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Programmatic evaluations not only show fidelity or effectiveness of an intervention but also allow for continuous improvement of services and make an organization more appealing to funders. Yet, evaluations also come with challenges and many organizations struggle to determine whether they are ready to use their data for research purposes. Evaluability assessments gather essential information about a program’s functioning and equip organizational leadership to ensure that programs are on the right track and set up for success in an evaluation. The Petey Greene Program (PGP) and RTI International (RTI) will present a case study of the PGP’s College Bridge Program, describing the process through which organizations can proactively strengthen their capacity and readiness to conduct a more rigorous evaluation of their programs. First, the PGP will describe the College Bridge Program model, rationale for evaluating it, and considerations for knowing when and how to prepare for an evaluation. RTI will then discuss common considerations, the role and importance of evaluability assessments, and the types of organizational practices and documentation often explored during this process. The webinar outlines the activities associated with evaluability assessment, key findings, and lessons learned from the current evaluability assessment and capacity-building exercises that organizations can implement to become more adequately prepared for evaluation. Original webinar date: October 20, 2025 Webinar recording link: https://youtu.be/MNJu8Ka0hDo
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In order for English language learners to take full advantage of today’s career and educational opportunities, they need to rise to the higher expectations for academic rigor as outlined in the College and Career Readiness Standards, and achieve measurable outcomes as defined by the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act. How can we meet these rising expectations in our general English language classes? By enriching the content we teach, broadening the contexts of English to include workplace and academic communication, scaffolding rigorous tasks, and increasing the range and frequency of higher order thinking skills. Join this webinar to see how the new edition of Future has risen to today’s higher expectations. We will highlight how the new edition’s reading and writing strands scaffold challenging tasks from the start, and how the Future’s new workplace soft-skill strand engages students’ culture skills in collaborative problem-solving tasks.
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Are you teaching your students to think about their thinking? Are you giving them opportunities to build their critical thinking skills to problem solve? Let’s have fun together discovering metacognition activities, strategies, and lessons to build important thinking skills for success in class and in life. Teaching critical thinking is good for ALL students and especially important in reaching those with learning difficulties.
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Providing basic tools for financial success is an important step to help improve the lives of low-literacy populations. Success is heightened when parents and children learn together and support one another in making smart, beneficial money decisions. This workshop provides the tools to help families openly discuss money matters and gain the critical life skills needed to make smart financial choices. Key content includes understanding wants versus needs, setting savings goals, earning money, shopping wisely,planning, and banking.
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This workshop will walk you through teaching money strategies to former inmates in making a successful re-entry into society. Former inmates are released into a new life—often with no home, little money, and questionable credit. Finding and keeping a job, as well as managing the money they earn, is essential to successful re-entry into society, especially in a digital age where quick financial decisions can lead to lasting setbacks. Help ex-convicts establish a solid financial foundation by using this workshop that provides basic financial planning tips, including creating a spending plan, establishing a banking relationship, and avoiding money traps like those posed by an online casino that can drain resources through unregulated betting. Then, facilitators, educators, and volunteers can measure the financial education program with simple, effective evaluations that make it easy to demonstrate learning, highlight risks in high-stakes online engagements, and show the value of this personal finance curriculum.
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This workshop is primarily intended for adults in their 50's and early 60's who are thinking ahead to retirement when they will no longer have new income sources. The rise of digital platforms, particularly online casino Canada, has introduced new avenues for entertainment but also heightened vulnerabilities. The decisions they make about how personal and financial information is protected can have a significant impact on their retirement paychecks. If they become a victim of fraud or deceptive actions within these online environments, they have challenging income-reducing circumstances at a time when new sources of income are limited.
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The financial decisions we make every day are only partially based on facts and logic. Our financial decisions are also influenced by inner drivers that we are often not even aware of–unconscious needs,wants, and “shoulds.” These inner drivers become the values that affect all of our financial decisions. The free LifeValues Quiz is a research-based tool that can be used with adult learners to help them understand the unconscious drivers that influence their everyday money habits. Session participants will take the LifeValues Quiz, learn about the 4 inner values that drive financial behaviors, and learn how to utilize the resource with adult learners. The LifeValues Quiz is a fun activity to include in programming that covers topics like spending, saving, and household financial decision-making.
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Money is a challenging topic, and many parents may feel that talking about money with their children is taboo. Others may feel that money management is too complex a topic to explain to their children. Whatever their reluctance, parents need to be encouraged in discussing financial concepts with their children and become role models for using money wisely. With the rise of digital platforms blending entertainment and education, families can explore financial ideas through interactive adventures that make learning feel like play. Join in the conversation as we discuss family financial literacy, the role it plays in moving families forward, and dive into free resources available from the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). These resources include a gaming app to reach learners on the go, created through collaborations with developers behind Le Bandit to bring thrilling chases into lessons on saving and spending, classroom books, and a booklet of games to help parents engage their children in the conversation about financial literacy. Drawing from these dynamic worlds fosters habits that turn everyday decisions into opportunities for growth and smart choices.