This guide was created through a collaboration of many people and organizations in the career development community in Canada.
Working Group (The University Career Centre Metrics Working Group):
The group of career centre leaders who have conceptualized this project and have seen it through are:
Karen Benzinger, Director, Centre for Career Education, University of Windsor
Kristi Kerford, Director, Career Centre, Trent University
Leslie Lumsden, Director, The Student Success Centre, The University of Western Ontario
Kerry Mahoney, Director, Career Services, University of Waterloo
Yvonne Rodney, Director, Career Centre, University of Toronto
This group has been meeting over several years to discuss and share approaches to evaluation. While discussions and evaluation activities within the group have been broad-ranging, as a first project, the group developed a tool for setting and evaluating learning outcomes, which was shared with colleagues, including at a presentation at the CACEE National Conference 2007.
Project Coordinator:
The Project Coordinator was Cathy Keates, Director of Career Considerations, who has been a member of the Working Group since its inception, formerly within her role as Associate Director of the Career Centre at York University.
Funding:
This project is funded by The Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC), and contributions from the working group members.
Website Hosting:
The website is hosted by the Canadian Association for Career Educators and Employers (CACEE)
External Testers:
Thank you to the career centres (list names when available) who helped with this project as external testers.
Other Support:
A special thank you to the Canadian Research Working Group for Evidence Based Practice for their support throughout the planning and execution of this project. Also, many thanks to all the career centre staff and leaders who contributed ideas and questions throughout this project. |