Collaborations
Insight for Learning Practices serves clients engaged in a variety of collaborative projects. Working with many of the client’s partners becomes an important part of the process. To better serve the client’s needs, we sometimes bring in our own partners. This may be a transcription service like Kelsey Transcripts or others who can help with pieces of the project, or it might be collaboration with a colleague with complementary skills.
Klein/Tisdal Collaboration
Insight for Learning Practices and Tisdal Consulting have developed successful collaborations on several projects. Having multiple perspectives as well as common and complementary skill sets can make for a winning combination, especially on larger projects.
Carey Tisdal, Director, Tisdal Consulting, and Kit Klein share an interest in youth programs and informal learning environments. Both use quantitative and qualitative methods. Both bring skills in project design, literature review, working with clients, data analysis, and communicating findings. Tisdal brings skills in the evaluation of exhibits and technology-based learning (i.e., websites, film, computer interactives) to the collaboration. Klein has substantial expertise in the evaluation informal learning programs and school-based programming.
Sample Collaborative Projects
Advocate Grant Program – External Evaluation
This Society for Science and the Public’s program aimed to support Advocates who recruit and then support underserved middle and high school students in entering engineering and science competitions.
Roads Taken Conference – Development and Facilitation
This online conference funded by the National Science Foundation kicked off a youth program project focusing on long-term institutional and participant impacts. Klein and Tisdal served as co-PIs and co-facilitators with Wendy Hancock (PI), Association for Science-Technology Centers.