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Identifying a Need After reading the article "Identifying the Need" and reviewing the Afterschool Alliance website, create a plan to show the need for a new youth program in your community. In this plan, you will describe how you would find out the need for a new youth or family program in your local community. You will also describe the specific steps you would take (i.e., send out a survey, schedule a meeting with stakeholders, etc.), and describe actual questions you would ask, who you would ask, and what you would do with the results. To help you with this assignment, we are going to use this template to develop your plan. Before you begin to complete this template, be sure that you have read the “Identifying the Need” and reviewed the Afterschool Alliance website.
Part 1.
Think about your community – or a community that is of interest to you. This community could be where you live or where you work – or an area near you that is of interest to you.
If you wanted to help the children and youth in that community, where would you begin to determine
what kind of needs those children or youth may have?
Remember, you are thinking about needs in terms of coming up with a program (an afterschool or summer program) that would meet those needs.
NOTE:
One idea should include some type of survey or a meeting to determine if there is a need. You must include a survey and/or a meeting in this list of three ideas so that you can later develop questions to ask participants. (Hint: You can get ideas from the “Identifying the Need” article.)
List three ideas for ways to determine a need below:
1. Survey parents/guardians to see what their needs are 2. Google to see what kind of demographics are in my area
3. Meet with teachers to see what their needs are Now, look over your list of ideas. Think about who is represented in these ideas. These would be your stakeholders (those who would be directly or indirectly affected by your program). Stakeholders will also be the groups you would send any surveys to and/or ask to attend the meetings to
determine if there is a need and what that need may be.
List at least three stakeholders below (and remember your most important stakeholder is the population of kids you would want to serve -so I gave you that one!):
Stakeholder #1: The kids I want my program to serve.
Stakeholder #2: Parents
Stakeholder #3: Teachers Part 2.
Now, we are going to use what you included in your list in Part 1 to come up with a more formal plan for
determining a need in this community. Take each idea you listed in Part 1 and develop that idea into a paragraph that describes specifically what you would do. For example, if you listed something like “do a Google search to find out community demographics,” then you want to explain specifically what you would do in the search – what specifically would you search for (think back to the community you identified in Part 1 to help you – where would you search online to find out about the population statistics for your community?)
Make sure you have at least one paragraph (you may have more as needed) for each idea you listed in Part 1. I am looking for details here, so I suggest that you think about a well-developed paragraph with 4-5 sentences minimum. These paragraphs equate to the specific steps you would take to determine if there is a need.
Idea #1: To survey parents, I'd start by gathering the survey questions. Then, instead of focusing on parents in a certain location, I would create an online survey website to make it more widely available throughout the county. I'd take the survey site and try to share it through a community Facebook page. To maintain privacy, I would not reveal the student's name, only the grade your child is in, when gathering information. I would take the results and evaluate what the most important needs were.
Idea #2: Googling the demographics of the region would rely exclusively on information available online. I would start by researching the demographics of Pasco County. I would next take these findings and begin focusing on school-aged children. By conducting study, I will be able to determine the needs of my area. For example, if we need extra work time, we could use teachings taught in school to ensure kids retain information. I would check the school and Pasco County websites.
Idea #3: Talking to teachers may also be beneficial. I would provide a venue where any teachers in the region could join the meeting. I would not only have the instructors complete a survey, but
I would also like them to provide me with suggestions on what they believe are the most pressing
requirements. I would hold an open meeting where everyone could express their thoughts, and then use these responses to assist determine the need.
Part 3.
Now that you have described the steps you would take, we want to specifically identify the questions you would ask in a survey and/or at a meeting. List the questions would ask below. You should provide at least 5 questions that would give you a good idea of the needs for children or youth programs in the community you envisioned in Part 1.
1. What is your reason for sending your child to camp?
2. Do you like a more hands-on approach to learning or learning through lessons?
3. What is the main goal for sending your child to summer camp?
4. What kind of activities do you find most important for your children to participate in?
5. How much would you be willing to pay for summer camp for your child?
Once you have your questions crafted, explain below how you intend to use these. Are they for a survey? Are they for a meeting? Both? What is your plan for having stakeholders respond to the questions? Will you mail/email surveys? Will you host community meetings? Both?
These questions are for survey purposes and will be placed on the website so parents can fill them out. Explanation of how I intend to use these questions:
Part 4.
It is time to think more specifically about the stakeholders – the groups of people in the community that you would need to survey, talk with, ask questions about needs.
Go back to Part 1 and look at who you identified as the three key stakeholders. Who are they and why are they important as stakeholders? What role do they play in determining your need (why do you need to include them in identifying the need)?
Describe at least two stakeholders in the space below:
Example: The kids are youth ages 8 – 10. Most of them come from single-parent households and attend Title 1 schools in the district. The primary stakeholders are the children. They are the people who will be most affected by these programs. Their sentiments and wants must be taken into account more than anyone else. Their job in determining the need is to express how they feel. How are they feeling about school?
What do they want more of? What do they enjoy? It is also necessary to communicate with them.
These programs have the most significant impact on their lives. Another shareholder is the parent. They are crucial stakeholders because they will entrust their children to the care of these programs. They must be included in establishing the need since parents want the camp to provide beneficial activities for their child. If parents are not involved in determining the need or determining activities, they will be unwilling to take their child there.
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Part 5.
Now that you have questions (for a meeting or a survey or both) and you have a plan for using the questions, what will you do once you have gotten your responses? In other words, you now have the answers to your questions, how will you use those results?
Describe in at least one paragraph below what you will do with the results you get from your surveys and/or information from your meeting(s) with the community/stakeholders:
I intend to use these findings to tailor my program to the needs identified in the survey. If a large number of parents expressed that their children needed organized activities, I would develop preparations to use lesson plans with pleasant activities that also engaged the children in learning. If parents stated that their children required additional support due to domestic difficulties, I would tailor the program accordingly. I want to take the data and create a summer camp program that meets the requirements of both children and parents. The survey findings will
help me ensure that the program meets the needs of the participants.
You need at least two references: one from the resources in Mod 1 and one that you locate in your own search. List those in APA format below. A web link/URL is not a reference. References Afterschool Programs - from VISION TO REALITY: Exploration
. Concept to Classroom. (n.d.). https://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/afterschool/exploration.html Mentoring
. Mentoring | Youth.gov. (n.d.). https://youth.gov/youth-topics/mentoring