Collaborative Evaluations Step-by-Step, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Collaborative Evaluations: Step-by-Step, Second Editionis a comprehensive guide for evaluators who aim to master collaborative practice. Liliana Rodr?guez-Campos and Rigoberto Rincones-G?mez present their Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) with its six major components: identify the situation, clarify the expectations, establish a collective commitment, ensure open communication, encourage effective practices, and follow specific guidelines.Fully updated to reflect the state-of-the-art in the field, each core chapter addresses one component of the model, providing step-by-step guidance, as well as helpful tips for successful application. To further demonstrate the utility of the MCE, this new edition includes recurring vignettes about several evaluators and clients, illustrating frequent questions and specific challenges that arise when evaluators take a collaborative approach. Drawing on a wide range of collaborative evaluations conducted in the business, nonprofit, and education sectors, this precise and easy-to-understand guide is ideal for students and practitioners who want to use its tools immediately. To read this book is to enter into collaboration with recognized experts in this approach to evaluation. The reader gains access to the authors' wealth of experience in the field, as well as their enthusiasm for collaborative evaluation. This book inspires as well as it instructs. Liliana Rodr?guez-Campos is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Measurement at the University of South Florida.Rigoberto Rincones-G?mez is Associate Vice President for Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness at Broward College. Collaborative Evaluationsis a practical guide which demystifies evaluation with a user-friendly language and simple descriptions of its purpose and the process. Through the Model for Collaborative Evaluations, the book offers experienced practitioners, as well as neophytes, a tls(