Intentional Program Development: A Workshop for Youth Programs

Course Description

This session will draw on YouthREX’s extensive experience supporting youth programs across Ontario to illustrate how logic models can be a useful tool that guides program planning and evaluation of a youth program. The workshop will be highly interactive and include a hands-on logic modelling activity. We will provide participants with tools, templates, and resources for undertaking logic modelling on their own.

A logic model is an excellent tool for mapping out all the activities and objectives of a youth program and connecting these pieces to measurable outcomes for young people. Logic models help us see how individual parts of our work are connected to a bigger picture and purpose.

To get the most out of this workshop, we recommend that participants come to the session with a program to work on so there can be an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills directly.

Learning Objectives:  

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Intentionally develop youth programming to work towards positive youth development

• Understand the benefits of using a logic model to share the critical components of your program with your stakeholders

• Construct a logic model that makes explicit how your program achieves its intended outcomes for youth participants

• Use a logic model to structure evaluation of your program to understand if you're meeting your program outcomes

Evaluation 

• Short multiple-choice Quiz