CEIL TOPICS
Possible CEIL Topics for 2023-2024
Below is a general overview of the topics we will cover in CEIL, along with the corresponding months when each will be discussed. Please allow some flexibility in this schedule as topics and dates may be adjusted to meet the needs of our group.
SEPTEMBER
Evaluation Topics:
- CEIL Overview
- Evaluator Community Building Activities
- Co-Creating Group Norms
OCTOBER
Evaluation Topics:
- Community Evaluators Skills Assessment
- Evaluative Thinking
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Understanding CRCT
- Reflections of the CRCT Convening
- Introduction to Evaluation
NOVEMBER
CEIL Pedagogy of Evaluation Principles:
- Consciousness Resides in Communities of People, Not Just Individuals
- Critical Consciousness Pedagogy Must Be Interactive and Dialogical
Evaluation Topics:
- Conducting a Historical and Contextual Analysis with Cultural/Sociopolitical Emphasis
- An Overview of Liberation Psychology
- Establishing the CRE (Culturally Responsive Evaluation) Team
- Gaining Stakeholder Buy-In
- Framing the Right Questions
DECEMBER
CEIL Pedagogy of Evaluation Principles:
- Critical Consciousness Pedagogy Must be Interactive and Dialogical
- Value and Integrate the Objective and Subjective
Evaluation Topics:
- Continued-Framing the Right Questions
- Identifying CRE Team Resources
- Overview of the CRE Action Steps Used to Design an Evaluation Plan
JANUARY
CEIL Pedagogy of Evaluation Principles:
- Integrate Thinking and Emotion
- Critical Consciousness Pedagogy is CoIntentional Education Among Those Involved in Whatever Roles
Evaluation Topics:
- Using CRE Action Steps to Design the Evaluation Plan (Continued)
- Implementing the Evaluation Plan: Selecting and Adapting Evaluation Instruments
FEBRUARY
CEIL Pedagogy of Evaluation Principles:
- Critical Consciousness Pedagogy is CoIntentional Education Among Those Involved in Whatever
Evaluation Topics:
- Implementing the Evaluation Plan: Creating Culturally Trained Data Collectors
- Implementing the Evaluation Plan: Collecting Data Using Mixed Methods
MARCH
CEIL Pedagogy of Evaluation Principles:
- Critical Consciousness is Both Process and Outcome, Both Method and Result
- All Pedagogy is Political
Evaluation Topics:
- Implementing the Evaluation Plan: Collecting Data Using Mixed Methods (Continued)
- Analyzing Data Using A Mixed-Methods Approach
APRIL
CEIL Pedagogy of Evaluation Principles:
- Critical Pedagogy is Fundamentally and Continuously Evaluative
Evaluation Topics
- Analyzing Data Using a Mixed-Methods Approach (Continued)
- Using a CRE Panel to Review Findings
MAY
CEIL Pedagogy of Evaluation Principles:
- Critical Pedagogy is Fundamentally and Continuously Evaluative
Evaluation Topics:
- Producing CRE Reports and Presentations
- Reporting and Distributing Evaluation Results
