Camp Fire School Readiness Program

Center/Teacher Outcomes

(FIRST-ORDER)

Child Outcomes

(SECOND-ORDER)

Teachers improve teaching practices

Improved language and socialemotional skills in CFSRP children

Directors improve leadership and management practices

CFSRP children are prepared to enter school

Improved center and classroom quality

CFSRP children demonstrate academic success in school

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5 A theory of change provides an illustration of a program’s impact pathway—the logical causal change that is expected to occur as a result of program activities.