SPEX-086 Leading Equitable Evaluation Through Practice
Issued by
American University
This course equips students with the skills needed to conduct culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE). The course introduces the methodology used to conduct a CREE and examines how to apply different methods to guide program improvement. It also explores how to use the results of CREE to inform community advocacy, decision-makers, and policy change that support equity and responsiveness.
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Weeks
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Discuss: Throughout this course students critically analyze, synthesize, and evaluates the impact of structural and cultural factors (e.g. historical, social, economic, racial, ethnic, gender) on evaluation design and implementation.
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Identify: In week 1, students identify, through focused reading, the framework, and methodology used to conduct CREE. They also reflect on what they have learned from the course.
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Discuss: During week 2, the students discuss the impact of structural and cultural factors (e.g. historical, social, economic, racial, ethnic, gender) on evaluation design and implementation.
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Select: In week 3, students, through research and discussion in data collection, select the appropriate methods to conduct CREE.
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Apply: In week 4, the students apply, through a presentation project, CREE approached to Evaluation.