SWK 115 Spring 2008

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 Spring 2008 Syllabus

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Common Grant Application

This is a hybrid class that meets once a week, on Wednesdays from 11:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. and requires a minimum of two hours a week online and/or community work.

Textbooks:

Barsky, A. E. (2007) Conflict resolution for the helping professions, 2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.  

Tropman, J.E. (1997) Successful community leadership: A skills guide for volunteers and professionals, Washington, D.C.:  New York: NASW Press.

Class One: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Libbie McPhaul-Moore.  Syllabus review.  Group exercise with puzzle. Discussion of grant project process.  Grant group meetings. 

1) Read chapter one in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer two discussion board questions by Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to two students for each question (for a total of four responses) by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Read chapter one in Conflict resolution for the helping professions. 5) For next week (due in class two), complete the following homework assignments from Conflict resolution for the helping professions: Complete exercises 4, 10 and 11, pages 32-33
Class Two:  Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Dr. Karen Bowen grant writing presentation.  1) Read chapter two in Successful community leadership. 2)Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to four fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Submit Homework (exercises 4, 10 and 11, pages 32-33 in Conflict resolution for the helping professions) in class on Wednesday.  5) Read chapter 2 in Conflict resolution. 6) Due the following week: Complete exercises 1, 2 (except class part), and 3, pages 58 to 59, (due for next class time – Wednesday, January 30, 2008). 
Class Three:  Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Discussion of chapter one in Conflict resolution.  Role play exercise and dog/cat exercise.

1 )Read chapter three in Successful community leadership 2) Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to four fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Submit Homework (exercises 1, 2 (except class part), and 3, pages 58 to 59 in Conflict resolution for the helping professions) in class on Wednesday. 4) Due the following week: Complete exercises 4, 5, 7 and 8, pages 59 to 61 in Conflict resolution for the helping professions (due for next class time – Wednesday, February 6, 2008).
Class Four:  Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Review common grant application.  Discussion of suggested time line for grant proposal.   Review of chapter two in Conflict resolution for the helping professions.  Chapter two worksheet.  Cartoon activity.  Phoebe and Jacob cookie sharing activity.

1) Read chapter four in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to four fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4)  Submit Homework (Complete exercises 4, 5, 7 and 8, pages 59 to 61 in Conflict resolution for the helping professions). 5) Submit your Community Resources Notebook in class. 6) Due for the following class: Complete exercises 11 and 12, page 61 and the communications skill inventory on page 62 in Conflict resolution for the helping professions (due for next class time – Wednesday, February 13, 2008).
Class Five:  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Exercises 6, 9, 10 from chapter two in Conflict resolution for the helping professions.  Beginning review of chapter three and exercise.

1) Read chapter five in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to four fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4)  Submit Homework (Complete exercises 11 and 12, page 61 and the communications skill inventory on page 62 in Conflict resolution for the helping professions). 5) Read chapter three in Conflict resolution for the helping professions.
Class Six:  Wednesday, February 20, 2008   Interest-based negotiation in your groups. Matching exercise. Grant group interest-based negotiation exercise.

1) Read chapter six in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer the discussion board question by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to two of your fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Read chapter three in Conflict resolution for the helping professions. 5) Due in the next class (February 27, 2008):  Complete exercises 1,2 and 3, pages 104-105
Class Seven:  Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Finish grant group interest-based negotiation exercise. Continuation of exercise and chapter three review. Role play for exercise 3.2, p. 109.

1) Read chapter seven in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer two discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to two of your fellow students for each question, for a total of four responses, by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Submit exercises 1,2 and 3, pages 104-105 in class, from the Conflict resolution book. 5) Complete exercises 4, 5, 6 and 7, pages 105 to 106, from the Conflict resolution book (due for next class time, March 5, 2008)
Class Eight:  Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Finish role play for exercise 3.2, p. 109, with transformative mediation. Hat exercise.

1) Read chapter eight in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer a discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to two of your fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Submit your community resources notebook in class. 5) Submit exercises 4, 5, 6 and 7, pages 105 to 106 in class, from the Conflict resolution book. 6) Complete exercises 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14,  pages 106 to 107, from the Conflict resolution book (due for next class time, March 12, 2008)
Class Nine:  Wednesday,  March 12, 2008 Job fair activity and discussion.  Grant group work. 1) ReRead chapter eight in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer the two discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to four of your fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Submit exercises 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14, pages 106 to 107 in class, from the Conflict resolution book. 5) Submit hat exercise sheet. 6) Complete exercises 15, 18, 19, 20, pages 106-108, from the Conflict resolution book (due for next class time, March 26, 2008).  Enjoy your Spring break!
Class Ten:  Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Activity for chapter nine in Successful community leadership ) Review chapter eight in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer the discussion board questions by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to two of your fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m.4) Read chapter four in Conflict resolution. 5)  Submit exercises 15, 18, 19, 20, pages 106-108, from the Conflict resolution book in class. 6) Submit exercises 1 and 2, page 161, for next class time (April 2, 2008).
Class Eleven:  Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Finish Activity for chapter nine in Successful community leadership.    Review part of chapter four in Conflict resolution and complete role play exercise. 

1) Read chapter nine in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer a discussion board question by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to each other by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Read chapter four in Conflict resolution. 5) Submit exercises 1 and 2, page 161,  in class on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. 6) For next week, complete exercises 3, 5, 6 , 7 and 8,  pages 162 to 163 (to be submitted in class next week, April 9, 2008). 7) Reminder: Resource notebooks are due next week in class. Added homework: Worksheet on different forms of mediation from chapter four.
Class Twelve:  Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Complete role play exercise.  Review Worksheet.   Discussion of grant project with some specific guidelines.

 

 1) Read chapter ten in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer a discussion board question by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Respond to each other by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Submit your community resources notebook in class.  5) submit exercises 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, pages 162 to 163. 6) For next class, read chapter six in Conflict resolution.7) For next class, complete exercises 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17, pages 163-165. (due April 16, 2008).
Class Thirteen:  Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Grant process guidelines. Grant group work.  Exercise 15, p. 163 and exercise 18, page 165.

1) Answer the question on the discussion board by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 2) Reply to two of your fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Read chapter six in Conflict resolution. 4) Submit exercises 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17, pages 163-165.  5) For next class, complete exercises 2 and 3, pages 236-237 (due April 23, 2008).
Class Fourteen:  Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Review of Grant Evaluation.  Review  reframing.  Library Assignment. 1) Read Appendix 1 in Successful community leadership. 2) Answer the  two questions on the discussion board, by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Note:  You will not be able to do one of the discussion board questions until after the class meeting. 3) Respond to four fellow students (two for each question) by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Submit exercises 2 and 3, pages 236-237.  5) For next class, Complete exercises 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10, pages 237-238 (due April 30, 2008). 
Class Fifteen:  Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Brief review of grant presentation process.  Exercise 11, pages 238-239, modified. 1) Read Appendix 2 in Successful community leadership.  2) Answer the question on the discussion board by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Reply to two of your fellow students by Sunday at 8:00 p.m. 4) Submit your community resources notebook in class.  5) Submit exercises 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10, pages 237-238. 6) Submit your written grant project.
Class Sixteen:  Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Grant Presentations 1) Answer the question on the discussion board by Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Reply to two of your fellow students by Saturday at 8:00 p.m. 3) Submit your evaluation of the other groups grant, in class on Wednesday.