Desktop Education for Parks And Recreation
Welcome and Sign-In
Please sign in with: Your Agency Name
and the number of people watching/attending the webinar from your agency today
What is the name of the person who will be inputting answers into the webinar application
Have you watched the pre-webinar assignment video?
If possible PLEASE show it to your group before we begin. The video is brief and will show you a trick or two about using today’s webinar tools and forms. 1
Programming with Purpose
Dr. Keith FulthorpCalifornia State University, Long Beach Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
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Today’s Agenda
Define purposeful programming and its need in today’s parks and recreation environment
Evaluate ways your current programs align with your department’s vision and mission
Begin to implement a programming template to help focus towards a specific purpose in order to promote value to decision makers
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Why do we offer programs?Discuss and Share in your Chat Box
Think about the programs and services your agency offers- then, use the chat box to say a few words about WHY you offer the programs you do
* It’s ok to think critically about this- for example, you may not know WHY, other than your agency has ALWAYS offered “that” program
VIP – Remember this?
Core ValuesVisionMissionCore
CompetenciesStrategiesPerformance
Measures
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In your feedback box…How strongly do you agree
with this statement? “Most of the people in our group are offering programs to meet one (or more) of the NINE mission areas of the VIP?”
Think back to your “Why” Lets briefly review your responses to WHY you offer programs.
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In your feedback box…YES OR NO
“Did any one state that they offer programs because they meet important community needs?”
Please elaborate in your chat box.
Think back to your “Why” Lets briefly review your responses to WHY you offer programs.
VIP will help you program with purpose
Provides modality for programming Creates purpose driven
programming Helps position your agency to meet
community needs
Provides a framework for evaluating and communicating program results
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PDP Planning Form
Used for Program Planning Connects Programming with VIP
FrameworkHelps you stay focused on VIP
Mission-in-ActionHelps you continue to identify
brand messages
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The Profession’s Brand Promise
access to the serenity and inspiration of nature;
outdoor space to play and exercise;
facilities for self-directed and organized recreation;
positive alternatives for youth which help lower crime and
mischief; and
activities that facilitate social connections, human
development, therapy, the arts and lifelong learning
Parks and recreation
makes lives and
communities better
now and in the future
by providing
Nature Exercise
Play Safe Spaces
Gathering Places
Forever
6 Key Themes
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Using the PDP
Please, get out your copy of the PDP- Program Form. Either paper or electronic is fine.
We’re going to spend a few minutes reviewing each section of the form, and how to use it to program with purpose.
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Quick Check: YES OR NO? Did you do your “Homework?” How to embed files into a Word document?
The rest of the pages of the PDP Planning form are for your program planning notes and reminders.
PDP Evaluation Form
Used for program evaluation Produces Data Driven ProgramsHelps you position your
programs to meet important community needs
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Program Evaluations Please share in your CHAT BOX (2 minutes)
How does your agency address program evaluations? Is every program evaluated every
time?What do you evaluate?What do you DO with the results?Does anyone measure anything
OTHER THAN how much a program cost ($), and who showed up? (#)
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Purposeful Program EvaluationsThis form will help you measure
what you intended to accomplish, based off your PDP-Program form Did your program accomplish it’s intended Mission?
Did it meet an important community need? If so, how well did it do that, and who can you share results with?
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Chat Box it:
In what ways was utilizing the PDP
Program Planning Form and Evaluation
Forms helpful?28
Chat Box it:
What new ideas occurred to you while utilizing the forms?
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Chat Box it:
What would be different or better about your ability to communicate how your programs meet community goals by using this form? 30
Summary
Programming and program evaluations with the VIP in mind will help you become vital in positioning your programs to meet community goals
Your agency’s core values should match the VIP Framework’s values
QUESTIONS, Anyone?
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Contact Information
Dr. Keith Fulthorp Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Recreation and
Leisure StudiesCalifornia State University, Long
Beach1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach,
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