Thursday, December 8, 2016

In Class Learning

Throughout the weeks, we learned a plethora of information about grant writing, how organizations run, and the different moving parts that goes into having a successful program/organization. 

Specifically we talked about the following: 



  • Problem definitions and needs assessment: we discussed the various types of needs including normative, felt or perceived, expressed, and comparative needs. The needs assessment is pretty much the "and what about here" piece. To conduct a needs assessment, we talked about extrapolating data, resource inventories, existing service statistics, surveys, public forums, key informants, and factor analysis

  • Intervention strategies and evidence-based practice


  • Designing effective programswe specifically discussed the difference between a mission statement, a vision statement, and a values statement along with the different parts that make up each statement. We touched on objectives -  what outcome and output objectives are and the importance of the objectives being measurable. 

  • Staffing issues, position descriptions, hiring, volunteers, trainingthe different qualifications needed, each position needs to have a list of duties/responsibilities, and the interview process. 

  • Management information systems 

  • Budgeting for control, management, and planning: With budgeting, we discussed the different types of fiscal years (some budgets are done in a fiscal year, federal fiscal year, or a special fiscal year). We also talked about different types of budgets including line item, program, and functional budget.

  • Supervision and being supervised: Dr. Warner said that some would argue that good supervision is the cornerstone to having a good program. The supervisor has many different roles including organizational leader, manager, mediator, mentor. We learned that effective supervision includes having the skill to motivate staff and employees, coordinate work and workload, setting goals and limits, providing corrective feedback, work processes, educating and serving as trainers or teachers for employees, and being there to empower and make sure people are being effective.

  • Performance measurement, monitoring, and program evaluation discussing specifics about the unit cost and the success cost

  • What makes a good presentation 


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