Focus Group Protocol Development, Engaging Participants and the

Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) Program

Welcome to the LEEAD Program

Course 1: Theoretical Foundations of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation (CREE)

Course 1: Week 1 – Welcome to LEEAD: Introductions and Course Overview

Overview
Pre-Work
Required Readings
Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener’s Tale
Evaluation’s Identity: Who are we, why are we here, and what does our future look like?
Discussion Board
Section summary (43:36)

Course 1: Week 2 – Introduction to CREE Concepts and Constructs

Overview
Required Readings
Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Theory, Practice, and Future Implications
How to Embed a Racial and Ethnic Equity Perspective in Research: Practical Guidance for the Research Process
Positionality, Reflexivity, and Strengthening the Process of Conducting Culturally Responsive Racially Equitable Evaluation as Practitioners of Color
Discussion Board

Course 1: Week 3 - Roots and Future

Overview
Reminder
Required Readings
Transformative Research: Personal and Societal
Empowerment Evaluation
Review of Community-Based Research: Assessing Partnership Approaches to Improve Public Health
Critically Defining I.M.P.A.C.T for Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation (48:07)
The Eval Matrix
Discussion Board
Moment of Reflection #1
Section summary (51:13)

Course 1: Week 4 - CREE Approaches to System and Organizational Changes

Overview
Reminder
Required Readings
Bringing an Equity-Centered Framework to Research: Transforming the Researcher, Research Content, and Practice of Research
Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity: Diagnose Biases and Systems
The CREE Evaluator as an Adaptive Leader (84:32)
Discussion Board
Introducing Final Assignment
Moment of Reflection #2
Summary + Recording (72:55)

Course 1: Week 5 - Culturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation and the Future of CREE

Overview
Reminder
Required Readings
Seven Directions of Equitable Evaluation: Voices, Kinship, and Visions of Indigenous Kwe (Women) Evaluators
Toward Social Justice and Liberation: The Future of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation
The Eval Matrix
Additional Resources (62:00)
Discussion Board
Final Assignment
Section summary (73:56)

Course 2: Application of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Practices

Course 2: Week 1 - Applying CREE to the Study Design

Overview
Required Readings
Considerations and Strategies for Embedding Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation in the Design and Evaluation of a Benefits Cliff Calculator
Using a Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation Approach to Guide Research and Evaluation
Discussion Board
Section summary (41:21)

Course 2: Week 2 - Community Stakeholder Engagement

Overview
Required Readings
Evaluating the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Framework: Implementing CREE Principles Across 14 Communities
A Ladder of Citizen Participation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Discussion Board
Assignment #1
Sample Evaluation RFPs for Assignments
Summary (49:16)

Course 2: Week 3 - Applying CREE to the Data Collection

Overview
Reminder
Required Readings
Focus Group Protocol Development, Engaging Participants and the Moderator’s Role
Data Equity Principles
The Data Equity Framework
Discussion Board
Class Recording (50:40)

Course 2: Week 4 - Applying CREE to Data Analysis and Synthesis

Overview
Required Readings
Approaches to Support Data Analysis and Interpretations of Culturally Responsive Focus Groups
Data Walks: An Innovative Way to Share Data with Communities
Developing Culturally Responsive Surveys: Lessons in Development, Implementation, and Analysis From Brazil’s African Descent Communities
Discussion Board
Class recording and notes (57:11)

Course 2: Week 5 - Putting it All Together – Values + Application of CREE: Adaptive Leadership

Overview
Required Readings
Adaptive Leadership
Traditional vs. Culturally Responsive vs. Equitable Evaluation
The Spectrum of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation: How Application of CREE Varies Across Contexts
Transformative Evaluation and Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation (CREE) Approaches
Additional Resources
Discussion Board
Assignment #2
Section summary (55:12)

Course 2: Week 6 - Apply CREE to Data Reporting and Dissemination

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