Deep Evaluation Journey Partnership

The eeVAL 3.0 project builds capacity and community to improve environmental education related programming using culturally responsive and equitable evaluation approaches. Over the course of the year, we’ll…

• Collaboratively create and improve program evaluation with selected organizations 

• Foster opportunities for mentorship for emerging evaluators

• Grow a community of colleagues and friends

• And together, build our capacity for equity and cultural sustaining practices through evaluation 

We are sought representatives from organizations (such as educators, coordinators, directors, evaluators, or folks in other roles), emerging evaluators, and experts in Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation (CREE) that are committed to creating more just, inclusive, and healthy partnerships and communities. We sought partners in this work that are in service to BIPOC, LGBTQplus, under-resourced groups, and individuals historically underrepresented and marginalized in environmental education and in evaluation.

Note: This project is emerging and as we conduct evaluation for the purpose of learning and improving the eeVAL project, we are interested in exploring potential research questions that might emerge from this work. If research questions emerge from the Deep Evaluation Journey Partnership, participation will be completely optional and opt in only. We will be in discussion with selected partners as these questions emerge and explore pathways for collaboration to the extent that partners are interested. 

eeVAL 3.0 is a group of folx with a shared commitment to evaluation that contributes to more just, inclusive, and healthy partnerships and communities. We are practitioners, educators, evaluators, learners, researchers, with varied identities and life experiences. You can learn a bit more about us here. We recognize the deep work we must do to achieve justice and dignity for all. We see this project as an opportunity to make a small contribution to this broader vision.

This project will run through Spring 2024. Note that exact timing of events will be determined collectively and will change in conversation with the needs of selected organizations, evaluators, and the eeVAL team. Our intent is that this work aligns with and uplifts your organizational efforts and can be interwoven with that work.

May 2023

• Partners were announced! 

June 2023:

• A full group (all teams) “get to know” you meeting was held

Summer - Fall 2023:

• Deep Evaluation Journey teams meet virtually (or in person context depending) 1-2 times per month

• At these virtual meetings, teams will build relationships and co-develop eeVAL goals and scope of work for the summer (e.g., developing evaluation plan) and roles within the team (e.g., monthly lead)

• Mentorship opportunities will become available to emerging evaluators

• Possible program observations/in-person collaboration

Fall 2023 - Spring 2023

• Several virtual full group (all teams) meetings to check in, share stories, get support from whole community 

• Continued small meetings with each Deep Evaluation Journey team

• Teams are supported in cultivating evaluation stories to share with a broader audience

• Each team shares an evaluation story at one meeting of the 2024 Virtual Learning Series