Influential Mentoring Practices for Navigating Challenges and Optimizing Learning During an Evaluation Internship Experience

The increased complexity of contexts that Canadian evaluators work in has important implications for evaluation education. Internship is a valued training component, yet what remains to be identified are empirically based quality indicators of the experience. Analyses of interviews with an intern, m...

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Published in:Canadian journal of program evaluation 2017, Vol.31 (3), p.374-396
Main Authors: Poth, Cheryl, Anderson-Draper, Michelle, El Hassar, Btissam
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The increased complexity of contexts that Canadian evaluators work in has important implications for evaluation education. Internship is a valued training component, yet what remains to be identified are empirically based quality indicators of the experience. Analyses of interviews with an intern, mentor, and coordinator supplemented by field notes revealed key features suggesting three influential mentoring practices: orientation to workplace context, autonomy of supervisory approach, and planning for evaluation agility. Implications for evaluation practice and evaluator induction are discussed in light of the Competencies for Canadian Evaluation Practice and three areas influenced by Dr. Lyn Shulha.
ISSN:0834-1516
1496-7308
DOI:10.3138/cjpe.325