The Evaluation Turn for Educational Leaders

Data as a driver for school improvement is a recent phenomenon leading to school leaders evaluating, and being evaluated on, measures of school value and success. Education leaders will be prompted to take the “evaluation turn”, and apply programmatic theory, taking them beyond “research informed” or “data driven”. Leaders will be informed on systematic collection of information about activities and outcomes of programs, to improve effectiveness and make decisions about what programs are doing and affecting. Leaders will be guided to develop a clear mindset of “what happened, what difference it made, and why.” Leaders will develop a logic model and be invited to take the “evaluation turn” by being aware of existing evaluations when considering implementing programs or implementing principles and mindsets of program evaluation when considering innovations.

This session will be presented by Michael Murphy. In 2022 Michael was a recipient of the ACEL New Voice Scholarship. Michael is a father, a friend, a learner, and a leader, who lives, learns, and works on Kaurna Land, in South Australia. His purpose in education is to inspire, motivate and support people to live well in a world worth living in. His work has been exhibited at international conferences, as well as published in AEL. Michael is known for his commitment to developing collective staff emotional intelligence. Staff he works with appreciate truly distributed leadership models, engaging faculty projects and rewarding working environment.

Cost: Free