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Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

Session: Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building Multipaper session

Amplifying voices of early career evaluators at different organizational levels

Stream: Professional Development and Leadership

Thursday, October 24, 2024
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST
Location: D140
Abstract Information: What could intentional engagement for early career evaluators to foster their professional growth and development look like? Staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Workforce Development (DWD) are uniquely positioned to answer this question given their experiences coordinating a premier evaluation workforce training program and engaging evaluators working on priority division programs. In this session, DWD staff will highlight ways that the division cultivates and practices a culture of learning, growth, and inclusion among early career evaluators. Presenters will describe their experiences amplifying voices of early career evaluators and building evaluation capacity at the individual, division, and agency levels. DWD staff will elaborate on the value of embedding structured learning activities and learning communities that benefit the evaluator and their organizational context. Using case study examples, presenters will illustrate how early career evaluators are trained using hands-on evaluation practice, and showcase existing communities, activities, and opportunities that are used to support all internal division evaluators. Presenters will share their experiences creating dedicated spaces for evaluation learning and networking and offer lessons learned and strategies for creating similar environments in other evaluation settings. Attendees will leave this session with practical strategies for amplifying voices of early career evaluators in their own organizational settings.