Community Agency Observation

This project will continue until the end of the course, where the cumulative project is submitted in Module 5.

Develop a Community Agency Observation project that would be of approximately ten hours duration in total at a community organization in your town or city. The community agency observation projects can be individualized and must be approved by the instructor. For example, you could observe international agencies or churches in your community that have English as a Second Language (ESL) programs.

Make sure that you choose an organization where you will be able to:

Assess the multicultural organizational development of the institution.
Summarize a few critical incidents during which multicultural aspects were addressed (directly and indirectly).
Examine the influence of diversity on human services delivery issues, such as problem identification, symptom expression, and help-seeking behavior.
Analyze how those critical incidents affected your cultural self-awareness and professional relationship, specific to the provision of culturally competent services.
Apply a multicultural and interdisciplinary approach to generate a proposal on what the organization can do to improve its service delivery in a population from diverse cultural or ethnic backgrounds.
For each observation visit in Modules 3, 4, and 5, you must complete a copy of the weekly self-reflection and process worksheet. Remember to write clearly and check spelling and grammar because these sheets will be included in your final product. Click here to access the template.
Tasks:

Develop a 3- to 4-page Community Agency Observation proposal that includes the following:

The type of agency you would be observing.
The reason this type of agency is important to your field.
An explanation of 2–3 professional goals that you hope to reach through this observation. Make sure that your goals are SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely.
Template:
Directions:

For each week of service, you must complete a copy of this worksheet. Remember to write clearly, and check spelling and grammar, as these sheets will be included in your final product.

 
Name:
 
 
 
 
 
Last
 
First
 
 
 
 
 
Instructor Name:
 
 
 
 
 
Last
 
First
 
 
 
 
 
Placement of Service: Elementary School
 
 
 
 
 
Name of organization: Callaway Elementary School
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Address of organization
 
City, State, Zip Atlanta Ga
 
 
 
 
 
Site Supervisor:
 
 
 
 
 
Last name
First
Phone number
 
 
 
 
 
 
Module:
 
Start Date
Please use:
mm/dd/yr format
End Date
Please use:
mm/dd/yr format
 
 
 
 
Directions: Using academic writing standards (i.e., proper grammar and complete sentences), complete the following table:
 
Summarize the week’s service; highlight specific situations that you have encountered.
 
 
 
 
 
Explain what you learned about the human service field in general.
 
 
 
 
Explain what you learned about the organization regarding multiculturalism.
 
 
 
 
Explain how this week affected your cultural self-awareness and professional relationship, specific to the provision of culturally competent services.
 
 
 
Any additional comments or notes.