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CIS of Texas Evaluation
Case Study Interview Guide
PARTNER ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE
Date:
___________________
Interviewee: ___________________
Interviewer: ___________________
Local CIS Program Name: _____________________________
My name is (introduce self) and this is (introduce note-taker). Thank you for agreeing to
participate in today’s interview regarding the CIS of [insert name of local CIS program].
We greatly appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to assist with the
evaluation of CIS of Texas that ICF International is conducting for the Texas Education
Agency. You were selected to participate in an interview because your perspective will
help us to better understand issues relevant to this evaluation. We are conducting case
studies with five local programs across Texas to gather information about the
implementation of CIS, relationships within CIS, training and support, best practices, and
much more. Your participation in this interview is completely voluntary. .Please feel free
to be open and candid in your responses to our questions, as we will keep this
information strictly confidential. Only general themes will be conveyed in our final report
(your name will not be linked to anything that you say).
With your permission, we would like to record the audio of this interview so that we can
transcribe the conversation for accuracy in the analysis and interpretation of your
comments along with comments of other staff. No one from the State Office or TEA will
have access to this audio recording. Upon transcription of these recordings as appropriate
to the evaluation, we will destroy the recordings themselves, maintaining only written
records. Only de-identified transcripts of recordings will be the property of TEA at any
time during or after the contract period.
Are there any questions before we begin