Agency Proposal – Draft Assignment
You are at the point where you are finishing the draft of your course project. This week, you are asked to submit a completed draft to the instructor for an initial review and evaluation. A completed draft includes all the major elements of a final draft: a title page, proposal introduction, literature review, recommendations, conclusions, and references. This draft is graded using the same scoring guide that will be used to grade your final project submission.
Project – Preparation
In Unit 8, you will submit your initial draft of the course project (Agency Proposal – Draft) to your instructor. In Unit 9, you will submit it as a discussion post for a peer evaluation.
Take time this week to work on this assignment. If you have not already done so, read the Agency Proposal course project description given in the Resources to understand the scope and expectations of this substantial assignment.
The work that you have already done for the previous two assignments, Research Question and Media Literacy – An Agency Proposal, will be useful to you in your project. You may find that you would like to continue working on ideas that you began exploring in one or both of these assignments, or you may decide to choose an entirely new topic for your course project. To stay on track, this week you should finalize your topic, assemble your resources, and begin your draft.
Project – Requirements
To achieve a successful project experience and outcome, you are expected to meet the following requirements.
- Introduction: See pages 27–28 in the APA manual regarding the contents of the introduction. Length: 1–2 pages.
- Theoretical framework: Based on the review of the empirical literature, evaluate and synthesize 3–5 empirically tested intervention models you believe are relevant to the form of abuse or neglect you have chosen for this assignment. Thoroughly describe each intervention model and its theoretical underpinnings. Length: 4–6 pages.
- Literature review: Analyze and describe the empirical literature pertaining to the efficacy of family preservation services for the form of child abuse you chose for this project. Length: 6–8 pages.
- Recommendations: Based on your review of the empirical literature and your theoretical framework, propose one intervention model and explain how it meets the agency’s goal to reduce the number of children removed from homes because of this type of maltreatment. In addition, analyze the implications for practice in the human services field. Length: 1–2 pages.
- Conclusion: In addition to summarizing your findings, reflect on how this research process relates to and can influence the professional practice of those in child welfare. Length: 1–2 pages.
- Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to APA sixth edition style and formatting guidelines.
- Number of references: Minimum of ten references, of which six should be from peer-reviewed journals (five of these from journals published within the last five years).
- Length of paper: The body of your paper (that is, not including the title page, reference page, or appendices) should be 12–18 typed, double-spaced pages.
- Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
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Agency Proposal Scoring Guide Grading Rubric |
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Criteria |
Non-performance |
Basic |
Proficient |
Distinguished |
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Clearly introduce, define, and describe the problem. |
Does not introduce, define, and describe the problem. |
Provides incomplete or inaccurate introduction, definition, and description of the problem. |
Clearly introduces, defines, and describes the problem. |
Clearly introduces, defines, and describes the problem, explaining its significance with examples and support from peer-reviewed resources. |
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Evaluate and synthesize empirically tested intervention models and explain the theoretical underpinnings. |
Does not describe empirically tested intervention models and reference the theoretical underpinnings. |
Describes empirically tested intervention models and makes reference to the theoretical underpinnings, or does not include adequate number of sources in the evaluation. |
Evaluates and synthesizes empirically tested intervention models and explains the theoretical underpinnings. |
Evaluates and synthesizes empirically tested intervention models and explains the theoretical underpinnings, providing examples substantiated by peer-reviewed resources. |
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Analyze the empirical literature pertaining to the efficacy of family preservation services. |
Does not describe the empirical literature pertaining to the efficacy of family preservation services. |
Describes the empirical literature pertaining to the efficacy of family preservation services, or does not include adequate number of sources in the analysis. |
Analyzes the empirical literature pertaining to the efficacy of family preservation services. |
Analyzes the empirical literature pertaining to the efficacy of family preservation services, providing examples substantiated by peer-reviewed resources. |
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Describe the proposed intervention and its theoretical underpinnings. |
Does not describe the proposed intervention. |
Describes the proposed intervention but does not include the theoretical underpinnings. |
Describes the proposed intervention and its theoretical underpinnings. |
Describes the proposed intervention and its theoretical underpinnings, providing specific examples of how the proposed intervention would be implemented. |
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Critically analyze the implications of the proposed intervention for practice in the child welfare agency. |
Does not identify the implications of the proposed intervention for the child welfare agency. |
Identifies the implications of the proposed intervention for the child welfare agency. |
Critically analyzes the implications of the proposed intervention for practice in the child welfare agency. |
Critically analyzes the implications of the proposed intervention for practice in the child welfare agency, and describes how the intervention would be evaluated. |
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Communicate through writing that applies APA sixth edition style and formatting guidelines and conforms to all assignment instructions. |
Fails to communicate through writing that applies APA sixth edition style and formatting guidelines and conforms to all assignment instructions. |
Communicates through writing that is inconsistent in its use of correct APA sixth edition style and formatting guidelines or inconsistently follows assignment instructions. |
Communicates through writing that applies APA sixth edition style and formatting guidelines and conforms to all assignment instructions. |
Consistently communicates through scholarly writing that demonstrates mastery of APA sixth edition style and formatting guidelines, is free of errors, and follows all assignment instructions |
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