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Evaluation Models

Taylor Richardson
University of Phoenix
CUR 528: Assessment of Learning
Instructor Johnson
November 27, 2020
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Benefits and Uses of Logic Models

By creating a logic model an instructor can develop a successful foundation for the underlying

components of an education program and how they intersect including resource, activities, outputs, and

outcomes. “Using logic models can help practitioners and evaluators better understand a program’s

mechanics and structure and chart a course toward improved policy and practice (Kekahio, Cicchinelli,

Lawton, Brandon, 2014).” The strategic logic model will be used to help map out a formulated plan outlining

the different areas of the assessment that will be conducted for the organization’s end of year review. This

will allow for company administrators and county officials to explore a range of options at their disposal for

resources, activities, and intended end results in choosing the best opportunity in constructing a learning

process that is profitable as well as rewarding.

A logic model is beneficial for the Cardinal Innovations Community Center in drafting potential

investors and future educators or volunteers that wish to advocate for the mission of wellness and

promotion of health for all. The model will also see that necessary resources and activities are mentioned

that will be used for the completion of the assessment as it pertains to those involved and the time allotted

to fulfill the company’s goals and achieve more progressive roles.

Resources
The community center will use a multitude of resources required for the completion of the

assessment that will take place during the company’s end of year review. The organization will use access

to the online platform (Classflow) for accomplishing the questionnaire portion of the assessment as well as

community phone logs for interviews to be carried out and employee portals to record all components of the

activities throughout the evaluations. Although the location and assessment details will be provided by the

organization, employees are expected to come prepared with ideas for progressive change, a working login
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for the online assessment tool, and motivation for collaborating respectfully and thoroughly during

evaluation activities.

Activities
Various activities have been planned and selectively picked to evaluate intended goals, needed

changes for improvement, and active decision making in encouraging collaboration for progress and

sustainability for the organization’s programs and employees. These activities detailed in the logic model

will include questionnaires performed on the online assessment tool, phone interviews conducted with

community advocates as well as other employees/volunteers during the workshop, and reflections that

each individual or group will use to gather data. The workshop will help employees, volunteers and

community affiliates not only have the chance to gain further knowledge of the expectations and needs of

the organization, but also be able to engage in activities that record specific information that will aid in the

future rehabilitation or development of the company’s wellness systems.

Outputs
There will be a number of employees, volunteers, community service members and company

affiliates that will partake in the assessment for data collection on evaluation of the organization’s goals and

standards. The output will provide a profile of the population; how many are involved, who is in need of

service, and what their needs are. This information will be introduced in the evaluation model as criteria that

will determine the later projected short-term outcomes and actual impacts of the assessment. The

assessment will require a slight adjustment to the schedules and instruction of employees, volunteers and

community affiliates in meeting the demands for completing the evaluations on time and as authentic as

possible. Company administrators and county officials foresee outputs as being individual and group data
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collected from questionnaires, interviews, and reflections from one hundred employee/volunteer as well as

one hundred community affiliate participants during the assessment workshop.

Short-term Outcomes
As there will be conflicts that come about, better opportunities that arise, and obstacles that must

be overcome throughout the assessment and from the short-term outcomes activities provide, these

actions can be observed and corrected. During the workshop employees, volunteers, and community

affiliates will not only express their concerns for the company, knowledge of the organization’s procedures,

and needs for improvement in community relations, but will also have the ability to cultivate meaningful

communication through multiple learning resources and a change in instruction. This will encourage the

members of the organization and its associates to engage fully with the assessment, to adapt when

appropriate, and have patience with the ongoing process. Short-term outcomes that are expected from the

community center’s end of year assessment include reports from the individual and group reflections as

well as charted data collected from phone interviews. This information provides assistance for quick

adjustments after involvement in the activities has changed an individual’s knowledge, beliefs or behavior.

Impact of Course, Training or Program

It is important to plan for and expect long-term changes to occur due to the assessment. These are

defined as the goals or objectives established in the assessment activities that permit each individual to

develop and produce lasting effects on company knowledge, beliefs, and behavior. The assessment strives

to leave a positive lasting impact on the organization, its employees/volunteers, community affiliates and

other company associates as a whole. By way of gathering useful information from online evaluation tools

and formative techniques, this will provide insight into knowledge for solutions on specific issues

concerning the company’s effectiveness, community involvement, and employee/volunteer or community

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leader’s understanding in the results for future alterations. Cardinal Innovations logic model demonstrates

the intended lasting impacts that are likely to occur from the end of year assessment and workshop which

are a progressed set of skills, heightened appreciation for the community, developed knowledge, and

supportive incentives from future partners.

The end of year assessment is directed at collecting important data that will be devoted in

supporting employee, volunteer, and community affiliate needs and the progression of overall wellness.

This information will be recorded to use for future guidance and reference in the rehabilitation of company

programs, promotion of learning engagement, and potential investor involvement. Cardinal’s objective

through the workshop evaluations and activities are to strengthen each participant’s knowledge as well as

present suitable opportunities for growth in the organization and ways to bridge gaps within the community.

The logic model outlines the resources, activities, outputs, short-term outcomes, and impacts that are

expected to result from the end of year assessment. Each of these components describe a formative plan

to develop specific requirements that the evaluation activities and assessment workshop will need for

completion, provide resources that participants/instructors will use, along with giving direction to beneficial

corrections that could have a lasting impact on the organization, its associates, and community combined.

Constructing the logic model first, allows the instructors of the assessment, company

administrators, and county officials to pull together the best possible resources and choices for activities

concerning the assessment and also prepare for the evaluations that have been designed as well as the

audience that have been chosen. The logic model is a great tool in assisting educators and instructors or

company administrators in planning the assessment session at hand as well as organizing outcomes of

evaluation activities and delivering impacts for future change.

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References

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Richardson, T. (2020). Signature assignment: Planning a needs assessment. University of Phoenix.

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Royse, D., Thyer, B. A., & Padgett, D. K. (2016). Program evaluation: An introduction to an evidence based
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