FRHD 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Logic Model

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3070
• Professor: John Dwyer

Document Summary

Overview of evaluability assessments: program logically make sense. Stakeholder consultation to develop a program logic model. Program logic model: diagram of the logic of your program does your. Stakeholders: who has invested interest in the research i. e. funders, managers, directors. Historically: they were done as a first step to an outcome evaluation. Currently: used in all stages of evaluation. Focusing the evaluability assessment: select an evaluability assessment evaluator. Select one consistent with your approach: secure commitment for evaluability assessment, identify purpose and boundaries of evaluability assessment, respect and protect participants, determine type and level of stakeholder involvement, procedures for communication. Developing an initial program theory: evaluator as a facilitator (like a coach, conceptualize the program, practitioner (the people implementing the program) logic, program documents, research logic. Using the evaluability assessment: is the program ready for further evaluation, if yes: use evaluability assessment results to develop an evaluation plan, if no: use evaluability assessment results to determine strategies to facilitate evaluability.