Overview of the LEEAD Program
Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) is an evaluation training program that provides a pathway for diverse leaders in culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE) to advance the field by centering equity in their work. LEEAD is based on the belief that increasing diversity in the field of research and evaluation improves the overall knowledge base and makes for better science and social innovation.
LEEAD supports talented, early-mid career Scholars from diverse and historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups who aspire to become leaders in the field of evaluation. The rigorous 15-month training program develops their evaluation competencies through the following components: curriculum, Practicum Site experience, and mentorship.
LEEAD Curriculum
Welcome to the LEEAD Program
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Course 1: Theoretical Foundations of Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation (CREE)
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Course 1: Week 1 – Welcome to LEEAD: Introductions and Course Overview
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Course 1: Week 2 – Introduction to CREE Concepts and Constructs
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Course 2: Week 1 - Applying CREE to the Study Design
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- 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
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Course 2: Week 3 - Applying CREE to the Data Collection
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Course 2: Week 4 - Applying CREE to Data Analysis and Synthesis
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- 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
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- 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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