SOWK 781
SOWK 781 is an advanced research course on Results-Based Accountability (RBA) and complementary Empowerment Evaluation (for working with stakeholders). This course is primarily designed for students in or planning to be in macro practice roles (such as human service or nonprofit administrators, program managers, supervisors, evaluators, community planners, developers, and organizers, and policy practitioners). The RBA framework, currently used at the national, state, local and community levels in the United States and abroad, is used to improve results among whole populations and to improve results among the consumers of specific programs, agencies and service-delivery systems. The goals of this course are for students to know how to use a results and performance framework, identify indicators of success and performance measures to track progress towards a result over time, and engage organizational members and community partners in efforts to collect and analyze data, measure outcomes, and interpret and utilize findings to enhance program, organizational, and community effectiveness. The course requires a ?hands-on? team-based project in partnership with designated organizations or community initiatives. (Prerequisite: SOWK 670)
Offered
202002