PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Program development is an ongoing systematic process that Extension professionals follow as they plan, implement and evaluate their educational programs. The process is not confined to a four-year planning cycle. It can be applied on a small scale to an individual workshop; on a larger scale to a comprehensive community initiative or to a county or statewide program of action.  The scope may be different but the principles of program development remain the same. 

In UW-Extension, the program development process is captured in our program development model that includes situational analysis, priority setting, program action – the logic model – and evaluation.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

• Getting Started in Extension Programming can be found on the UW Extension New Colleague Orientation Resources web site listed under New Colleague Self-Study Materials.
• Program Development Model
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