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Introduction to the Integral Evaluation Process (IEP) ^tm

A distance facilimentored  

integration experience  

Module 3  

How do you know when your real-world endeavor is integral? A definition of "integral" is essential to completeness. When essential elements, relationships, and conditions are overlooked, our efforts are likely to be sabotaged by unexpected obstacles. The more integrally-designed an effort is, the more successfully it will meet its goals. This is true for any project, social change or development effort, consulting, research, or educational experience.

This module introduces and shares the Integral Evaluation Process ^tm (IEP), ARINA's core criteria to evaluate the integral quality of its own and others' work. Because we want efforts to succeed, we want to help you look for integral quality in how things are conceptualized, the content, the design, and the methods. Contact us if you want ARINA to bring this workshop to you in-person! 

Participants need to bring one of their own "cases" to which they will apply the IEP during this module's work. A "case" needs to already be in descriptive written form (in English) at the beginning of the module, and can be an actual plan or a description of a past endeavor. For example, it may be about:

   doing a project;

   making an intervention;*

   consulting on a client's specific request;*

   designing, conducting, or participating in a workshop, course, or other learning experience;

   making a presentation to promote your work;

   designing a program or new department at work;

   developing a research question and a methodology for exploring it.

* please do not reveal identities of any persons!

Learning intentions of Module 3

1.       Understand how the IEP criteria apply to your kind of work.

2.       Get a sense of the demands on a person who intends to do integrally-designed work

3.       Discover which IEP criteria invite your attention to "growing edges"

4.       Participants produce a written self-evaluation of at least one particular dimension of their own case.

Registration & Format Information

   Begins: Upon request

   Duration: One month for this Introduction

   Registration limit:  We will work one-on-one or with small cohorts (cohort design is described below), and tailor the introduction to your specific interests and background.

   Registration fee:

    US $ 450          

    Note: Registration fee does not include conference call telephone costs, if any, which are borne by participants. (Telephone costs may be free of charge for North American participants.)

    Characteristics of our distance learning modules:

   Two qualified facilimentors per learning cohort. 

   One full-cohort multi-modal online session of 1 to 1½ hours per week with interim individual and/or group assignments

   Conference calls (about 1 to 1½ hour duration) as appropriate for subject matter

   Learning cohort has its own space in Our ARINA Room for multi-modal learning and interaction both during and (optionally) outside the weekly online session. 

   Reading, a practice exercise, and/or some writing will usually be assigned between the weekly online sessions, to do solitary and/or in pairs and/or in small groups (these assignments may be brief (20-30 minutes) or longer (45-60 minutes) depending on the week’s focus.

   Ongoing self, cohort, facilimentors, and module evaluative processes

   One individualized feedback and mentoring conversation with one of the facilimentors. (Note: Additional individual sessions can be negotiated independent of ARINA). 

   Registration does not include any costs for telephone conference call, which are borne by participants.