Program Planning and Methods in Adult Learning
Paper instructions:
Length: 1 or 2 pages in letter format

Scenario

You have been hired to develop a program for a small community organization. The organization’s director wants a program for people in the neighbourhood to learn about how they can lead more environmentally friendly lives. The director envisions a program that provides practical information, hands-on practice, and ongoing support to participants so they can make decisions about reducing their energy use at home, producing their own food, reducing their reliance on personal vehicles, and building a greener neighbourhood.

The organization has a small budget for this project, most of which is based on the funding they’ve received from the “Green Living Now” grant. The granting agency wants to clearly see how the money has been used to make measurable changes in the community.

It is spring now, and you are told that the program should be offered within two months because attendance will be poor during the summer holiday season.

You notice as you walk around the neighbourhood that many houses appear to have vegetable gardens. You also notice the local farmers’ market is a popular event each week. Many people from the neighbourhood walk or ride their bikes to visit the vendors.

Your Task

Write a letter (1-2 pages) to the program director either recommending for or against conducting a formal needs assessment. Justify your recommendation. If you are recommending the needs assessment, describe how it would be conducted. If you are not recommending the needs assessment, describe how you would address the director’s questions about your decision.
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Program Planning and Methods in Adult Learning

Develop a program plan for an actual or theoretical program.

Using what you have learned from the course readings and from the reflection questions and other assignments, develop a plan for a program. Your plan can be something practical that you can apply in your work, school or community activities, or it can be a theoretical program you would like to offer at some point in the future.

Describe how you would develop and deliver the program. You may want to include tables, charts, or diagrams to explain elements of your program.

Focus your plan on the educational elements of the model. You are not expected to develop a detailed budget or marketing plan, but you should explain what factors you would consider in developing these two parts of the plan.

Be sure to consider context and ethical decision making throughout your program plan. Show this consideration by justifying the decisions you make. For example, if you choose to deliver your program as a full-day, face-to-face workshop, explain why you chose that time frame rather than a series of lunch-hour seminars or an online workshop or a site visit.

If you are developing a program you actually plan to deliver, be aware that the requirements of the assignment may not be the same as the requirements of your organization. For example, your assignment requires an explanation of the decisions you have made that reflects your understanding of the course content.

If you are developing a program that you will actually delivery, consider which details about your organization should remain private. For example, you do not need to include the names of individuals involved the program planning process or details about your organization. You can use pseudonyms or fictionalize details as required.

Program Planning and Methods in Adult Learning

Develop a program plan for an actual or theoretical program.

Using what you have learned from the course readings and from the reflection questions and other assignments, develop a plan for a program. Your plan can be something practical that you can apply in your work, school or community activities, or it can be a theoretical program you would like to offer at some point in the future.

Describe how you would develop and deliver the program. You may want to include tables, charts, or diagrams to explain elements of your program.

Focus your plan on the educational elements of the model. You are not expected to develop a detailed budget or marketing plan, but you should explain what factors you would consider in developing these two parts of the plan.

Be sure to consider context and ethical decision making throughout your program plan. Show this consideration by justifying the decisions you make. For example, if you choose to deliver your program as a full-day, face-to-face workshop, explain why you chose that time frame rather than a series of lunch-hour seminars or an online workshop or a site visit.

If you are developing a program you actually plan to deliver, be aware that the requirements of the assignment may not be the same as the requirements of your organization. For example, your assignment requires an explanation of the decisions you have made that reflects your understanding of the course content.

If you are developing a program that you will actually delivery, consider which details about your organization should remain private. For example, you do not need to include the names of individuals involved the program planning process or details about your organization. You can use pseudonyms or fictionalize details as required.