Evaluating Movement Literacy 101

Evaluating Movement: A Movement Literacy Practice

A practical guide for examining your work and deciding how to participate next.

When you reach a milestone, anniversary, or moment of change, you need more than a celebration or a summary — you need a way to understand what actually happened.

Evaluating Movement is a structured Movement Literacy practice that helps you:

• recognize the work you did
• locate yourself within the experience
• understand the conditions that shaped your choices
• identify what went well
• name the opportunities
• clarify what you learned
• decide how you want to participate next

This guide walks you step‑by‑step through an evaluation you can use for any project, decision, or period of work — whether the work is complete or still happening.

Inside, you’ll find:

• writing spaces to name the work you’re examining
• prompts to establish a clear reference point
• questions that help you gather evidence
• the Four Circles for interviewing your experience
• a Place assessment to understand your position and identity
• a report‑card framework for recognizing what happened
• a participation prompt to help you decide what comes next

Use this guide when you need clarity, direction, or language for what you’ve been navigating.

Return to it whenever you have new evidence or another question to investigate.

This practice is licensed for individual personal use only.

For deeper Movement Literacy work, explore Moving in Place: More Than Boxes or connect with Project MOVE.