Amplifying Student, Community, and Faculty Voice through Community-engaged Evaluation Courses

Abstract Information: Teaching evaluation in community-engaged formats is a promising strategy for increasing student learning, serving community interests, and augmenting faculty reach and expertise with respect to evaluation. In such courses, students, community partners, and faculty all have the opportunity to gain and contribute to evaluation training and practice, assuming these courses are designed with thought and care. This multi-paper session contains presentations by instructors who are implementing community-engaged evaluation courses at three different institutions and settings: one small, private, liberal arts university serving undergraduate psychology students; one large research institution serving graduate and professional students from a variety of disciplines in an in-person setting; and one regional university serving MSW students on-line. This session will describe the pathways we created to identify, hear, and address student-, community partner-, and faculty voice in these courses, and reflect on how the specifics of place and context influenced the design and outcomes of our evaluation courses. Participants can expect to learn practical tools and strategies for developing community-engaged evaluation courses, as well as solid grounding in theoretical and empirical literature about teaching evaluation and community-engaged learning. We will share syllabi and other course-related resources with session attendees.