FETTERMAN & ASSOCIATES

Evaluation Consultations

Dr. David M. Fetterman

FettermanAssociates@gmail.com

(650) 269-5689


Fetterman & Associates provide evaluation services nationally and internationally.We develop user-friendly tools to monitor and evaluate your organization's performance.  Our primary areas include:

 

EDUCATION
MANAGEMENT
MEDICAL
NON-PROFITS

Accreditation &

School Improvement

Efficiency
Accreditation
Development
Professional Development
Marketing
Medical Education
Implementation

Standards &

Assessment

Revenue Generation
Teaching & Scholarship
Client Satisfaction

 

The most common approaches include: needs assessments, traditional pre- and post-test assessments, online surveys, focus groups, case studies, and ethnographic, participatory, and empowerment evaluations. The majority of projects are conducted within the United States. Selected examples include national work for the U.S. Department of Education, state-level projects for Arkansas and California, and a variety of local level programs.  Local projects include: Portola Valley School District and Nueva in Hillsborough.

Fetterman & Associates also work in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Finland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. Clients include Casey Family Programs, Family & Children Services, Health Trust, Hewlett Packard, Knight Foundation, Poynter, Stanford University, State of Arkansas, UNICEF, and Volunteers of America.

Dr. Fetterman, President and CEO of Fetterman & Associates, has 25 years of experience at Stanford University, in administration, School of Education, and the School of Medicine.  He is a member of the faculty of three universities.  He has received numerous awards, conducted large-scale evaluation projects, published several books, and made contributions to a variety of encyclopedia. His articles appear in Academic Medicine, American Anthropologist, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Educational Researcher, and JAMA. His op-ed pieces appear in newspapers and online throughout the United States.  As such he is a much sought after speaker in the areas of evaluation, technology, motivation, management, and learning. He maintains an active speaking schedule in addition to designing, managing, and supervising evaluation projects.

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL DETAIL:

Fetterman & Associates Provides Visible and Proactive Educational Services Support for the Following:

  • Systemic academic achievement, assessment for learning, standards, accountability, research, school improvement, data analysis and reporting.
  • Curriculum, standards, instructional enhancement, school improvement and closing achievement gap and school transformation.
  • Professional development and leadership training, capacity building, support and outreach training for teachers, school leaders and school board members.
  • Strategic planning and use of data for longitudinal tracking and growth modeling, data analysis, data frameworks, and support for federal and state initiatives including ESEA, Common Core, and IDEA.
  • Parent outreach and community training support and development.
  • College and career readiness enhancements, including instructional capacity to ensure students are prepared with non-negotiable skills necessary for success in the 21th century.
  • Consultative services for student academic support and organizational turnaround.
  • Educational empowerment evaluations for school environments, school programs and practices to help schools identify successes and weaknesses and develop a framework for successful.

Fetterman & Associates specializes in medical education evaluation, including preparation for accreditation. Focal areas include:

  • Pre-clinical courses, mid-course focus groups, classroom observation, individual interviews, end of course survey, post survey dialogue with faculty and curriculum committee.
  • Clerkship, observation, interviews, and surveys.
  • Scholarly Concentrations, portfolio development and implementation, individual interviews, surveys, and observations.
  • Residency Director, interview and survey of graduates' performance.
  • Mentor Program, interview, observe, and survey

The consulting agency also provides workshops and technical assistance training, focusing on evaluation and technology. The agency periodically host virtual conferences.

The agency provides consultations for both developing and mature projects and programs.

 

 

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