Background
Witkin, Belle Ruth was born on June 1, 1917 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Lena (Eichenwald) Clayman.
( Despite the increasing necessity for needs assessments ...)
Despite the increasing necessity for needs assessments in a variety of fields, much confusion still prevails on how to conduct such assessments successfully. This book is a practical guide to that end. The authors first introduce a three-phase model - preassessment, assessment and postassessment - to clarify the distinctions between the needs of primary service recipients and the people and resources that exist. They go on to describe methods appropriate for gathering data for assessing needs and for causal analysis. The presentation of the framework, the coverage of several approaches for analyzing data, the balanced description of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and the multiple case studies and
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writer speech and English language educator
Witkin, Belle Ruth was born on June 1, 1917 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Lena (Eichenwald) Clayman.
Bachelor in English, University Puget Sound, 1939. Master of Arts in Speech Education, University Washington, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Pathology and Audiology, University Washington, 1962.
Teacher in English, speech and journalism Gig Harbor (Washington) High School, 1940-1943. Writer, aircraft inspector, office manager County Health Department, Texas, Florida. Newspaper feature reporter, inspector Boeing Company, Washington, 1943-1946.
Speech communications instructor, lecturer University Washington, Seattle, 1948-1960. Speech consultant King County Superintendent of Schools, 1960-1966. Director Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Center Alameda County, Hayward, California, 1966-1977.
Speech lecturer San Jose (California) State University, 1976-1977. Researcher, administrator Alameda County Office of Education, Hayward, California, 1966-1980. Writer Renton, Washington, 1981-1998.
Visiting scholar University Washington, Seattle, 1990-1998.
( Despite the increasing necessity for needs assessments ...)
Northwest regional advisory board Anti-Defamation League, Seattle, 1955-1966, executive council, 1964-1965. Member League of Women Voters, South King County, 1982-1998, Citizens Education Center, Seattle, 1982-1998. Member International Listening Association (chair research task force 1986-1992, research award 1996), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, American Evaluation Association, American Educational Research Association, Speech Communications Association, International Society for Educational Planning (executive board 1975-1977), California Association for Program Evaluation (president 1979-1980), Washington State Speech Association (president 1964-1965), Northwest Communications Association.
Married Joseph Jacob Witkin, January 8, 1944. 1 child, Sheryl Marie Killman.