Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications

Organizational Development

Support Materials for Program Planning

General Program Development Resources

Program Evaluation Examples

Introduction

Program development is a process by which community leaders work with Extension educators to identify issues, establish program plans and implement education as a treatment to help people reach their goals (Marshall, 1990). As Extension educators, there are several assumptions of programming that we must understand and adhere to before talking about program development. Boone, Safrit, & Jones, (2002) notes the following assumptions about educational programs:

• Programming is focused toward change in behavior of the learner.
• Programming is a decision making process.
• Programming is a collaboration between the organization (Texas AgriLife Extension Service) and community leaders.
• Programming is a system that contains three major parts (planning, design & implementation, and evaluation).
  

This page has been developed to support you with planning and implementing educational programs.

For more information on Program Development please contact Chris Boleman.

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