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%
- PSY 442: Final Project Guidelines and Grading Guide
