Logic Models for Smarties

1. Logic Models for Smarties Ellen Iverson, MESI Graduate Assistant Director of Evaluation at the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson

2. Types of Models Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide

3. Types of Models Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide

4. Types of Models Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide

5. http://serc.carleton.edu/cismi/2011_hhmi_prop.html Types of Models Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide

6. http://serc.carleton.edu/isme/workshop2012/framework.html Types of Models Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide

7. Types of Models Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide

8. Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson

9. Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson

10. Types of Models Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide

11. Plan program or strategies • Define scope • Visualize complexity to anticipate uncertainties • Facilitate a shared understanding • Engage stakeholders • Document perceptions • Disseminate more broadly • Identify evaluation opportunities and monitor progress How to use models in your practice Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson

12. Connect to program theory Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson

13. Articulate “mental models” of key stakeholders • Analyze via artifacts (documents, reports, forms) • Infer through observation of program including interviewing staff and participants Connect to program theory Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011

14. Visioning • Describe how you now serve clients? • What specific improvements have been made? • What are people saying about the program now? • What problems have been solved? • What specific outcomes have been achieved? • How are people behaving differently? Strategies for group approaches Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Bens, I. (2012). Facilitating with ease! Jossey-Bass: San Francisco

15. Visioning • Write individual responses • Compare with partner • Compare with another partner • Facilitate discussion Strategies for group approaches Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Bens, I. (2012). Facilitating with ease! Jossey-Bass: San Francisco

16. Focus Group (Bens, page 22) • Reflective listening • Getting the right people to the table (even if “virtually”) • Iterate • Return and revise • Disseminate Strategies for group approaches Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Bens, I. (2012). Facilitating with ease! Jossey-Bass: San Francisco

17. Snow Cards (Keystone, page 15) • Brainstorm Pre-Conditions • What change? • For whom? • How good? • By when Strategies for group approaches Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Bens, I. (2012). Facilitating with ease! Jossey-Bass: San Francisco

18. What would a simple logic model look like? • What might a theory of change look like? • What might the models miss? • What outside forces might influence the program? • What might be some unexpected outcomes (positive/negative) • What questions would you have about the program and program theory? Scenarios Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson

19. Theory of Change Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide

20. W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide http://www.wkkf.org/resource-directory/resource/2006/02/wk-kellogg-foundation-logic-model-development-guide Funnell, S. C. & Rogers, P. J. (2011). Purposeful program theory: Effective use of theories of change and logic models. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Keystone. (2009). Developing a Theory of Change from http://www.keystoneaccountability.org/sites/default/files/2%20Developing%20a%20theory%20of%20change.pdf McLaughlin, John A., & Jordan, Gretchen B. (1999). Logic models: A tool for telling your program’s performance story. Evaluation and Program Planning, 22(1), 65-72. Milstein, Bobby, & Chapel, Tom. (N.D.). Developing a Logic Model or Theory of Change. The Community Toolbox. Retrieved 12 March 2014, from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/sub_section_main_1877.aspx More information Logic Models for Smarties - MESI 2014 - Ellen Iverson