Project Description Goals & Objectives Lesson 8 / Step 4 What will be different in the community when the program is complete? (These should be logically connected to the problem identified and described in the problem statement.) “A goal is what the program aspires to achieve” (WGSBS), e.g. improved academic performance. “[O]bjectives are how an organization will know if it is meeting its goal(s)” (WGSBS). e.g. absences from class reduced by 50%, average GPA increased by 1 point, graduation rate improved by 50% Are these elements clear? What is going to change? Who will be involved in the change? How will the change be measured? When will this change take place? Timeline Lesson 9 / Step 5 “The timeline should include absolutely every activity that you must undertake to establish, implement, and evaluate the program” (OGWB). The timeline could be presented in paragraph form, or as a month-by-month list of bullet points, or as a chart accompanied by a description of when things will happen and who will do them. See examples in Lesson 9 (OGWB) and Step 5 (WGSBS). Methods Lesson 9 / Step 5 “[T]he strategies the organization proposes to carry out in order to accomplish its objectives” (WGSBS) Be sure to include “detailed descriptions of the activities an organization will implement to achieve the ends specified in its objectives” (WGSBS) What activities need to be carried out in order to meet the objectives? What are the starting and ending dates of these activities? Where will these activities take place? Who has responsibility for completing each activity? How will participants be selected? (Not always relevant.) Explain how you know (or why you believe) these methods will result in the objectives being reached.
Project Description Goals & Objectives Lesson 8 / Step 4 What will be different in the community when the program is complete? (These should be logically connected to the problem identified and described in the problem statement.) “A goal is what the program aspires to achieve” (WGSBS), e.g. improved academic performance. “[O]bjectives are how an organization will know if it is meeting its goal(s)” (WGSBS). e.g. absences from class reduced by 50%, average GPA increased by 1 point, graduation rate improved by 50% Are these elements clear? What is going to change? Who will be involved in the change? How will the change be measured? When will this change take place? Timeline Lesson 9 / Step 5 “The timeline should include absolutely every activity that you must undertake to establish, implement, and evaluate the program” (OGWB). The timeline could be presented in paragraph form, or as a month-by-month list of bullet points, or as a chart accompanied by a description of when things will happen and who will do them. See examples in Lesson 9 (OGWB) and Step 5 (WGSBS). Methods Lesson 9 / Step 5 “[T]he strategies the organization proposes to carry out in order to accomplish its objectives” (WGSBS) Be sure to include “detailed descriptions of the activities an organization will implement to achieve the ends specified in its objectives” (WGSBS) What activities need to be carried out in order to meet the objectives? What are the starting and ending dates of these activities? Where will these activities take place? Who has responsibility for completing each activity? How will participants be selected? (Not always relevant.) Explain how you know (or why you believe) these methods will result in the objectives being reached.