Presenting the 2018 AEA Evaluator Competencies

This chapter presents the Board‐approved 2018 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Evaluator Competencies. It begins by introducing and briefly explicating each of the five competency domains—professional practice, methodology, context, planning and management, interpersonal—then details the specific competencies that comprise each domain. The chapter continues by identifying and discussing persistent member concerns that emerged across all forms of member feedback during the development process. It concludes by naming three broad areas of potential use of the competencies, each of which is the subject of a chapter in Part II.