You want learning to lead to change.
You’re excited by what becomes possible when people reflect honestly on their work. You want findings to spark better decisions, fresh thinking and changes people can feel—not sit unread in another report.
Relational MEAL
Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
Build evidence that strengthens relationships and informs better decisions.
Explore how power, trust and participation shape your MEAL practice, and work through practical ways to make it more responsive.
- Power-aware learning
- Practical tools to use
- At your own pace
- Space for reflection
What you’ll take into your work
Make MEAL a driver of change.
Design a more useful MEAL system.
Bring monitoring, evaluation and learning together in a system that supports your goals and helps you adapt.
Find direction in the evidence.
Recognise patterns, test assumptions and work with others to decide what to do next.
Build accountability people can feel.
Create feedback routes people can trust, respond to what you hear and show how it shapes your work.
Is this course for you?
You care deeply about making a difference.
You want the way you gather evidence, learn and respond to people to reflect that commitment.
You care about dignity and trust.
You want people to feel safe sharing their experiences and confident that someone will respond. You’re committed to accountability that takes concerns seriously, strengthens relationships and follows through on what people have been told.
You have the courage to work differently.
You’re curious about what could work better and willing to question familiar routines. You want the confidence to challenge assumptions, try different approaches and build MEAL around the realities of people’s lives.
Relational MEAL helps you turn those commitments into choices, methods and habits you can bring into your work.
Course outline
What you'll explore.
Four connected themes, with 17 modules to work through at your own pace.
Reimagining Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) 4 modules
- What Is MEAL For — And For Whom?
- From Monitoring to Learning: Naming the Tension
- The Cost of Compliance
- Introducing Relational Practice — Building MEAL With People
Power-Aware Evidence: Positionality, Politics, and What Counts 4 modules
- Data Is Never Neutral: Power & Positionality in MEAL
- Whose Knowledge Counts? Broadening Evidence Without Losing Credibility
- Inclusive Sensemaking: Turning Evidence Into Shared Meaning (and Better Decisions)
- Ethical Data Practice & Reciprocity: Consent, Safety, and Do No Harm
Designing Systems with Relationships at the Centre 5 modules
- What Does a Relational MEAL System Look Like?
- Participatory Indicators — Measuring What Matters (and Who Decides)
- Feedback Loops That People Trust — Designing for Safety, Access, and Loop Closure
- Learning Rhythms & Adaptation — Making Sensemaking a Habit (Not an Event)
- Upgrade Pack
Practicing Accountability & Learning as Relationship 4 modules
- Rethinking Accountability — From Reporting Up to Being Answerable With
- Closing the Loop — Transparency, Response, and the Ethics of “No”
- Learning Culture — Making Honesty Safe and Adaptation Normal
- Commitments & Next Steps — Embedding Relational MEAL Into Real Workflows
From reflection to practice
Take the learning into a real decision.
Bring a question from your own work. Use the course's exercises and resources to explore it and identify a next step.
- Video lessons & podcasts
- Downloadable workbook
- Templates & scripts
Illustrative practice prompt
Look again at your evidence.
Think of one finding you are using. Whose experience could change your understanding of it?
Dr. Teia Rogers
Founder & Executive Director of JRNY Consulting
Meet your course creator
Learning rooted in practice.
Teia brings nearly 18 years of experience in humanitarian and development work, combining senior programme leadership with research, evaluation, and organisational learning. She holds a PhD in Development Studies.
Her doctoral research focused on displacement and social strain, using comparative analysis to examine how different social conditions combine to shape people’s experiences and responses.
Her project leadership spans humanitarian response, peacebuilding, mine action, gender equality, and community mental health. Her work includes evaluations across several countries, evidence synthesis, and frameworks that help teams learn and adapt.
For you, this brings together:
- Research rigour to help you assess evidence and make sound choices about your methods.
- Programme experience that recognises the pressures, constraints and complexity of your work.
- Reflective challenge to help you test assumptions, consider alternatives and develop your own judgement.
Choose your access
How would you like to learn?
Choose one course, explore the library or join a facilitated cohort.
Single course
£65
one-off
Self-paced access to Relational MEAL.
- Video lessons, podcasts and a downloadable workbook
- Practical templates, checklists and scripts
- Lifetime access to this course
- 12 months of practitioner community access
- Certificate of completion
JRNY 360 membership
£29
/ month
Access the JRNY 360 course library.
£174 with annual access
- Access to every JRNY 360 course
- A 30-minute coaching call
- Live online learning events
- Practitioner community and resource library
Confirm your payment option at checkout.
Explore membershipFacilitated cohort
£175
4 weeks
Register your interest in the next cohort.
- Weekly live sessions and guided practice
- Space to work through questions with others
- A cohort toolkit and community
- Session recordings
- Lifetime access to the course
Learning with a team? Talk to us about tailored access
A few practical questions
Before you begin.
Can I work through the course at my own pace?
Yes. The single-course option is self-paced and includes lifetime access to the course, so you can revisit the material as you put it into practice.
How is membership different from a single course?
A single-course purchase gives you access to this course. Membership offers access across the JRNY 360 library alongside coaching, live events and the practitioner community.
Can I try JRNY 360 before choosing a paid course?
Yes. Inside the Shift is a free mini course featuring selected lessons from across the library. Explore the free course.
Can you shape a learning pathway for my team?
JRNY offers tailored access and curated pathways for organisations. Tell us about your context and what you want the learning to support.
Bring a question. Build your practice.
Start with the challenges you recognise in your work and explore a different way forward.
