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Evaluating the Program

Evaluating the Program


  1. Name of evaluation project: City of Loveland Parks and Recreation.

 

  1. This evaluation is summative.

 

  1. This evaluation is quantitative.

 

  1. I am conducting this evaluation because I am interested in knowing what my targeted audience thought of the program they attended. I want to know what they thought of the staff, facilities, when it’s offered, etc… So the main purpose is to get an idea of what the target audience really wants, in order to shape the program. The information received from this evaluation will be used to improve my program, so that changes can be made for the upcoming year. I believe that shaping my program into what the target audience wants, by using evaluation results, will attract more people to get involved for beneficial reasons.

 

  1. Who are the stockholders (who will care about the evaluation)?

 

  1. Who are the evaluators (who will conduct the evaluation)? I will conduct the evaluation through a short paragraph that will arrive through mail or e-mail, with the actual evaluation form.

 

  1. Who will complete the evaluation form or interview? The teens who participate in the Ability Building Adventures. The people who experience the program, in order to get feedback of what they liked or disliked as they were participating.

 

  1. How will the evaluation be conducted? Explain the entire process. First, I will brainstorm what could have been better about the program. Or maybe think about other ideas I may have come up with, but decided to drop before the program began. After plenty of brainstorming and evaluating the program myself, I would begin to organize some questions that would be useful within an evaluation. Questions that would provide me with information that would answer what was liked or disliked and would you come back?

 

  1. The evaluation would be administered either by e-mail, by sending a link, or also by mail, for those with no e-mail.

 

  1. The evaluation will be administered just following the program sometime within the next few days, through mail and e-mail.

 

  1. Indirect Costs

            - Administrative Overhead                                            $200.00

 

            Direct Costs

            - Rock climbing, equipment rental: 2 days

            Equipment rental: ($20 / per person x 2 days)

            = $40 per person)

            ($40 x 13 teens)                                                           $520.00

            Staff salary: $9 / hour, 8 hours a day for 5 days

               ($9 x 8 = $72 / day) ($72 x 5) =                                $360.00

 

            - Hiking/Camping: 2 days

               Staff salary: $9 / hour for 30 hours. ($9 x 30) $270.00

 

            - Water park: 1 day

               Cost $26 per person

               ($26 x 13 teens) =                                                     $338.00

               Staff Salary: $9 / hour, 8 hours a day for 5 days

               ($9 x 8hrs = $72 / day) ($72 x 5 days) =                   $360.00

 

            - Kayak rentals and instructions: 2 days

               $20 per person each day ($20 x 2 days = $40)

               per person.

               ($40 x 13 teens) =                                                     $520.00

               Staff Salary: $9 / hour, 8 hours a day for 5 days

               ($9 x 8hrs = $72 / day) ($72 x 5 days) =                   $360.00

 

            - Wenatchee white water rafting: 1 day

               $30 per person, ($30 x 13 teens) =                            $390.00

               Staff Salary: $9 / hour, 8 hours a day for 5 days

               ($9 x 8hrs = $72 / day) ($72 x 5 days) =                   $360.00

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Total Fixed Costs                                                                   $3,678.00

 

Variable Costs

            Ability Building Adventure T-shirts                                $7.00

            Adventure Tips, booklet                                               $4.00              

                                                                                              $11.00           

Cost Items

            Description                                                                   Total Costs

 

 

  1. What are the revenue sources of the program?

 

  1. What intangible benefits (non-monetary) will the program provide individual participants and the community?

participants and the community?  Some intangible benefits that the program provides for the individual participants are building physical strength, better knowledge of the outdoors, and social interaction with others their age.

 

  1. From a cost-benefit perspective is your program feasible? How can you factor in

the intangible benefits of the program to this analysis? Yes, I believe that from a cost-benefit perspective that my program is feasible. I think that keeping the price around $40.00 per week for each adventure is a reasonable deal for what the participants get to experience. The cost-benefit model would be used to decide between program priorities and also help clearly identify financial advantages and disadvantages of different issues. By providing a program for a reasonable price, will allow more participants to be able to afford it. The participants come up with the money to be a part of the program and this is where the intangible benefits factor in. The intangible benefits are the experiences that each participant will receive through these exciting adventures.