Transcript Program Planning Begin with the end in mind. What OUTCOMES would you expect to see; like to see? --Behavioral --Social --Economic --Environmental.

Program Planning
Begin with the end in mind.
What OUTCOMES would you
expect to see; like to see?
--Behavioral
--Social
--Economic
--Environmental
Using the Logic Model for Program
Planning & Evaluation
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Environment
OUTCOMES
Conditions Action Learning
Longerterm
Medium
What results
are expected
or desired
Shorterterm
Situation
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OUTPUTS
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Participants
Methods T
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Who
What
is reached
Assumptions
is done
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INPUTS
Program
Investments
(Internal/External)
What
is invested
Examples of Inputs
Faculty, Staff
Money
Time
Volunteers
Partners
Equipment
Curricula
Program Plans
Examples of Outputs
What we do
Who we reach
METHODS/ACTIVITIES
PARTICIPANTS
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Workshops
Counseling
On-site research
Facilitation
Product development
Curriculum design
Training
Demonstrations
Distance Education
Target Audiences
Customers
Users
Clients
Learners
Members
Volunteers
Examples of Outcomes
What results for individuals, businesses, communities?
LEARNING
Short
• Awareness
• Knowledge
• Attitudes
• Skills
• Opinion
• Aspirations
• Motivation
ACTION
Medium
• Behavior
• Practice
• Decisions
• Skills in Action
• Policies
• Social action
CONDITIONS
Longer-term
• Human
• Economic
• Civic
• Environmental
Chain of Outcomes
CONDITIONS
LEARNING
ACTION
Producers increase
knowledge of water
contamination risks
Unused wells
are sealed
Improved water
quality
Participants increase
knowledge and skills
in financial
management
Establish financial
goals, use
spending plan
Reduced debt
and increased
savings
Community increases
understanding of
child care needs
Youth and adults
learn gardening skills,
nutrition, food
prep & management
Residents and employers
discuss options and
implement a plan
Child care needs
are met
Residents decide to
convert an empty inner
city parking lot to a
community garden
Money saved, nutrition
improved, residents
enjoy greater sense
of community
Logic Model Example
INPUTS
Staff
OUTPUTS
Design
parent ed
curriculum
Targeted
parents
attend
Money
Partners
Provide 6
training
sessions
OUTCOMES
Learning
Parents
increase
knowledge
of child
development
Parents
learn
new ways
to discipline
Action
Parents
use
improved
parenting
skills
Conditions
Reduced
rates of
child
abuse
and
neglect
Logic Model Example
(If-Then Relationships)
IF
THEN
Program
invests time
and
money
IF
THEN
IF
THEN
IF
THEN
Resource
Inventory
can be
developed
Families
will know
what is
available
Families
will use
services
INPUTS
OUTPUT
OUTCOMES
Environment
Families
will have
needs met
Logic Model Example
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Business Counseling
– Extension invests time and resources
– A variety of educational activities are
provided to business owners who
participate
– These owners gain knowledge and
change practices resulting in…
– improved business performance
Why We Evaluate
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If you measure results, you can tell
success from failure.
If you can see success, you can
reward it.
If you reward success, you’re
probably not rewarding failure.
Why We Evaluate (cont.)
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If you can see success, you can
learn from it.
If you can recognize failure, you
can correct it.
If you can demonstrate results,
you can win public support.
Primary Uses of
Evaluation Findings
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Improve Programs
– Identify strengths and weaknesses
– Be a learning organization
– Adapt a model locally
– Manage more effectively
– Encourage continuous improvement
Primary Uses of
Evaluation Findings (cont.)
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Generate Knowledge
– Generalize about effectiveness
– Extrapolate principles about what
works
– Synthesize patterns across programs
– Theory building
– Scholarly publishing
– Policy making
Primary Uses of
Evaluation Findings (cont.)
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Judge Merit or Worth
– Show results
– Provide accountability to stakeholders
– Help with continued funding/audits
– Improve quality control
– Document cost-benefit decisions
– Decide a program’s future
– Support accreditation/licensing
Expectations for
Exemplary Evaluation
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Key Programs are designed with the intent of
long-term outcomes, higher level condition
changes, and major program impacts
Evaluation efforts use a variety of appropriate
techniques
Evaluation plan reveals learning, action and
(eventually) condition or system outcomes
Program is improved as a result
Impact reports are created for key audiences