Module 5 for Jane

Community Agency Observation

In this assignment, you will turn in your final project documents, analysis, and evaluation of your community agency observation.

Tasks:

Create a report by compiling and reviewing all your documents and research related to the project. Your final submission should include the following:

Analysis and Assessment:

In an 8- to 10-page report, complete the following:

1. Describe the organization in which the service learning took place, including its policies, procedures, and services. In the description, include the following: 
   1. The organization's community: 
      • What services do they provide?
      • Who uses the services?
   2. The organization's location: 
      • How accessible is your agency?
      • Must they walk or take public transportation?
      • Must they cross ethnic, racial, class, or gang boundaries? For example, low-income women of color may be hesitant to visit an agency located at a university in an affluent, predominantly white setting.
   3. The organization's décor: 
      • Is the décor, including the waiting area or reading materials, culturally responsive to diverse populations?
   4. The organization's staff composition: 
      • What is the ethnic, racial, or class background of the staff?
      • Does the staff seem culturally aware and responsive?
2. Assess the multicultural organizational development of the institution where the service learning took place. Make sure that you describe: 
   1. The mission statement and programs: Does the agency reflect a commitment to diversity? Is this commitment exemplified by its programs?
3. Summarize a few critical incidents when multicultural aspects were addressed (directly or indirectly).
4. Explain how the activities and staff demonstrated multicultural sensitivity when identifying problems and responding to symptoms and help-seeking behaviors.
5. Analyze how those critical incidents affected your cultural self-awareness and professional relationship, specific to the provision of culturally competent services.
6. Apply a multicultural and interdisciplinary approach to generate a proposal for what the organization can do to improve its sensitivity to multicultural issues.

Contribution and Reflection:

In a 1- to 2-page report, complete the following:

• Summarize the leader's review of your contribution to the organization.
• Explain how you felt that you contributed to the organization. This means expanding on the leader's review by providing supporting evidence.

Appendix:

Include the following documents as individual appendices.

• Service learning weekly self-reflection process worksheets (one for each module after the proposal)
• Leader's 1-page review

Submission Details:

• By the due date assigned, save your report as M5_A2_lastname_firstinitial.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area