Blueprint

SY 442: Final Project Guidelines and Grading Guide

Overview The final project for this course is the creation of a professional blueprint for your work in the field of community psychology (CP). The blueprint is a professional statement that provides a foundation and framework for professional growth in a body of knowledge and practice that is evolving and changing. The blueprint combines knowledge—what you will learn about CP—with your professional goals, insights, beliefs, and practices. This framework will help guide your work in fostering strong communities. The project is divided into two milestones that scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Five. The final submission is in Module Seven. This project will assess your mastery with respect to the following course outcomes:

• Evaluate the central concepts of community psychology to determine the relevant and applied nature of the concepts to professional practice • Illustrate the connections between social issues and community support systems with the creation of policies and interventions for individual and

community development • Engage in research to promote theories for social change that are applicable and beneficial to the community • Apply the concepts of community psychology to real-world scenarios based on an analysis of community issues

 

 

 

 

 

Prompt The professional blueprint is a structured paper that includes a number of specific elements that link your expanding knowledge of CP with your professional goals and interests. The blueprint should synthesize the lectures, assigned resources, annotated bibliography articles, and additional resources into a framework for your professional growth in the field. Note: You will be creating an annotated bibliography throughout the course modules. The work you do in each of the modules should directly relate to this project. You should use the resources that you collect in your annotated bibliography to inform your project. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Goals Write a brief, one-page statement explaining your professional goals and career interests, particularly as they relate to CP.

2. Overview Write a two-page response to the following questions:

a. What is CP? b. How did it start? c. Are the conditions that gave rise to it still present?

3. Application

Write a two-page response to the following questions: a. What conditions or issues in CP are most pertinent to your professional goals and career interests? b. How will CP add to your understanding of how to respond to these conditions or issues?

4. The Future of CP

Write a two-page response that explains your vision for the future of CP. Include specific examples to illustrate key points.

5. Key Concepts Write a two-page response that identifies and analyzes at least five key concepts in CP. Reference course resources, articles, and professional experience as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

6. Stakeholder Perceptions

Write a two-page response to the following questions: a. Are the concepts identified readily agreed upon or contentious? b. How are the concepts understood by different stakeholder groups (police, educators, business owners, taxpayers, and so on) in the community?

Provide specific examples to support your position.

7. Systems View Write a two-page response to the following questions:

a. As a systems thinker, how do various agencies and their goals interact in the community? Pick two agencies and demonstrate how their goals, missions, and outcomes support the community.

b. Does your community have any interagency associations that coordinate planning and social change efforts? For example, does the community have a human service association such as United Way? (These efforts may deal with prevention, crisis response, building community resilience, and so on.)

8. Your Role in the System Write a two-page response to the following questions:

a. In your current role, what system are you part of? b. What specific ideas and issues drive that system? (Example: the benefits of elder day-care services or of youth diversion courts.) c. As part of the system, how do these issues impact you? Note: If you are not currently working in this field, answer based on your intended position in the future.

9. Topic of Interest

Write a two-page response to a question of your choice that highlights your professional and career interests—a particular idea, concept, or theory that you would like to study further.

 

 

 

 

Milestones Milestone One: Goals, Overview, and Application In task 3-3, you will submit the initial draft of the Goals, Overview, and Application elements of the final project. This milestone is graded with the Milestone One Rubric. Milestone Two: Concepts in Community Psychology In task 5-3, you will submit an initial draft of the Concepts in Community Psychology elements of the final project. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Two Rubric. Final Product: Professional Blueprint In task 7-3, you will submit the professional blueprint. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This milestone will be graded using the Final Product Rubric.

 

 

 

Final Product Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Written components of projects must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations. The paper should be approximately 16 pages in length, not including cover page and resources. Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Goals Meets “proficient” criteria and includes specific, relevant examples that illustrate how the goals relate to CP

Clearly states professional goals and connects them to the field of CP

States professional goals, but response is insufficient or does not connect goals to the field of CP

Professional goals are not discussed

5

Overview Meets “proficient” criteria and provides specific, relevant details that support the response

Provides complete and accurate overview information, addressing all question prompts

Addresses some of the overview question prompts but response is incomplete or contains inaccuracies

Does not address the overview question prompts

10

Application Meets “proficient” criteria and provides specific, relevant examples that support the response

Adequately explains how CP applies to the issues and challenges faced in the professional environment

Provides a limited explanation of how CP applies to the student’s professional experience, but response lacks depth and support

Does not explain how CP applies to the student’s professional experience

10

The Future of CP

Meets “proficient” criteria and presents a creative or unique vision of the future

Articulates a clear vision for the future of CP that is supported with examples

Articulates a vision for the future of CP, but response is incomplete, unclear, or unsupported with examples

Does not discuss the future of CP

10

Key Concepts Meets “proficient” criteria and provides insightful, well- constructed analysis of concepts

Effectively identifies and analyzes five key concepts of CP

Identifies key concepts in CP, but response lacks detail or is missing key elements

Does not identify or analyze key concepts of CP

10

Stakeholder Perceptions

Meets “proficient” criteria and provides multiple examples to illustrate the viewpoints of different stakeholders

Adequately answers all question prompts about stakeholder perceptions, providing several examples to support response

Addresses question prompts, but response does not include supporting examples or sufficient detail

Does not address question prompts about stakeholder perceptions

10

Systems View Meets “proficient” criteria and provides detailed, relevant examples that illustrate systems theory

Effectively discusses system theory and applies the concepts to interactions between different agencies in the community

Discusses system theory but does not adequately apply the concepts to interactions between different agencies in the community

Does not discuss the role of system theory in interactions between different agencies in their community

10

Your Role in the System

Meets “proficient” criteria and provides multiple, relevant examples to support the response

Adequately answers all question prompts for this element, providing details to support the response

Addresses question prompts for this element, but the response is incomplete or lacks sufficient detail

Does not address question prompts for the elements

10

 

 

 

Topic of Interest Meets “proficient” criteria, and the response demonstrates robust scholarly research

Identifies and effectively addresses a relevant topic of professional interest

Identifies a topic of interest but does not address the topic in sufficient detail

Does not address a relevant topic of professional interest

10

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to- read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

15

Total 100%