MTCU has shared the ongoing progress of CIPMS implementation through a series of postings on AlphaCom’s Info-LBS from January 2003 through September 2007 (See http://alphacom.alphaplus.ca). Information and updates have also been communicated in LBS Annual Reports and by field consultants during program visits.

The following chart helps summarize the main points of CIPMS introduction and implementation in the literacy field to date.

MTCU's Logic Model ^{Endnote 15}

The Ontario government has made a public commitment to work towards efficient and effective use of resources. A shift to results-based management was seen as the best way to accomplish this. As part of their efforts to make this shift, MTCU did some research into performance-based management and brainstormed how it would best work in the literacy field. During this preparatory phase, MTCU developed a logic model showing how we all, i.e., grass roots agencies, networks and support organizations, and ministerial level staff, fit into overall literacy delivery. This logic model identifies objectives and desired outcomes so that we can measure progress and make decisions on the basis of the results we achieve.

At the program level, we are NOT expected to develop our own logic models. It is useful, however, to take a look at MTCU’s model in terms of the “big picture” of CIPMS.