COMMERCIAL AND

COMMUNITY
RECREATION &
SPORTS
MANAGEMENT
Dr. Rentner & Proffesor Jrgensen

The Logic
Model; A
closer look

What; Logic Model Definition

Basically, a logic model is a systematic and visual way to present and share your understandingof
the relationships among the resources you have to operate your program, theactivities you plan, and
the changes or results you hope to achieve.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Logic Model Development Guide Pg. 9

Why; Logic Model Purpose and Practical

Application

The purpose of a logic model is to provide stakeholders with a road map describing
the sequence of related events connecting the need for the planned program with the
programs desired results. Mapping a proposed program helps you visualize and
understand how human and financial investments can contribute to achieving your
intended program goals and can lead to program improvements.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Logic Model Development Guide Pg. 9

The Kellog Logic Model

A program logic model is a
picture of how your program
works the theory
and assumptions underlying
the program. ...This
model provides a road map
of your program, highlighting
how it is expected
to work, what activities
need to come before others,
and how desired outcomes
are achieved (p. 35).
W.K. Kellogg
Foundation Evaluation
Handbook (1998)

A game of If
Then

Logic Model
Described
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny7dwU3HpHc

Your Turn!
Taking what
you now know
create a Logic
Model with
elements for
each of the 5
steps

Similar?

Yeah Yah
ya
Lets Talk
About
Sports

Our Role in
Youth Sports

In recent years, considerable attention has been

paid to the importance of programs in parks and
recreation departments that pro-mote positive youth
development. These programs are designed not
merely to decrease negative behaviors, but more
importantly to assist youth in ob-taining the
competencies and assets that will help them develop
into healthy adults in many different aspects of their
lives. Youth sport is one area within parks and
recreation services which has great potential for
positive youth development. Although youth sport
programs are not inherently good, they do have the
potential to contribute to positive youth
development. However, positive youth development
is more likely to occur in youth sport programs if
parks and recreation professionals use intentional
programming when de-signing their programs.
Intentional programming will help ensure that the
ex-perience these young athletes have in practices
and games is positive rather than negative.
Journal of Park and Recreation
Administration Summer 2008

Using Logic
Models
inYouth
Sports

Using logic models in the

programming process can
help ensure that youth sport
programs are intentionally
designed for positive youth
development. Logic models
are a systematic and visual
representation of the
resources, activities, and
of Park and Recreation
proposedJournal
goals
of a program.
Administration Summer 2008

Sound Familiar?

Bring it
home!

Lets try our model

again, this time we
are focusing on a
kindergarten after
school program for
tee-ball.

Clos

e?

The Big
Picture

Logic models can be used to

organize and clearly identify the
desired goals of a program, lay out
the foundation for how the program
can be run, and determine the
resources available to bring it all
together. While this may not be the
only way of designing youth sport
programs, it does provide
administrators with one more tool
to intentionally generate positive
experiences for youth.
Journal of Park and Recreation
Administration Summer 2008

What About
You?

Accurate