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The National Human Services Training Evaluation Symposium:
- A 10 Year Retrospective -
10 Yrs of Picturesque Settings
The Faculty Club
10 Years of Enlightening Presentations
Looking back and moving forward……..
1998: The First
In the beginning
1999: The 2nd Annual
Keynote: Bernadette McCarthy—Using Training Evaluation to Improve Services
Program Examined: Training outcomes: performance monitoring Delphi Techniques Nominal Group Techniques Knowledge testing Promoting & evaluating skill development Using training to influence policy Levels of competence TOL
2000: The 3rd Annual
Kirkpatrick’s model, but what about Level Four?
Keynote: Icebreaker on the first evening instead Program examined:
Evaluation of Interdisciplinary training: Child Welfare workers and supervisors
Strategic training evaluation Embedded evaluation TOL/measuring behavioral change Skills assessment
2000
2001: The 4th Annual
The year of “Affinity Action Groups”
Keynote: Dave Wegenast on “Return on Investment” of the Evaluation Symposium
Program examined: Assessing underlying competencies Models for evaluating core curriculum Evaluation of statewide training program The logic model Integration of TOL Evaluating group behavior Blackboard—E Learning
2001
2002: The 5th Annual
Outcomes in Child Welfare
Keynote: Mark Courtney–Evaluation in Child Welfare Services: Big Questions
Program examined: Training Evaluator Competency SPrA CPS system Compliance with practices standards Needs assessments
2002
2003: The 6th Annual
Measuring outcomes, the long and winding road…
Keynote: Elena Cohen—Getting the whole picture: The CFSR, Training and Frontline Practice Links
Program Examined: Chain of evidence Panel presentation on each of Kirkpatrick’s levels Project briefings
2003
2004: The 7th Annual
Improving Evaluation Capabilities
Keynote: Wayne Stevenson—Training as an Avenue to Support Practice Improvement
Program Examined: National Frameworks: National Evaluation of Child Welfare
Training & North American Certification Project TOL Staff Retention Organizational Culture
2004
2005: The 8th Annual
Expanding our horizons: Enhancing current methods, creating new methods…
Keynote: Eileen Gambrill Program Examined:
Future trends in child welfare training Addressing fairness & equity in training evaluation Training evaluation in large systems Linking training outcomes to children and families Instruments to measure skill acquisition Practice assessments in a large system
2005
2006 – The International House
2006: The 9th Annual
Evidence-based training: What does it mean when we say training
is effective?
Keynote: Kurt Kraiger – Alternative Frameworks for Training Evaluation
Program Examined: How evaluation brings attention to gaps in training Teaching & training methods that contribute to knowledge
retention Logic models Measuring knowledge/skill Evaluating assumptions, values and beliefs
2006
2007: The Berkeley City Club
2007: 10th Annual
Looking back and moving forward…
Keynote: Peter Watson—Training Evaluation as a tool for organizational development
Program Examines: Findings from the National Evaluation of Child Welfare
grants Measuring TOL Revisiting Level 1 The future of training evaluation Using tests to predict job performance Evaluation of training content
Lessons Learned…(NSDTA Journal Article)
1. You can teach a turkey to climb a tree, but it's easier to hire a squirrel.
2. Effective utilization of training is influenced by individual, organizational, and training design factors.
3. Training evaluation can help administrators differentiate between training and non-training solutions.
Lessons Learned, cont’d
4. We know what we don’t know.
5. Sometimes the training evaluation “tail” wags the training content “dog”.
6. Be careful what you wish for, the focus on outcomes cuts both ways.
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Increased funding, value, and visibility of training and development
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Increased funding, value, and visibility of training and development
Expanded roles and functions (e.g., NSDTA nine roles and competencies – the advent of the HSTD consultant) – HSTD as a career
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Increased funding, value, and visibility of training and development
Expanded roles and functions (e.g., NSDTA nine roles and competencies – the advent of the HSTD consultant) – HSTD as a career
Increased accountability of child welfare/human services
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Increased funding, value, and visibility of training and development
Expanded roles and functions (e.g., NSDTA nine roles and competencies – the advent of the HSTD consultant) – HSTD as a career
Increased accountability of child welfare/human services
Introduction of litigation into the HSTD arena
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
An increased understanding of the importance of transfer of learning without a substantial increase in evaluation efforts beyond the reaction/satisfaction level
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
An increased understanding of the importance of transfer of learning without a substantial increase in evaluation efforts beyond the reaction/satisfaction level
Technology – An increase in distance models and alternative delivery systems
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
An increased understanding of the importance of transfer of learning without a substantial increase in evaluation efforts beyond the reaction/satisfaction level
Technology – An increase in distance models and alternative delivery systems
Agency-University partnerships
THE CHANGED NATURE OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
An increased understanding of the importance of transfer of learning without a substantial increase in evaluation efforts beyond the reaction/satisfaction level
Technology – An increase in distance models and alternative delivery systems
Agency-University Partnerships Development of the field and emerging profession of
HSTD (e.g., Code of Ethics, roles and competencies, journal, landmark events 10 years NHSTES & 20 years NSDTA conference)