B. PLANNING

A quality adult literacy program regularly plans and sets goals and objectives consistent with its philosophy. It carries out these activities in a participatory manner.


a) The following conditions support the above statement. Please check those which apply to your program.

___ Planning sessions are conducted at least once a year.
___ Staff, volunteers and learners participate in setting program goals and objectives.
___ Staff, volunteers, learners and community members are made aware of the goals for the current program year.
___ Progress towards goals is reviewed and results communicated to higher level administration or Board as well as to program participants.
___ A long-range plan is developed for future growth and direction based on community and program input.

b) Given your response(s) in (a), circle the number of the following statement which best applies to your program.

  1. Program meets all of the above conditions.
  2. Program meets four of the above conditions.
  3. Program meets two or three of the above conditions but not all details within each condition.
  4. Program meets only one of the above conditions.
  5. Program meets none of the above conditions.

c) Given your response in (b), what steps could you realistically expect to accomplish within the next year to improve in this area?

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d) What assistance will you require to accomplish the above?

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