Haley Umans, PhD

Experience

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  Lake of the Woods & Greenwoods Family of Camps

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Camp Counselor and Health Center Assistant

  Lake of the Woods is an all-girls overnight camp with campers ranging from ages of 7-15. I was responsible for creating activities and leading the girls (group of 15) through their camp experience for two week sessions. I worked to ensure a community of teamwork and respect in the group.

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  University of Denver

  Apr 2016 - Jul 2017

  Research Assistant

  As a research assistant, I analyzed data in SPSS, created conference posters, wrote academic reports, and managed other students in the lab. The Child Health and Development Lab, lead by Dr. Sarah Watamura, studies factors that influence children's health and development, using physiologic measures of stress and health, observations of children in normative settings such as child care centers and at home, and laboratory assessments of cognitive and social-emotional development. The lab examines the dangers of stress, specifically in high risk families. I have received an undergraduate research grant to perform my own project within the lab. Along with my project, I worked to manage and train other undergraduate research assistants in data entry tasks. Show less

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  Firefly Autism

  Nov 2016 - Jun 2017

  Intern

  I worked 1 on 1 with young children with autism spectrum disorder in the early childhood unit of Firefly Autism. Supervised by a board certified behavior analyst, I collected data and helped with assessments when necessary. Additionally, I planned and implemented group enrichment activities.

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  Claremont Evaluation Center

  Aug 2017 - Oct 2021

  Senior Evaluation Associate

  I supported evaluation work on diverse projects in the Claremont Evaluation Center (CEC). My responsibilities included project management, instrument development, data collection, analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, writing reports for various stakeholders, and disseminating findings for various audiences. While working at the CEC, I collaborated with several organizations including the After-School All-Stars - LA, LA Unified School District Beyond the Bell Youth Services, LA84 Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of America, Claremont McKenna College, and the International Baccalaureate. This work has been conducted under the supervision of Dr. Tiffany Berry, Dr. Shelly Sloper, and Dr. Tarek Azzam. Show less

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  Claremont Graduate University

  Sept 2018 - May 2021

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Graduate Level Courses Assisted: Foundations of Evaluation - Professor Leslie Fierro, PhDComparative Evaluation Theory - Professor Leslie Fierro, PhDEvaluation Procedures - Professor Tiffany Berry, PhDEvaluation Practicum - Professor Tiffany Berry, PhDAnalysis of Variance - Professor Andrew Conway, PhDApplied Multiple Regression - Professor Andrew Conway, PhDCategorical Data Analysis - Professor Andrew Conway, PhDIntermediate Statistics - Professor Kathy Pezdek, PhD Show less

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  Claremont McKenna College

  Sept 2018 - Nov 2021

  With Dr. Stacey Doan and team, I supported a planning and development grant, awarded by the Ho Foundation, aimed to develop new evidence based co-curricular programming for college students at Claremont McKenna College to support students to become resilient and responsible leaders. My responsibilities included conducting and analyzing interviews with experts, reviewing past research, analyzing survey data in R, and writing reports for the funder and CMC leaders. I worked with Dr. Stacey Doan to conduct formative and outcome evaluations of the co-curricular programming efforts of the Kravis Lab for Social Impact. I managed two students to execute data collection, analysis, and reporting for randomized and longitudinal delayed-treatment evaluation studies and implementation evaluation studies. Data collection efforts include online surveys, interviews, focus groups, and program observations.

  • Research Associate for Intervention Development

    Jan 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Evaluation Project Manager and Student Supervisor

    Sept 2018 - Nov 2021
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  Growing Inland Achievement

  Feb 2020 - Sept 2021

  Evaluation and Research Associate

  In this role, I supported the evaluation efforts of a collective impact organization committed to building a cross-sector collaborative in the Inland Empire to support educational attainment.Responsibilities included developing a three-year evaluation plan, designing a theory of change, executing a formative evaluation of GIA's role as a backbone function, building the evaluation capacity of the organization, executing a formative evaluation of an innovation award grant process, and supporting research dissemination efforts. Show less

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  LeAD Labs

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

  Evaluation and Data Management Consultant

  In collaboration with the LeAD Labs team, I led a formative evaluation of The Museum Leadership Institute professional development training workshops and their online mentorship platform designed for museum leaders. I also supported LeAD Labs research efforts by preparing datasets for additional analyses (e.g., merging, organizing, and cleaning data) in R.

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  LA’s BEST

  Sept 2021 - May 2023

  Director of Evaluation

  LA's BEST offers after school and summer programming opportunities to 25,000 students across 200 schools in Los Angeles at no cost to families. In this role, I oversee the Evaluation Department where we collect and analyze data to promote continuous quality improvement, train staff to think critically about quality and engage in evaluation, and report findings to diverse audiences to promote learning and communicate impact.

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  Think Together

  May 2023 - now

  Senior Director of Data & Evaluation

  Think Together delivers nationally-recognized after school programs, early learning, enrichment, and school improvement in close to 500 schools in California from San Diego to San Francisco – serving over 200,000 students. In my role, I provide leadership and guidance for organization-wide data management & program evaluations to promote high quality practices that will change the odds for kids.