1. SPDG Levels of Collaboration
Amy Detgen, Technical Assistance Coordination Center
Debra Price-Ellingstad, Technical Assistance
Coordination Center
David Merves, Evergreen Evaluation & Consulting, Inc.
Martha

2. Session Goals
Overview of evaluation of collaboration in the Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network (TA&D Network)
Introduce Draft Collaboration Instrument
Attendees develop their own SPDG examples of collaboration
Q & A
Martha

3. Technical Assistance Coordination Center
Overview of Collaboration in TA&D Network Leveraging Resources Conference TA Collaboratives
Martha

4. Collaboration: Research and Evaluation
Sequence of the evaluation process
Evaluation Questions
Logic Model
Theoretical Model
Evaluation Methodology
David

5. NCEO Partner Collaborative Logic Model
David

6. Theoretical Considerations and Approaches
Levels of collaboration outcomes
Collaboration in Early Care and Education: Establishing a Framework for a Research Agenda Logic Model; Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Meeting, October 21-22, 2010
Dimensions of collaboration
Thomson, Perry, & Miller, Conceptualizing and Measuring Collaboration, 2007, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Levels of collaboration
Frey, Lohmeier, Lee & Tollefson, American Journal of Evaluation 2006; 27; 383, Measuring Collaboration Among Grant Partners
Levels of integration
Gajda 2004; 2009 Evaluating Organization Collaboration ppt, AEA
David
Collaboration for the 21st Century
Belinda Biscoe, Director of Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center (MC3). 4th Annual Leveraging Resources Conference, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, OSEP, Washington, D.C., March 25, 2009
Evaluating community collaboration
Evaluating Community Collaborations, Thomas E. Backer, Editor, 2003, Springer Publishing

7. Levels of Collaboration Survey
David

8. NCEO’s Focus on Collaboration
Partners employ common strategies and language
Partners develop common products, tools, and services
Non-duplication of efforts
Cost efficiency
Vitaliy

9. Collaboration Challenges
Difficulties associated with initial stages of evaluation
Staff members’ lack of time
Delayed accomplishments
Duplication of efforts
Difficulty working with a diverse set of organizations
Vitaliy

10. SPDG Levels of Collaboration Instrument
Your examples

11. Questions and Answers

12. Thank you For additional information please contact:
Amy Detgen Debra Price-Ellingstad
TACC TACC
David Merves
EEC

13. Resources
Frey, B. B., Lohmeier, J. H., Lee, S. W., & Tollefson, N. (2006). Measuring Collaboration Among Grant Partners. American Journal of Evaluation,