The Third Annual Program Evaluation: Quality Assurance Summit
- Starts: 09/21/10 - 9:00AM
- Ends: 09/22/10 - 4:00PM
- Location: Vancouver, WA
- Category: Upcoming Events
September 21-22, 2010
Pathways to Performance: Making a Difference on Program Evaluation
The Program Evaluation Summit Group and TACE Region 10 are excited to co-host the 3rd annual Program Evaluation: Quality Assurance Summit. Building on the momentum from previous years, the conference is focusing on the educational opportunity to discuss program evaluation and quality assurance issues within state vocational rehabilitation agencies. The emphasis is on putting you in touch with experts in Program Evaluation: Quality Assurance, developing collaborative networks committed to the improvement of quality assurance systems and tools, and building a network of individuals to share technical and professional expertise with each other.Summit Topics
Measuring the worth and productivity of an agency
• Utah’s “return on investment”
• Could the focus be on outcomes other than Standards & Indicators?
Case file review activities
Vendor quality and evaluation
Methods of evaluating Transition Services
The Convergence of Quality & Quantity
The role of SRC in Program Evaluation activities
And more . . .Registration is now available! Register Now! Agenda
Location:
Hilton Vancouver Washington
301 W 6th Street
Vacouver, WA 98660
360 993-4500
Hotel InfoThe Summit Group is hosting the 3rd Annual Summit on Vocational Rehabilitation Program Evaluation: Pathways to Performance: Making a Difference through Program Evaluation. This group is dedicated to the improvement of quality assurances systems and program evaluation in state vocational rehabilitation agencies. Through support from the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration there are stipends available for (4) graduate students in Vocational Rehabilitation programs to attend the Summit. This stipend will include the cost of travel, lodging, transportation to and from the venue from the airport and per diem costs. There is no registration fee. The event will be held on September 21st and 22nd at the Vancouver, Washington Hilton Hotel. The closest large airport is in Portland, Oregon.
The Summit has four main purposes. They are to provide educational learning experiences based on the expertise of knowledgeable professionals from the field of program evaluation and vocational rehabilitation, foster collaborative conversations and support between state vocational rehabilitation program evaluation specialists, develop interstate work teams to work towards improvement in quality assurance systems and to inspire all towards excellence in program performance and quality assurance as a means of providing quality services to people with disabilities. Some of the topics of former Summit presentations have included: performance and program management, sharing key performance information with real time data, how program evaluation data can lead to change in vocational rehabilitation agencies, consumer satisfaction survey building and analysis, constructing a state vocational rehabilitation quality assurance manual and conducting a vocational rehabilitation comprehensive statewide needs assessment using the VR Needs Assessment Guide.Stipend awardees will be selected by a 5 member team from the 2010 Summit Planning Committee which consists of state vocational rehabilitation program employees, TACE staff and researchers. All applications are due by Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 and may be sent by email to Kathe Matrone, 2010 Summit Program Chair at matrok@u.washington.edu.
Student Application: Nomination Form VR Application