Haya Amzallag-Bahar

Haya engages in applied evaluation and evaluation research regarding processes, programs, organizations, and teams in the fields of education, community, and welfare. Her areas of expertise include: the welfare of disadvantaged populations (such as children and youth at risk, families living in poverty, battered women, immigrants, people with disabilities), education (formal and informal), executive and team development, employment and financial management, public policy, and dialogue programs.

She also specializes in designing, implementing, accompanying, and supervising all aspects of the evaluation process. Additionally, she works in developing computerized information and knowledge management systems for social services and organizations, as well as embedding internal evaluation processes as a tool for organizational development.

Haya has an academic background in Social Psychology, Sociology, and Political Science from the Hebrew University. She is a group facilitator, having graduated from the Group Facilitation Program at the Continuing Education Unit of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University. Haya also completed training in the HFA (Healthy Families America) model in the US—an evidence-based model recognized by the federal government for promoting positive early childhood parenting—and assisted in its implementation in the “Pe’imot” early childhood program by the “Futuring Peace” (Potchim Atid) benefit corporation in Israel.