Signature project

Develop a school-based program for preventing obesity and promoting activity and fitness. 

1. Overview/background, rationale, goals & objectives

•  Provide an overview and rationale (e.g., need, target population) for the
  proposed program, which should be rooted in existing literature. Students must include at least 3-4 research citations at this point to show the background and merit/support for the development for the chosen program. (*reminder, you will be developing an authentic program not using an already existing program, but you can utilize ideas and principles from what already exists)
•  Develop 2-3 goals (broad) and 2-3 objectives (specific) *be sure to use the SMART principle
• 2. Intervention, resources, leadership plan, personal fitness self-assessment
  Describe the intervention
  Create a plan for obtaining resources for immediate and long-term
  programming
  Develop a leadership plan
  Develop a personal fitness plan including self-assessment (10 points),
  goal setting (10 points), and a description of how you will link this to your proposed project (20 points).
• 3. Program evaluation and logic model, personal fitness goal setting

Create and include a logic model

•  Present proposed evaluation methods and indicate how they conform with or deviate from existing literature in the area. To complete this step you should include another 2-3 research articles.
•  Develop a personal fitness plan including self-assessment (10 points), goal setting (10 points), and a description of how you will link this to your proposed project (20 points)
• 4. 8-week schedule, activities, budget and assessments.
•  Complete a budget analysis (table) and show how the budget will be used (narrative).
•  Create a full schedule of activities and such (class instruction, activities, ect)
•  Finalize detailed assessment methods