Evaluation Committee
Committee Chair:
Lauren Kelley
Role and Responsibilities
Role: The role of the Evaluation Committee is to support the evaluation efforts of the Connecticut Cancer Partnership by Helping its committees to develop and carry out appropriate and timely evaluation of activities related to the objectives of the Connecticut Cancer Plan 2009-2013.
Responsibilities: The Evaluation Committee may support the work of the Partnership committees through the following:
Technical Assistance
- Advise committees on process and outcome evaluation methodologies, determining meaningful and measurable baselines, key indicators of success, and measurable outcomes.
- Review evaluation materials developed on behalf of the Partnership (e.g., requests for proposals, proposals and reports)
- Help committees to adhere to evidence-based project initiatives , whenever possible
- Help committees in development of SMART objectives
Education
- Work with committees to assess needs related to evaluation,
- Identify/provide opportunities for education/training on evaluation,
- Provide guidance on methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation for program improvement
Ongoing Strategies:
- Advise the Connecticut Cancer Partnership regarding:
- methods of setting baselines and targets
- methods for measuring progress on objectives
- evaluating any projects funded via the Connecticut Cancer Plan 2009-2013
implementation activities related to the objectives of the Plan
- Enhance committee capacity through:
- member recruitment from among state and regional evaluation experts
- presentations from partners on evaluation
- collaborations with state partners to accomplish priority projects
