SWK 115 Community Resources Spring 2005

Course No Course Title CL LB CLINIC CR
SWK 115 Community Resources 2 2 0 3
This course introduces community resources essential to social work practice. Emphasis is placed on awareness of and interaction with community service personnel. Upon completion, students should be able to identify resources and assess critical community needs. This course is a unique concentration requirement of the Social Service concentration in the Human Services Technology program. Prerequisites: SWK 110.

SWK 115 Community Resources Syllabus Spring 2005

Group Progress Report

Blank Profile Sheet

Grant Writing Presentation (without the pictures)

XYZ Foundation RFP 2004

XYZ Proposal Work Plan 2004

Application for Federal Assistance/SF 424

SF 424 A

Spring 2004 Grant Example Power Point

Class Date Activity Homework from class BB Assignments
1)      Wednesday, January 12, 2005

(Week Two)

 Review Syllabus, Campus Scavenger Hunt, Developed grant writing groups - Carolyn, Julia, Chrislin, Keyana and Vicky, Melanie, Crystal, Denise.  Began discussing ideas for grant projects.  Reviewed previous semester grant. Read Grant Writing Help Book.  Read chapter one in Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions. Read chapter one in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board questions by Thursday and reply to two fellow students posts for each question by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
2)      Wednesday, January 19, 2005

(Week Three)

 Quiz on Grant Writing Help Book; Brief review of Grant Writing Help Book.  Establish roles for Conflictia. Exercise 10 on page 30 in Conflict Resolution.  Brief review of skills on pages 24 to 25 in Conflict Resolution.  Discussion of who would win inn dog versus cat conflict.  Grant group meetings. 1) Problem Statement due in next class.  2) Group rules due as an email attachment by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 3) One page paper on use of skills from pages 24 to 25 in Conflict Resolution.  4) Reread chapter one in Conflict Resolution. Read chapter two in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts for each question by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Answer the group discussion board question by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 
3)      Wednesday, January 26, 2005

(Week Four)

 Role play with Plato, Phineas, and Nyron.  Discussion on chapter one in Conflict Resolution.  Discussion of problem statement and next step - goals and objectives.  Grant group work. Read chapter two in Conflict Resolution.  Goal statements due in two weeks.  Don't forget that notebooks are due next week. Read chapter three in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts for each question by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 
4)      Wednesday, February 2, 2005

 

(Week Five)

Go to Online test based on Jung - Myers-Briggs typology at  the Humanmetrics site at: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp, and take the online test.  Work on group progress report one and next step for grants.

 

 		 1) Write a one page paper on how your personal style might influence work in conflict resolution.  2) Complete exercise one, page 53 in Conflict Resolution. 3) Complete the Communication Skills Inventory on pages 57 to 58 in Conflict Resolution. 4) Goals and Objectives for grant.  5) Redo of Problem Statement. Read chapter four in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board question by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts  by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
5)      Wednesday, February 9, 2005

(Week Six)

 In class exercises with money and puzzle.  Review of chapter two conflict styles.  Began exercise 5, page 55 and will continue that in next class. 1) Read chapter three in Conflict Resolution.  2) Write about the skills used in money and puzzle activities and how they fit into conflict resolution skills; include the skills and resources you did not use.  3) Conflict Resolution exercise 1, page 101. 4) Conflict Resolution exercise 3, page 102. 5) Re-rewrite of problem statement and goals and objectives, if needed; you will get feedback by Feb. 13, 2005). Read chapter five in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts for each question (for a total of four responses) by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.   Answer the group discussion board question by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 
6)  Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Completed exercise 5, page 55. Grant Group meetings with instructors about problem statements and goals and objectives.  Discussed chapter three in Conflict Resolution. 1) Revise problem statement and goals and objectives. 2) Conflict Resolution exercise 2, page 101 3) Conflict Resolution exercise 5, page 102. 4) Conflict Resolution exercise 8, page 103. 1) Read pages 55 to 57 and chapter six in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board question by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 2) Submit group progress report two by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

7)  Wednesday, February 23, 2005

 Conflictia role playing exercise with potential $500,000 grant from  the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 1) Relating to in class Conflictia role play - write a one page or so paper answering the following question:  What skills did you use to come up with a proposal?  Include within the group and between the group. 2) Complete the grant group work plan, using the three steps you identified in your last progress report. 3) Conflict Resolution exercise 7, page 103 4) Conflict Resolution exercise 9, page 103. 5) Conflict Resolution exercise 815, page 104. 1) Read chapter seven in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board question by Wednesday  and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 2)  Answer the group discussion board question by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 
8)  Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Exam on chapters one through three in Conflict Resolution.  Work on Work Plans.
1.  Read chapter four through page 149 in Conflict Resolution.

2.  Exercise 2, page 169 in Conflict Resolution.

3.  Exercise 3, page 170 in Conflict Resolution.

4. Exercise 4, page 170 in Conflict Resolution.

5. Turn in a preliminary budget.
 		 1) Read chapter eight in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board question by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.  2) Submit group progress report three by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
9)  Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Completed Conflictia Role-Playing Exercise.  Group grant work. 1) Read the rest of chapter four in Conflict Resolution.

2) Exercises five through eight, pages 170 to 171 in Conflict Resolution.

3) Exercises eleven and twelve, page 172 in Conflict Resolution.

4) Work on program operation and budget revisions for grants.

 1) Read chapter eight in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board question by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

10)  Wednesday, March 16, 2005

 Hats exercise from Successful Community Leadership;.  Exercise 4.3 in Conflict Resolution.

1) Writing about the HATS exercise (half a page to a page)

2) Answering these questions for  Role-Play 4.3, about the scenario in which they participated. 

 a) Identifying the issue(s) in dispute and the nature of the conflict

 b) What challenges did it pose for the third party?

 c) What strategies would you/did you use to deal with them?

3) Complete exercise 15, page 172 in Conflict Resolution.    

4) Complete exercise 17, page 173 in Conflict Resolution.    

5) Turn in rough draft of program operation and budget revisions.

 		 1) Review chapter eight in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the discussion board question by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.  2) Submit group progress report four by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

11)  Wednesday, March 23, 2005

 Work on grant projects and  meeting with instructor and each group. 1) Revision of Project Operation narrative and Budget.

2) Work Plan.

3) Grant Evaluation narrative.

4) Read chapter five in Conflict Resolution.

5) Complete exercise 1, page 213-214 in Conflict Resolution.

6) Complete exercise 2, page 214 in Conflict Resolution.

7) Complete exercise 3, page 214 in Conflict Resolution.

8) Complete exercise 5, page 214 in Conflict Resolution.

1.  Read chapter nine in Successful Community Leadership.

2. Answer two discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.

3. Respond to four fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

4. Answer a group discussion board question by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.

5.  Respond to two group members for the group discussion board by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

 
12)  Wednesday, April 6, 2005 Work on grant projects and  meeting with instructor and each group. 1) Bring folder to class with all current work on grant (for instructor to keep as a reference).  Work should be typed.

2) Complete exercise 6, page 214 in Conflict Resolution.

3) Complete exercise 7, page 214 in Conflict Resolution.

4) Complete exercise 10, page 215 in Conflict Resolution.

5) Complete exercise 11, page 215 in Conflict Resolution.

1) Read chapter ten in Successful Community Leadership; Answer the two discussion board questions by Wednesday and reply to four fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.  2) Submit group progress report five by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

13) Wednesday, April 13, 2005

 Work on library research assignment, and following discussion. 1) Put together rough draft of grant for next week. 1) Read Appendix 1 in Successful Community Leadership; 2) Answer the two discussion board questions by Wednesday and reply to four fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
14)  Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Meetings with instructor and grant groups to discuss progress. 1) Continue to work on refining grant presentations. 1) Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
15)  Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Review of grants and work on grant project. 1) Continue to work on refining grant presentations. 1) Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday and reply to two fellow students posts by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
16)  Wednesday, May 4, 2005 Grant group presentations. Relax - it's over!