Evaluator competencies and self-assessment: Lessons from the Learn Evaluation Assessment Portal
| Published date | 01 December 2024 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X241293806 |
| Author | Lauren Wildschut,Amy M Gullickson |
| Date | 01 December 2024 |
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Evaluation Journal of Australasia
2024, Vol. 24(4) 239–242
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Evaluator competencies and
self-assessment: Lessons from
the Learn Evaluation
Assessment Portal
Lauren Wildschut
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Amy M Gullickson
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Introduction
As global demand for evaluation grows, advancing individual professional develop-
ment is essential for the evaluation profession. Self-reflection and self-assessment on
essential competencies are powerful ways to focus learning pathways for evaluators;
they can help foster a culture of continuous learning for those in the field, which in turn
supports the strengthening of evaluation systems. Collaboration is another key strategy
essential for strengthening evaluation systems. Collaboration leverages diverse ex-
pertise, promotes shared learning, maximises resource efficiency, ensures the inclusion
of diverse perspectives and, most importantly for this research project, fosters inno-
vation in evaluation methods and tools. The Learn Evaluation Assessment Portal
(LEAP) was developed and piloted by the research group (learnevaluation.org) ex-
plicitly to advance evaluation professional development through self-assessment,
collaboration, and reciprocity.
Creating the LEAP involved collaboration between learnevaluation.org (three ac-
ademics from the Universities of Melbourne (Australia), Mississippi (United Sates of
America) and Stellenbosch (South Africa)), a private service provider (Matilda Tech),
and the Australian Evaluation Society (AES) as the first Voluntary Organisation of
Professional Evaluators. The research group was interested in understanding more
about those who participated in the self-assessment –their evaluation competencies,
Corresponding author:
Amy M Gullickson, The University of Melbourne, 100 Leicester St, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.
Email: amy.gullickson@unimelb.edu.au
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