DC SCORES: Program Design Logic Model

Inputs ActivitiesIntermediate Outcomes

(12-24 months)Outputs

Participants:• Students in participating elementary and middle schools, located predominantly in economically disadvantaged areas throughout Washington, DC.

Creative Expression:• Power of Poetry Curriculum• Poetry and music specialists• Performance and public speaking opportunities• Program-wide special event

 Human Resources: # Staff# Board members# Volunteers# Professional development opportunities

Facilities/ Infrastructure:• Access to classrooms and indoor/outdoor space.

Human Capital/Program Administration:• Selection, retention, training, and support of Staff, Board Members, and Volunteers.• Resource development• Partnerships• Program management• Administrative support

Fiscal Resources:$ Raised from # funders# In-kind donations$ Raised from # fundraising events

Service-Learning:• Writing for the Community and Leadership in Action Curricula• Community partnerships• Service-learning opportunities• Program-wide special event

Increases in Physical Fitness:• Attitude toward physical fitness • Cardiovascular fitness• Body Mass Index

Initial Outcomes

(3-12 months)

Increased School Engagement:• Rates of participation in program• Rates of school attendance• Improvement in language arts

SCORE Corps*:• Selection, retention, training, and support of SCORE Corps.

Long-Term Outcomes

(24-60 months)

Increases in Feelings of Self-Worth:• Attitude toward self• Pride in accomplishments• Identify support systems• Feeling valued

Physical Fitness/Soccer:• America SCORES Soccer Manual• Soccer specialists• Soccer playing opportunities• Program-wide special events

  Communications/Media:# Press releases# Media pieces# Communications pieces

  Program Activities:# Schools# Programming days# Special events# Students# SCORE CorpsHours of creative expression activitiesHours of soccer/physical fitness activitiesHours of service-learning activities

Increases in Sense of Belonging:• Attitude toward program • Attitude toward coaches/teammates• Feel safe and supported • Attitude/feeling of belonging to community

Increases in School Engagement:• Program attendance• Attitude toward attending school• Attitude toward language arts

Increased Physical Fitness:• Attitude toward physical fitness• Attitude toward nutrition• Cardiovascular fitness• Body Mass Index• Seek physical fitness outside of program

Increased Feelings of Self-Worth:• Identification of positive skills and abilities• Pride in accomplishments• Build relationships with support systems• Feeling valued

Increased Sense of Belonging:• Return to program for another year• Peer recruitment• Try novel experiences• Ownership of program experience• Identify skills to contribute to the community

Improved Physical Fitness:• Knowledge and desire to live a physically healthy lifestyle• Avoidance of certain risk factors• Continued physical fitness

Improved Self-Worth:• Demonstrated positive skills and abilities in school• Participation in athletic/extracurricular activities • Maintain relationships with support systems• Feeling valued

Improved Sense of Belonging:• Active in community/ leadership positions• Continued involvement in program• Ownership of program experience

Demonstrated progress in School Engagement:• School attendance • Grade promotion• Active in language arts opportunities• High school graduation

ProgramAssumptions

DC SCORES is a citywide afterschool program serving primarily African American and Latino students between the ages of 8 and 15 that live within the most economically disadvantaged areas throughout the District of Columbia. Youth that participate in DC SCORES self-select and receive a combination of creative expression, physical fitness, and service-learning opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them.

Equipment:• Writing supplies• Soccer supplies• Buses• Food

*SCORE Corps refers to DC SCORES’ soccer and writing coaches, who are predominantly DC public and public charter school teachers.

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