5-2 Activity: Candidate Interview pad 631

PAD 631 Module Fi ve Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: This assignment will help you in identifying and understanding how a vision is put into practice from a public policy perspective.

Prompt: The news director for your television station has given you an assignment to interview the rising senatorial candidate for your state. This candidate has a vision for a new America and has used this vision h eavily on the campaign trail. Using the information from the textbook and resources for this module, develop a list of questions that you would ask the candidate during the interview. Provide a rationale for why you selected these questions.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Develop a list of questions that relate to the candidate’s vision. II. Provide a rationale for the selection of these questions.

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Questions Meets “Proficient” criteria and creates complex questions that are rich in detail

Develops a list of questions that relate to the candidate’s vision

Develops a list of questions that relate to the candidate’s vision, but is vague and/or missing details

Does not develop a list of questions that relate to the candidate’s vision

40

Rationale Meets “Proficient” criteria and utilizes scholarly sources as support

Provides a rationale for the selection of the questions

Provides a rationale for the selection of the questions, but is vague and/or missing details

Does not provide a rationale for the selection of the questions

50

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to- read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%