Assignment Timing

This part of the grant is assigned during week 11 and after reading section, Evaluating the Change Strategy. Students should take one week to complete the assignment.

Assignment Overview

An outcome evaluation plan is a systematic measure of the anticipated and unanticipated impacts of your work. It is done to:

• Know you are making a difference
• Demonstrate accountability to:
  • Consumers of your services
  • Stakeholders (staff, volunteers, community)
  • Funders
• Determine how you should modify your programming
• Attract new resources and support (economic, human, political, etc.)

Assignment Detail

• The evaluation plan is typically put into a table, like the one shown below. It should be clear, easy to follow, and include the following information:
• Create an Evaluation Plan for the project which is the focus of the grant.  There should be at least 1-2 outcomes for the project and each outcome should have 1-2 indicators.
• The evaluation plan should specify the source of the data.  This is all communicated in a table format, similar to the one below.
• Following the table should be an explanation of how the evaluation results would be used and who they will be shared with.