Completing the AEA-based self-assessment in LDT 506 helped me see my current position as an evaluator more clearly. I would place myself at a 3 out of 6. I would not rate myself lower because I already have some foundational skills related to evaluation, especially in collecting structured feedback, interpreting responses, and attending to context. At the same time, I would not rate myself higher because I still have significant experience gaps in leading a full evaluation process, coordinating multiple stages, and facilitating across cultural and power dynamics. The clearest pattern in my self-assessment is that I am stronger at reading a situation than steering one. I am more comfortable analyzing, interpreting, and understanding context than coordinating a whole process or facilitating people through it. One surprise from the self-assessment was that I had entered with a narrow view of evaluation as mainly technical and data-focused, but the frameworks showed me that evaluation is a...