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To date, we have delivered a range of full-day, half-day, and two-hour workshops and seminars using the CAE principles as a framework (see Appendix 1). One can easily imagine their use for structuring more protracted educational experiences such as a graduate-level evaluation course. Each of the eight principles could be used, for example, to structure a specific module, which could be augmented with introductory and integration modules. Given the requirement for evaluators to employ a range of interpersonal soft skills, in the ideal, a course on such approaches would involve some practical experience in the form of exercises and activities and/or authentic practice.

Our discussion to this point has focused on the professional development of evaluators, but of course, we should not overlook that of program community stakeholders. Another option for training could be seminars and workshops for program community members and organization members with an interest in applying evaluation in a self-directed way. Some of our colleagues (e.g., Alkin & Vo, 2018) have successfully provided highly accessible and readable texts on evaluation that have been quite useful in engaging persons who are, for all intents and purposes, uninitiated in evaluation matters. It is not difficult to imagine the development of support materials framed by the CAE principles that can serve the same purpose.