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Session Title: Engaging Youth in School-based Youth Participatory Evaluation
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Panel Session 862 to be held in Conference Room 14 on Saturday, Nov 5, 9:50 AM to 11:20 AM
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Sponsored by the Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation TIG
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| Robert Shumer, University of Minnesota, rshumer@umn.edu
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| Abstract:
A lot has occurred since the early beginnings of youth led evaluation. Ever since Kim Sabo asked Brad Cousins why there weren't youth involve as evaluators, in school participatory evaluation models, a field has been growing. From Massachusetts to Michigan, from Minnesota to California, youth led evaluation has gone into high gear. Many programs are operating and expanding. However, most youth participatory evaluations are being developed through after-school programs and initiatives. Few courses exist in K-12 schools that teach youth how to be civically engaged citizens and conduct youth participatory evaluations. In this session we learn about a few programs that engage students in evaluation and then see and hear about two California programs that engage students through actual in-school efforts to evaluate service-learning and character education. programs.
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Framing the Work of Teaching Evaluation in Schools
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| Robert Shumer, University of Minnesota, rshumer@umn.edu
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In this presentation Dr . Shumer will provide a brief history of youth participatory evaluation and cite two examples of studies conducted in school settings. The goal of this presentation will be to discuss some of the guidelines and challenges of doing participatory evaluation with school age youth.
Dr. Shumer has been doing youth led evaluation for many years throughout the US. He has authored a book on Youth Led Evaluation, which was used as a text for one of the courses.
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Teaching Participatory Evaluation in a High School to Evaluate Service-Learning Programs
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| Susan Ward Roncelli, Eagle Rock High School, swrerhs@aol.com
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In this presentation Susan will explain how she developed the evaluation course in a Los Angeles Unified School District high school and what were the successes and challenges in creating such a class. She will then explain, along with one or two of her students, how the evaluation is progressing and what major learning outcomes are occurring from the work.
Ms. Ward-Roncelli has been teaching in Los Angeles for many years and is currently the GEAR UP coordinator at Eagle Rock High School. She has years of experience doing service-learning and is well versed in the challenges of trying to evaluation such programs.
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Evaluating Service-Learning Programs: A High School Student Perspective
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| Eagle Rock Students, Eagle Rock High School,
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Two students from Eagle Rock High School will discuss how they are developing plans for their evaluation class and how the class activities are helping them to learn about both service-learning and participatory evaluation.
These students will be selected from the introductory class at Eagle Rock High School. Since they are involved in developing this first effort class at their school, they will provide special insight into what is involved in actually trying to initiate evaluation as an actual high school course and how it helps to teach academic knowledge and skills.
Youth perspectives are important to help us better understand engaging young people in participatory evaluation processes. Hearing directly from the youth involved should give us a better idea of how viable and practical youth-led evaluation is in a school-based context.
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The Character of Evaluation: Measuring Respect, Responsibility, and Caring
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| Lara Shumer, Valley Center Elementary School, mslary@yahoo.com
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Ms. Shumer will frame the evaluation project and explain how it fit with the school's character education program. She will describe how the evaluation work fit with her regular school activities and explain what role(s) she played in guiding the youth through the evaluation process.
Lara Shumer has been teaching elementary school for the past nine years. She has included youth led evaluation as an important learning activity for several years. In one project her students actually got the school district to change to biodiesel fuels for their buses and all fuel uses.
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