Week Six: Improved Policy Assessment (15 Points)
Readings Review Ch. 8 of the Cooper et al. text.
Review Ch. 10 & 11 of the Fowler text.
Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.
Participation Participate in class discussion. Wed,May 4th, 2011 1
Discussion Questions Respond to weekly discussion questions. Fri May 6th,2011 2
Individual
Policy Improvement Recommendation Plan Several work associates have complained about the negative effects of a federal policy. After listening to their concerns, you decide to put your knowledge of policy evaluation to use and draft recommendations for policy improvement. Your associates have agreed to endorse the recommendations before sending it to your state senator.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word recommendation plan to send to your state senator.
Assess a federal policy of your choice that is not the same policy used in Week Four.
Apply your revised Evaluation Framework to the policy.
Include community power structures and other factors you find critical to the process.
Provide specific recommendations based on your assessment for policy improvement.
Format your plan consistent with APA guidelines. Sun, May 8th, 2011 15
Individual
Weekly Reflection Each week in this course, you will engage your thoughts and abilities as a scholar, a practitioner, and a leader to advance your knowledge and personal academic agenda. These weekly reflections help you position yourself as a reflexive thinking scholar, practitioner, and leader. Consider saving these weekly statements, which serve as a critical reflection upon your growth as a scholar, practitioner, and leader throughout the program.
Create a reflective and applied statement describing how the week’s learning has affected your thought processes, development, and professional disposition. This statement should reflect your personal learning process—challenges, moments of discovery, life experiences, and interactions. You may also include questions for the course facilitator regarding material that may still be unclear in your reflection. Ideally, you will use these reflections throughout the course and the program to document your development as a scholar, practitioner, and leader, and to reflect critically on the changes that occur during this process.
Format any citations and references in your reflective statement consistent with APA guidelines.
Reply to the thread designated for Weekly Reflections, and post your response in the body of the post, not as an attachment. Mon, May 9th, 2011 1
