1. Evaluation Assistant Research Projects 2014-15 EAs are required to lead an evaluation research project for the academic year

2. Overview of EA Projects  Evaluation project that the EA manages ◦ Can do alone or manage a team of Corps students at your school  A distinctive measurement of the impact of a Corp project at your school ◦ Example- measure impact of high school outreach program on high school student interest in computing ◦ Example- assess mentoring program at your school

3.  Are NOT a description of what the Corp is doing or has done  Are a summation of data collected, observed, documented about the impact of what the Corp has done at a school

4. Components of EA Projects  Determine which Corp program to assess at your school  Align project to the program goals ◦ E.g. if your Corp conducts high school outreach, what are the goals? ◦ Determine which goal(s) to measure and what data to collect ◦ Complete a project description and timeline (see www.starsalliance.org EA Toolkit for samples) www.starsalliance.org  Assess the program and report findings via Celebration Poster Session

5. Get Support  Corps Project Teams ◦ Share ideas and tools within your STARS Computing Corp ◦ Ask prior EAs at your school for input, ideas, suggestions  Visit the EA Toolkit ◦ Sample IRBs, sample outreach surveys and more  Discuss with EA community ◦ Online or via monthly meetings