COURSE SYLLABUS
- IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
| Course: | PAD 714 |
| Course Title: | Program Analysis and Evaluation |
| EPN: | 22301201 |
| Term: | Fall II |
| Location: | Saginaw Center |
| Course Dates: | 10/28, 10/29, 11/11, 11/12, 12/2, 12/3/2016 |
Course Days and Times: Fri 6:00PM-10:00PM; Sat 8:00AM-5:00PM;
Evaluation Proposal
Students will be required to submit a program evaluation or policy analysis proposal. You are asked to develop an evaluation design proposal for a program or policy. You will only propose the evaluation; you are not expected to conduct the actual evaluation itself. The proposal should be 8-10 pages in length. Student will have the option to select either a domestic program (eg. community policing, after school tutorial program, etc.), an international program (Heifner International – Passing on the Gift, etc.), or a policy (regulating e-cigarettes, increasing the federal deduction amount for business, etc.) for this assignment.
The success of the proposal will depend on how well you plan the evaluation details such as: collecting information on the program/policy through interviews with the principal contacts (decision-makers, staff, etc.) on current information needs and conducting a synthesis of past related research and evaluation studies. With the focus of the evaluation identified, this assignment will then involve laying out an evaluation design, data collection plan, analysis plan, and briefing and presentation plan. The proposal should be developed with a clear awareness of political aspects of the situation and tailored to the needs of the agency leadership. Strategies for encouraging the use of the resulting evaluation findings also should be discussed.
Choose between A & B (Do not do both)
(A)The outline for program evaluation proposal is as follows:
- Executive Summary: This is the part of the plan that is read first. The decision makers may not even get to the details of your plan. They will read this section to determine if the rest of the plan is worth reading.
- Background: Description of the scope of the program activities, including a brief description of the program, the individuals that should be interviewed; synthesis of past research and evaluation findings; inclusion of relevant literature on the program.
- The scope of Work Questions: The issues that have been identified and the specific questions that appear most appropriate to address now.
- Proposed Evaluation Design: A brief summary of the design(s) to be taken, including the concepts and variables, the theory underlying the policy/program, etc. A logic model of the program/policy must be developed and presented. Discuss if the evaluation will be formative or summative.
- Proposed Data Collection Plan: The sources of data available, measures, data collection methods (quantitative, qualitative, mixed method) sampling procedures; also should include concerns re: validity, reliability, and overall quality of data.
- Proposed Data Analysis Plan: Proposed Analytic Strategies
- Proposed Presentation and Utilization Plan: Strategies for presenting the results to key stakeholders and decision-makers and strategies for facilitating utilization.
- Potential Problems and Fallback Strategies: Identify the potential problems that may arise in conducting the evaluation and the strategies that will be used to either avoid the problem or deal with its political occurrence.
- Proposed Budget, Budget Narrative, and Work plan (Budgetary estimates for this evaluation may range from specific to general depending upon the complexity of the proposed project).
- Explain to the decision makers how important this program evaluation is to the success of the program’s sustainability (this may be a part of the Executive Summary).
- Reference Page is required (APA style)
Note .Heavy emphasize on V and V11
(B)The outline for policy analysis is as follows:
- Executive Summary: This is the part of the analysis that is read first. The decision makers may not even get to the details in your work. They will read this section to determine if the rest of the work is worth reading.
- Policy Analytic Questions: The issues that have been identified and the specific questions that appear most appropriate to address now.
- Follow Bardach’s eightfold path
- Reference Page is required (APA style)
The purpose of this activity is to develop the skills necessary to conduct analytical and evaluative research. The proposal is in effect an exercise to enable you to apply the course theory to a program or policy of interest to you. Your proposal must be submitted to drop box by the due date.
The policy or program that you will be analyzed should be approved Weekend 1 by the Professor.
Students will present their sections: II, III, IV, and X of their program evaluation or sections II and the eightfold path steps 3,4, and 7 of their policy analysis. Your presentation should be 10 to 15 minutes.
