The Greenby Community Center is facing having to do some cutbacks with programs, and the Consultation and Education Department is one of the programs that are going to be cut (Lewis, Packard, & Lewis, 2012). With Greenby being a mental health center, they are required to have consultation and education as part of the program but are not required to have a full consultation and education department (Lewis, Packard, & Lewis, 2012). If I were Andy Cutler, the steps I would take would be to do a more thorough evaluation of the program, so that there was data to present to the board members that would show how the program is helping the center. I would also look at ways that more money could be raised to help the program, like charging more than …show more content…
The problem that Andy has though is that he is not able to fully demonstrate how effective the programs are. For Andy to be able to fully demonstrate the effectiveness of the programs he needs to utilize some evaluation methods so he has data to present to the director of Greenby Community Center and the board of directors. Andy needs to be performing a process evaluation to measure how the program is performing, allowing him to provide the information needed to keep the program in place. At the beginning objectives should have been set for the consultation and education program, through a process evaluation it can be determined if those objectives are being met or what improvements need to be made (Lewis, Packard, & Lewis, 2012). One of the methods that could be used is to receive feedback, not only from the workers in the program but also the participants which would help to see what needs to be improved along with if the objectives are being met. This could be done by a survey that would allow the workers and the participants the option to give their opinions of how they felt the program was and where they felt improvements might be needed. Another method is constant evaluation to make sure that the goal and objectives of the program are being met, this would give data that could be presented to show how the program is performing. With some small changes being made the consultation and education program could be a success it would just require making sure that the overall performance of the program is up to the standards that were set at the
This case study is a situation from Case Studies on Educational Administration (Kowalski, 2011). The background information is listed below.
Devondale is an Australian company that specialized in selling wide span of dairy categories, such as, milk, spreads, and cheese products. This company is formed in 1950 with dairy farmers as their major suppliers. In 2013 – 2014, Devondale is contributing around 3.4 billion liters of milk or estimated around 37% of the Australian market, and generating $2.9 billion dollars as the revenue in excess.
The Greenhill Community Center was a multi-service center in Coastal City. Its main purpose was to provide human service programs for various factors throughout life with an intergenerational setting. Some of these included day care, elder programs, music classes, and afterschool programs. It was founded in 1982 and was set up in an old schoolhouse. In short, this community center could use some help.
The Englewood community is one of Chicago’s 77 official communities. The community is an urban setting comprised of 30,654 residents. Ninety-eight percent (98.8%) are African American. Of the population, 5,740 are youth 10 to 19 years of age, 18.7% of the population and approximately 60% of the households are headed by single women (U.S. Census, 2010). In 2011, median household income was $24,049 compared to the City of Chicago median household of $43,628. The 2010 U.S. Census did not report household income. Englewood ranks as one of the highest poverty communities in Chicago with a poverty rate exceeding 39% (Atlas of Illinois Poverty, 2003).
YMCA Community Action Program (Y-CAP) The YMCA The YMCA is a leading nonprofit organization for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The YMCA, also known as the Y, is a nonprofit like no other. This is because in 10,000 neighborhoods across the nation, Y-CAP has the presence and partnerships to promise and deliver a positive change.
within inner city communities. This paper focuses on the different activities offered to single parent families living inner city communities and the benefits and constraints that come along with these provided services.
Randall L. Astramovich and J. Kelly Coker define counseling program evaluation along with Loesch (2001) in that it is the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery through careful and systematic examination of program component, methodologies, and outcomes. Astramovich, et al. feel that counseling program evaluations precedes accountability and believe counselor’s distancing from evaluation is inherited from the lack of practical program evaluation models that are available to them. Once again in agreeance with Loesch ( 2001) it was recognized that counselors experienced confusion between program evaluations and accountability that prevented many from participating in ongoing program evaluations
Strategic planning did nothing but hinder Youth Haven from making more profit, keeping investors happy, and staying on mission. It was not the best management technique for Youth Haven. Since they had a deficit of $20,000, I believe they should not have outsourced to a third-party for a fee. Because of this their funding continued to get increasingly tighter. They still had a deficit and if they can not keep their investors happy, they are going to leave too. Strategic planning should be used as a stepping stool used to evaluate company policy and mission retention. Strategic planning was not used wisely within this organization. Strategic planning is a stepping stool within an organization and should only be used as such. According to a Strategic
...pe to receive funding. Fullan (2001) suggested that it takes time and nurturing to establish new programs. Evaluators should keep this in mind when conducting evaluations and when using the participant oriented evaluation approach.
Cornerstone Youth Center provides a place for kids ages twelve to eighteen to hang out after school. On any day of the week there are approximately thirty to thirty-five students attending the center. The students appear to be from low socioeconomic status. Also, some of the students have learning disabilities or behavioral problems, which lead them to perform poorly in school.
Owen JM. Program evaluation : forms and approaches / by John M. Owen: St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2006.
Program evaluation is a skill that requires for skilled people to conduct an evaluation that is credible. My reason for taking this class was to gain the basic understanding of the program evaluation. As I became involved in the readings and class assignments I discovered a profound level of respect for this application. I uncovered that evaluations should dedicate thoughtfulness to all stakeholders who are invested in the program and affected by its evaluation. This process allows a full range of people and groups to take part in the evaluation; this is also a way to identify and develop the needs of stakeholders. Evaluation should be integrated throughout the preliminary phases of program development. A preliminary phase of the evaluation process is to define the program in-depth detail. This collective endeavor can generate a mutual understanding of the program and the evaluation process. In the environment in which I work this is an unknown process, program evaluation happens at the end of the year. In most cases, most programs are unsuccessful because of the fact of having unrealistic goals and outcomes. Evaluations can be formative and summative. Formative evaluations are conducted in the development and implementation phase of the program. This process can be beneficial because it provides with information on how to best attain the goals or make changes to the program. Summative evaluations happen when the programs are well instituted and inform on to what degree the program is attaining its outcomes and goals (Patton, 1987).
I have worked for a non-profit agency for approximately 4 years. The agency is funded by the state of Ohio under the Department of Children and Families. In 2012, the agency was expanded and now consists of approximately 55 employees. Employees range from an Executive Director, seven Supervisors, and other support staff. Prior to 2012 the agency served only up to 200 children and families and the expansion created no cap to referrals that now average upwards of 600 children. With this expansion came many new employees and supervisory changes to the agency.
Laura Jimenez’s article “The Next Frontier of Education Reform” was a well thought out article about the possibility for a new program called LEAP or LEarning Together to Advance Our Practice to help improve the failing system of improving our public school educators. Jimenez uses accurate data to show the reasons behind the need to reform educator professional development and shows different examples of how this could be accomplished. She largely looks at the DC public school system’s IMPACT and the newly created LEAP projects.
The issue with the suggested location of the homeless shelter is that it is too close to businesses, an elementary school and a park. 1000 N. Kraemer Place is not the adequate location for a homeless shelter, there are businesses nearby and a school 1.9 miles away, this is not safe for children walking home from school. If this shelter were to be opened it would result in major chaos with the children’s parents because the parents will not allow their precious jewels to walk home after school. Aside from the school there is also a park located 1.2 miles from the proposed shelter, children are constantly playing at all hours of the day, but if this homeless shelter is placed here parents will not give their children permission to go out and play. This prohibits children from receiving their daily needed exercise.