Saundra Rowell
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Getting to impact: Using the evaluation standard to measure results
I serve on a local nonprofit foundation board that awards grants to community organizations that sponsor programs to discourage teen pregnancy. Over the years, the foundation has developed research-based rubrics for scoring grant applications. But recently, board members noted that agencies seeking funding don’t describe the impact of their program […]-
Professional development is union work: embedding the standards
On Oct. 30, 2001, the first weekend of a year-long series of statewide workshops designed to “Create a New Vision for Minnesota Staff Development,” two declarations about staff development challenged participants’ views. The first was a front-page news article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune in which then-Gov. Jesse Ventura declared […]
