Evaluation 101
PI “To-Do” Checklist: Before Launching your Project Evaluation
What to Do |
To / With Whom |
Announce or discuss NSF grant | Evaluator, partner, and advisor/advisory groups colleagues at your institution
The public- with attribution to NSF! |
Process Contracts | Evaluator
Partners (include providing data as contract obligation) |
Discuss evaluation expectations, processes, activities, and timeline (note IRB considerations). | Evaluator |
Review goals/objectives and identify data capture needed (and by whom) for the evaluation. |
Evaluator |
Determine data definitions, time frames for data capture (e.g., by semester), reporting frequency/dates for project. Don’t forget to include current status or recent history for baseline data. Review data management plan |
Data Person |
Communicate data needs/timelines/reporting dates to partners from whom you will need data. |
Co-PI’s, partner institutions, organizations |
Review/set goals for success if not specific in proposal (actual numbers, not just %) with interim benchmarks for gauging progress. |
Evaluator, Co-PI’s, partners |
Plan evaluation activities and discuss evaluation tools to be used. Use uniform tools (e.g., surveys) across partnership and include the capture of demographic data and other information that will be needed for the ATE Annual Survey (if not specifically for your project). |
Evaluator, Co-PI’s |
Discuss evaluation reports to be provided and reporting dates (align deadlines to your reporting needs: NSF annual report, advisory meeting, etc.). |
Evaluator |
Checklist provided by Mentor-Connect: Leadership Development and Outreach Initiative for ATE
Copyright 2012: SC ATE Center of Excellence, Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC 29502-0548. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Grant No. 1204463. Any opinions findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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Checklist: Principal Investigator “To-Do” Checklist: Before Launching Your Project Evaluation