Become a Champion
Interested in becoming an Evaluation Champion? Find out below how you can become one.
As Evaluation Champions, we are here to help the Ministry of Education think and act using Evaluative Thinking. So we have to find the right people to make that happen. If you care about continuous learning through inquiry and reflective practice, come join us on this journey.
What do you get?
Becoming an Evaluation Champion brings many benefits.
Become an advocate for evaluation
Leadership opportunities
Influencing project direction
Build connections and network
Make a difference
Career building
Types of Evaluation Champions
There are two ways you can help - as a promoter and enthusiast or a driver and doer.
Promoter and Enthusiast
Great if you support the kaupapa & want to help from afar but are poor on time.
Driver and Doer
Great if you want to work directly with teams to encourage Evaluative Thinking.
What will you be doing?
As an Evaluation Champion, you will do one or more of the following:
- Clarify your evaluation needs
- Define clear outcomes and measures for projects, programmes, initiatives or policies.
- Ask the right questions your evaluation will answer
- Assist in commissioning evaluation
- Use tools and resources that are relevant to you
- Become an advocate for evaluative thinking
Evaluation Champion Training Programme
We offer our champions training which will:
- Enable champions to feel comfortable navigating the information in this website
- Support teams with Theory of Change, commissioning, finding the right resources, how to access the experts.
- Facilitate workshops relating to evaluative thinking.
As an Evaluation Champion, I was able to learn about evaluative thinking and share this with others to create a fun collaborative work environment
Keen to come on board?
Interested? Want to become an Evaluation Champion? Email evaluation.research@education.govt.nz