Administrative involvement- Ch. 15-18

Question 1

What does short term planning consist of?

Answer 1

Day-to-day or week-to-week tasks and responsibilities to ensure successful program operations

Question 2

What is long-term planning for?

Answer 2

plans 5-10 years; sometimes referred to as strategic planning

Question 3

What is maintenance planning for?

Answer 3

determines/anticipates routine/non-routine needs, changes and deterioration in equipment/facilities.

Question 4

How many steps are in the recreational sport program planning model? What are they?

Answer 4

5
Understanding goals/objectives of organization; understand participant needs and organizational capacity; plan and design program; implement program and evaluate program/make recommendations

Question 5

What are organizational goals and objectives?

Answer 5

what the organization plans to accomplish and the overall mandate for the organization

Question 6

What is facility planning?

Answer 6

anticipation of facility needs and provides details/justification for development of new recreation sports facility.

Question 7

What is equipment planning?

Answer 7

Systematic anticipation of equipment needs

Question 8

Why should you plan?

Answer 8

guides decision making by providing justification for choice and design
establishes priorities/resource allocation
meets desires/needs of individuals/community
prevents bad decisions/costly errors
establishes accountability for programs and their outcomes
framework for evaluation

Question 9

What are organizational goals and objectives?

Answer 9

Outline intended accomplishments of organization providing an overall mandate for them.

Question 10

What are mission statements?

Answer 10

declare organizations purpose

Question 11

What are vision statements?

Answer 11

create organizations current purpose and provide direction for what it wants to be/ become in future.

Question 12

Why do organizations consider participant needs?

Answer 12

To ensure program meets needs, wants, desires and preferences of participants.

Question 13

What kinds of opportunities should programs provide?

Answer 13

catering to different ability levels
offering variety of program types, formats, times, and locations
consideration of the social aspects of recreational programming

Question 14

What methods can be used to obtain a needs assesment?

Answer 14

social indicators, surveys, community group approaches, and advisory boards.

Question 15

What is the organizational capacity purpose?

Answer 15

determines how many staff needed/skill level, what current programs might meet needs, what equipment, facilities and supplies are needed, and what kind of budget is necessary.

Question 16

What are program goals?

Answer 16

broad-based statements of intent and what program plans to accomplish in general.

Question 17

What are program objectives?

Answer 17

measurement points of goals and how they plan to measure them.

Question 18

What are implementation objectives?

Answer 18

Specify intentions for implementing program. Relate to inputs, activities, and outputs of program logic model.

Question 19

What do outcome objectives address?

Answer 19

who- s involved,
behaviour- what is involved in the program and how is it displayed,
condition- how will it be done
timing- when will it occur
degree- what means will accomplishment of objectives be measured
success- what is standard of success acceptable

Question 20

What does the program logic model consist of?

Answer 20

inputs, activities representing the planned work;

outputs, outcomes and impacts representing the intended results.

Question 21

What should be considered before designing and developing programs to meet participant needs?

Answer 21

staff and their skill level
what current programs might meet needs
what equipment, facilities and supplies does organization have access to.
what is the budget like

Question 22

What is a program logic model?

Answer 22

visual method of outlining components or elements of program.

Question 23

What makes up the planned work of program logic models?

Answer 23

Inputs: resources needed for program
activities: what the program does/entails.

Question 24

What make up the intended results of the program logic model?

Answer 24

outputs: products of program activities measured in volume of work accomplished
outcomes: benefits or changes for individuals during/after participation
impact: overall intended/unintended change in organization/communities/systems as result of program

Question 25

What is a program plan?

Answer 25

developed to detail all aspects of program. A blueprint for development/implementation of program.

Question 26

What does PERT stand for?

Answer 26

Program Evaluation Review Technique