Course Description
In this course, you will learn and implement the process of nonprofit program design and evaluation. You will learn how to develop the program’s theory of change, its corresponding logic model, and the means by which you will monitor, evaluate, and improve your program. Part 1 focuses on the theory of change, which is the comprehensive description and illustration of how and why a desired change is expected to happen in a particular context. Part 2 focuses on the logic model, which is a graphic depiction that presents the shared relationships among the resources, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact for your program. Part 3 focuses on the process of developing an effective and actionable evaluation and improvement plan. In this course, you will synthesize a major doctoral project combining theoretical and practical research related to nonprofit program planning, evaluation and design, specifically for your context.
Course Outcomes
- Summarize the purposes of program planning and evaluation.
- Elaborate upon the interconnected relationship of the Theory of Change, Logic Model, and Evaluation Plan in program planning and evaluation.
- Develop a detailed assessment of your participants’ needs and a plan to assess client needs and capabilities in the future.
- Apply knowledge of components of program development through the creation of a program theory of change, logic model, and evaluation plan.
- Incorporate appropriate measurement, monitoring, and evaluation systems that inform program decision making and stakeholder engagement.
DOLI Degree Program Outcomes
Degree outcomes are the overall skills and knowledge we expect you will have after successfully completing a degree program at City Vision University. This course supports the following program outcomes, marked with an (I) for Introduce, (D) for Develop and an (M) for Mastery. After completing the degree, you will be able to do the following in each of the listed domains:
- Research methods. Apply action research methods to practical research topics in the field.
- Diffusion of Innovation. Utilize technology and relational networking to help diffuse innovations within a community of practice.
- Values Alignment. To develop a theological vision and to align your organization’s strategy, culture and systems with that vision to avoid secularization and mission drift.
- Strategy. To develop a synthesis to integrate a wide range of business skills into a strategic plan for starting or growing an organization.
- Social Entrepreneurship. Develop strategies and plans to effectively use technology and innovation to achieve organizational goals.
- Action Research Project. Synthesize action research with theory and practice to solve a practical challenge facing your organization and/or the larger field.
Concentration Outcomes
- 7a. Executive Leadership & Fundraising. Develop and implement plans to grow an organization in its impact, financial health and relational health.
- 7b. Nonprofit Program Leadership & Social Entrepreneurship. Improve the effectiveness of nonprofit programs by implementing best practices. (M)
- 7c. Education Leadership and Innovation. Apply disruptive and continuous innovation principles to designing courses and programs to provide radically affordable and practical online education.
- 7d. Organizational Culture and Change Management. Develop and implement plans to improve organizational health and adapt to change.
- 7e. Trauma-Informed Counseling Management. Develop and implement plans to establish trauma-informed culture of health throughout an organization.
Broad Institutional Doctoral Outcomes
- I1. Knowledge (Head). Apply a wide range of tools to help solve society’s great problems by shifting from a single lens/tool/discipline to a multiple lens, multifaceted Biblical understanding of reality.
- I2. Skills (Hands). Develop the skills you need for the next position in your development as a leader by shifting from mastery & understanding of a division in an organization to a comprehensive systemic mastery/understanding needed to lead across the organization. (D)
- I3. Attitudes/Character (Heart). Develop the character and discipline needed to step into greater leadership roles by losing the bias of your old position to gain broader perspective and intellectual humility needed to accelerate your commitment to lifelong learning.
Syllabus
Course Materials & Tuition
| Foundation, W. K. (2004). WK Kellogg Foundation logic model development guide. WK Kellogg Foundation. | Free |
| Kettner, P.M., Moroney, R.M., & Martin, L.L. (2016). Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-based Approach (6th edition). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc. 288 pg. ISBN: 978-1483388304. | $91.00 |
| Tuition | $ |
| Total Cost of Course: | $ |