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Policy Practice PowerPoint Presentation

The purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to learn about the process of how proposed legislation becomes a law and the political forces involved. You will also have the opportunity to engage in policy practice by persuading your classmates to take action on behalf of the bill.

1. Identify a bill or amendment (no resolutions) that advances social well-being and is being considered by your state legislature . (I LIVE IN NEW YORK!) You may want to identify more than one bill in case your first choice is killed early. You may want to choose a state bill that is related to your comprehensive assignment (paper). Presentations submitted on federal legislation will receive a 0 for the assignment.

2. Interview at least one person who is committed to the bill (a stakeholder). This may be the bill’s sponsor, a committee staff person, an aide to the legislator, a lobbyist, a state agency bureaucrat, a beneficiary of the bill, a community or state leader, etc. NOTE: Do not just email a list of the questions to someone and expect her/him to respond. Interview a real person, either face-to-face, Skype, or on the telephone. Failure to complete the interview will result in a 0 for the assignment. In addition to referring to and correctly citing the interview, you will provide the instructor a report indicating your bill choice and stakeholder. (see below)

For this portion, please include the name of the stakeholder, their e-mail, contact number, etc. for the instructor to believe the interview took place in New York.

3. Use a variety of source-types such as academic research articles, news articles, interviews with stakeholders, government reports, etc.

4. Create a PowerPoint presentation that discusses the issue below (no more than 10 slides) with a short, audio discussion accompanying each slide. You may use the following bullet points in your presentation, but please also refer to the grading rubric for this assignment. The presentation should last no more than 10 minutes. Upload your presentation to your Moodle course page and the Social Forum so that it can be viewed by the class. Include this information:

a. Basic description of bill and its purpose (what problem does it address?)

b. What cultural values underpin the bill (family, work, self-reliance, etc.) and how the problem is understood?

c. Who is affected, directly and indirectly? In what way(s) will the bill affect social justice, oppression and discrimination issues?

d. Political pressure for/against the bill.

e. Role of service recipients in the development and/or passage of the bill.

f. Costs of implementation, who will implement, and timeframe

g. Analysis of the policy’s development (see rubric)

h. Note: The final step of this assignment is to engage your classmates in supporting your bill, much as you would in actual policy practice. You may be as creative as you like. Consider asking them to identify their legislators, write a letter to the editor of a newspaper, create a petition on change.org, create a talking point on the signature to their email, etc.

Tips for Creating Good PowerPoints

· Keep it simple.

· Use plenty of white space

· Use text minimally. Follow “general rule” of no more than 6 lines of text, with no more than 6 words per line (this is approximate, not exact)

· Make it visually engaging by using graphics, but don’t overdo it by making it too “busy.”

· Use the same font on each slide

· Use animations sparingly

· To learn how to set up a PowerPoint presentation using APA 6th edition formatting, click here.

· To learn how to narrate a PPT file, click here .

***** The last slide of the power point should be REFERENCES in APA format.***

PowerPoint Policy Presentation

Topic and Stakeholder Report

Name:

Date submitted:

State Bill Name/Number:

State Legislature Link to Bill:

Name of Stakeholder:

Stakeholder’s Email Address:

Date of Interview:

Describe the Stakeholder’s role in relation to the bill:

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Grading Rubric: Comprehensive Policy Analysis

SW 401 – Comprehensive Policy Analysis	%	Excellent (4)	Competent (3)	Developing (2)	Insufficient (1)	Points
Identifies social problem, possible causes and interventions to address the problem in society.	20	Excellent ability to describe social problem, multiple problems, interventions and impact on society.	Adequate identification of social problem, causes and interventions in society.	Limited reference to social problem, causes or interventions in society.	No reference to social problem, causes or interventions to address problem in society.
Analyzes and formulates policies at various levels that impact well-being and service delivery. Analyzes contexts in which policy emerged and main dimensions of the policy. (Comp. 5 S)	40	Demonstrates excellent ability to analyze social policy, its impact, contexts, dimensions of the policy and societal impact.	Adequate discussion of policy analysis, impact, contexts and dimensions.	Minimal discussion of policy analysis, impact, contexts and dimensions.	Analysis of policy did not include impact, contexts and main dimensions.
Analyzes effect of policy on racial/ethnic groups-advancement of human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice. (Comp. 5 CAP)	15	Provides excellent commentary on policy’s effect on minority groups and/or the advancement of human rights/ justice issues, including historical context.	Adequate discussion of effect of policy on racial/ethnic groups or advancement of human rights/ justice issues.	Minimal discussion of effect of policy on racial/ethnic groups or the advancement of human rights/ justice issues.	Did not address effect of policy on racial/ethnic groups or the advancement of human rights/ justice issues.
Proper use of source material and APA style of referencing.	15	Identifies and appraises multiple sources of knowledge regarding social policy. Demonstrates competency in APA style.	Sources for assignment were adequate and few errors in APA referencing.	Used minimal resources for assignment and incorrect use of APA style.	Use inappropriate sources for assignment and incorrect use of APA.
Correct use of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuation.	10	Good flow of information with no errors noted that affect an approximation to professional writing.	Mechanical errors are distraction, but do not confuse understanding.	Mechanical errors hinder the connection of ideas.	Many mechanical errors in paper, poor flow of information.