AmeriCorps Program Evaluation
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Are You Struggling To:
- Develop a plan for your process or impact evaluation to provide meaningful and actionable results?
- Develop evaluation questions that align with your AmeriCorps program goals and logic model?
- Collect meaningful data and stay organized during the process?
- Produce reports that demonstrate your program's evaluation learning or impact?
- Meet AmeriCorps evaluation requirements with limited time and budgets?
No Worries - Sue Hyatt Can Help!
Check out the FREE video of AmeriCorps evaluation requirements and the new AmeriCorps Evaluation Made Easy course below.
AmeriCorps Evaluation Requirements Overview
FREE 15 minute video
Need to better understand AmeriCorps evaluation requirements? In this 15 min video, Sue Hyatt of Big Purpose Big Impact describes the basic evaluation requirements for AmeriCorps State and National programs. Great for AmeriCorps program staff and/or your external evaluators!
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Watch the Overview Video Now!
Complete the form to learn the basic requirements for AmeriCorps evaluations.
AmeriCorps Evaluation Plans Made Easy
This comprehensive 9-step course will teach you everything you need to know develop a strong evaluation plan that is meaningful and actionable. You’ll learn how to:
- Choose the best evaluation design for your program;
- Craft meaningful evaluation questions to better understand how well your program is working;
- Use data collection and analysis strategies that will clearly help you answer your research questions; and
- Ensure you have the time, expertise, and budget to do a high quality evaluation.
This step by step course covers all 10 elements of the required AmeriCorps evaluation plan template.
Learn MoreMeet Sue Hyatt, MS
Sue is an AmeriCorps evaluation and program design specialist having worked with AmeriCorps since 1995. She has provided small group and one-on-one technical assistance on evaluation and performance measurement to over 1,000 AmeriCorps programs on topics including:
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designing strong evaluation plans for both process and impact evaluations
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identifying meaningful research questions, data collection methodology, and selecting and working with local evaluators;
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designing high quality data collection instruments and systems;
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conducting data aggregation and analysis;
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writing strong evaluation reports that meet AmeriCorps standards; and
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using evaluation results for building evidence and continuous improvement, as well as reporting to funders and other stakeholders.
In addition, Sue has personally conducted over 30 AmeriCorps program evaluations. Plus countless evaluations for other agencies.
The Buzz About Sue
“Sue really understands AmeriCorps and our challenges as program staff. Some evaluators talk over our head but Sue is able to explain evaluation in a way that I can understand.”
Program Director, Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County
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"Thank you so very much in helping me put this evaluation plan together. I can't thank you enough! Your help and guidance is so greatly appreciated. | definitely couldn't have done this without your guidance, support and phenomenal help."
Laurie Von Kaenel, Program Director, NWF Environmental Stewards
“Learning about the entire evaluation process with Sue has been so helpful. I learned about evaluation in college, but actually practicing it is a whole different thing. It’s been great and Sue helps explain everything so well. She really knows AmeriCorps :)”
Program Director, NC Literacy Corps
"I can’t say enough how grateful I am for your support and help on our evaluation report and new plan. It is truly appreciated!"
Yulonda Thompson, Program Compliance Manager, Communities in Schools
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"Some evaluators talk over our head..but Sue is able to explain evaluation in a way that I can understand."
"From the very early days of AmeriCorps, you were fantastic at making the evaluation component easy and understandable!"
Ralph Morales, former Deputy Director of AmeriCorps State and National
“Every aspect of evaluation that Sue has assisted with and her one-on-one support has been exceptional and extremely helpful.”
Program Director, Polk Reads
“Sue is awesome. Use use use her! Loved having her “at my finger tips” to bounce ideas and questions.”
Program Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters Reads
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