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VCE Program Logic Model. By Marcia Meador District Program Leader. What is a Logic Model?. A flow chart to communicate how you operate and what you want to accomplish. A Planning tool. A Recipe for success. Benefits of a Logic Model. Communicate purpose of initiative
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VCE Program Logic Model By Marcia Meador District Program Leader
What is a Logic Model? • A flow chart to communicate how you operate and what you want to accomplish. • A Planning tool. • A Recipe for success.
Benefits of a Logic Model • Communicate purpose of initiative • Show the importance of initiative • Convey what will result from the initiative • Illustrate the actions/causes expected to lead to the desired results • Serve as a common reference point • Serve as the basis to evaluate the likely hood actions will lead to the results desired Reference: www.insites.org/doucments/logmod.htm
Components Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes
Inputs Resources needed to deliver a program (Similar to the ingredients in a recipe) Examples: Staff, participants, specialist from VT & VSU, supplies, funding, and facilities.
Activities Actions taken to bring about a program (Activities are like a recipe’s preparation) Action taken to deliver a service to your clients. Examples: Newsletters, referrals, seminars, workshops, and web based learning
Outputs The product of your program’s activities. Outputs are not outcomes (The number of servings for a recipe) Outputs speak to the scope of a program Examples: # of workshops or # of people reached
Outcomes How individuals change or the benefits of the program. “if-than" statements (how the person benefits from the food) KASA – changes from the participants perspective: knowledge, attitude, skills or adoption of practices (behavior change)
Outcomes continued Examples to address needs of participants & Community:
VCE Program Logic Model Reference: Malloy, L. (March/April 2006), Strategic Program Planning, Camping Magazine; pp.39-45.
1 EXPERIENCE the activity; perform, do it 5 APPLY what was learned to a similar or different situation; practice 2 SHARE the results, reactions, and observations publicly Do Reflect Apply 3 PROCESS by discussing, locking at the experience; analyze, reflect 4 GENERALIZE to connect the experience to real world examples Experiential Learning Model