program by leading sub-teams in extensive literature and document reviews, development of a performance monitoring framework, survey creation and administration in three languages with over 1400 sites across 150 countries, data analysis and tailored reporting. Miss Rykaczewska’s research interests focus on exemplary evaluation, evaluator roles, and incorporating culture into multi-country evaluations.
Patrick Cortez is the Research Associate for the Center for the Future of Organization at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. His current work focuses on survey development, data collection, and data visualization of the OSML index and its results. His OSML-related interests include streamlining the reporting process and finding novel ways to evaluate social media initiatives within and across organizations. Prior to this position, he had worked across several different evaluation projects and contexts. This ranges from educational programs in universities across the U.S., while also assessing the effectiveness of various leadership development initiatives such as onboarding of employees and leadership coaching.
Heather D. Codd, MPA is a doctoral student in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods at Claremont Graduate University (CGU). Heather’s research focuses on finding opportunities to enhance organizational performance through improved evaluation practice. Her current research interests include organizational learning and unlearning, systems thinking, evaluation capacity building, and evaluative thinking. Since coming to CGU she has worked on a number of evaluation projects, both international and domestic, in the areas of education and training, health, and professional development. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, Heather worked for the Government of Saskatchewan in the areas of post-secondary education policy and finance, and intergovernmental relations.
