Assignment #2: Developing a Garden Program Plan Using the Logic Model
Assignment #2: Developing a Garden Program Plan Using the Logic Model
Now that you have completed all the readings it is time to reflect on what you know, have learned, and how you can be a more effective educator by putting this knowledge to work. If you already have a school or community garden program up and running, this is a good time to reflect on what is working and what is not. What have you learned from the readings (and each other through discussions) that could enhance or improve your existing program?
the assignment...
Whether or not you have an existing program, this will be a valuable exercise for you and will help lay the foundation for what you accomplish in this course and beyond. The purpose of this assignment is to visually organize your goals, objectives, and the desired outcomes of your garden program. This visualization will take the form of a graphic organizer, and in this course we will be using logic models.
Think of this assignment as a 'first draft' that will be revised as you progress through this course. At this point, you should be able to define most of what is listed below.
Create your first draft of your Logic Model on one of the worksheet templates (see below), filling in the following information:
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What is the situation to be addressed, the priorities? Your mission?
- What are the inputs? (staff, volunteers, materials, funding, etc)
- Outputs- Activities? (conduct workshops, hands-on gardening activities)
- Outputs-participation (who we reach)
- Impact: What are the short term, medium, and long term outcomes?
- Assessment- how will we determine if we achieved our outcomes and created an impact? (although there is no place to include evaluation in the Logic Model, you may want to start thinking about this.)
There are three Logic Model templates that you can link to by clicking on its name in blue (below). These are also available in the "Additional Resources" section of this module.
Two are worksheets (choose one) to print out for brainstorming, and a separate template (table format) that you will use to start drafting your logic model. You will use this to submit this week's assignment.
Print and use the Cornell Garden-Based Learning (CGBL) Logic Model Template as a hard copy worksheet, to help guide you through the initial planning process, and /or the Logic Model Flow Chart which demonstrates how each component builds upon each other and flows together to arrive at outcomes.
The CGBL Logic Model Template is an excellent tool, and you will find that you will use it over time to think of the entire program picture, from your mission, vision, need and unique situation, all the way to what you hope to accomplish with all of your good work. Seen in this way, the "activities" are a path from mission to outcomes.
submitting this assignment...
Save your Logic Model in a Word document as: Your.Name.ProgramName_LogicModel.doc
Then upload the Word file in Moodle by Friday.
Once I see your submisison I will offer initial feedback as soon as possible. If needed, you may use this feedback to make any revisions before sharing your model with the class in next week's discussion forum.
After this assignment is complete, submit an entry in your Journal.