Campus and Student Safety

​The goal of the Session Long Project (SLP) is to develop a policy brief. You will conduct your own research to develop a policy brief that impacts the field of education and compose a specific section of the policy brief for each SLP assignment. This assignment will require a significant amount of time dedicated to locating references and research related to the topic of the policy brief. The components are outlined below:

SLP 1: Title and Executive Summary

SLP 2: Context of Scope of Problem

SLP 3: Policy Alternatives

SLP 4: Policy Recommendations

SLP 5: Reflection

You may find online resources about how to write a policy brief that encourages a shorter page length or different format. The assignment for this course is intended to enhance your ability to conduct research and propose policy action. You will be asked to write a longer brief because each SLP will act as a separate assignment. You will be asked to submit all sections of the policy brief in the final module.

Sample policy briefs can be viewed here on the National Education Policy Center.

Incorporate any feedback from your instructor on SLP 3 and compose a 10-page paper including the following components of the policy brief:

• Title: A strong title that communicates the contents of the brief.
• Executive Summary: Include an overview of the problem, identify the audience for your policy, who will benefit from a policy change, and the initial proposed policy action (1 page)
• Context or Scope of Problem: This section communicates the importance of the problem and aims to convince the reader of the necessity of policy action (3 pages)
• Policy Alternatives: This section discusses the current policy approach and explains proposed options. It should be fair, accurate, and supported by research. Your goal is to convince the reader why the policy action proposed in the brief is the most desirable (3 pages)
• Policy Recommendations: This section contains the most detailed explanation of the concrete steps to be taken to address the policy issue (3 pages)
• Reference List: These should be reliable sources that you have used throughout your brief to guide your policy discussion and recommendations.

 

SLP Assignment Expectations

Your paper will be assessed on the following criteria:

Assignment-driven criteria: Demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment in a substantive way.

Critical thinking/Application to professional practice: Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem and viewpoints. Assumptions of experts are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated thoroughly. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice.

Scholarly writing: Demonstrates mastery and proficiency in scholarly written communication to an appropriately specialized audience.

Quality of references and organization: Demonstrates mastery using relevant and quality sources and uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to support ideas, and convey understanding of the topic and shape the work.

Citing sources: Demonstrates mastery using in-text citations or sources and properly uses APA format including a full reference list.

Timeliness/Professionalism: Demonstrates excellence in taking responsibility for learning, adhering to the course requirement policies and expectations. Assignment submitted on time or collaborated with professor for an approved extension on due date.

Campus and Student Safety

Case Assignment

Your learning objectives:

· Discuss how tort liability informs student and campus safety practices.

· Discuss how in loco parentis informs student and campus safety practices.

· Examine a policy related to student and campus safety and how it is applied at your work site.

Read:

All students read:

Dougherty, J. W. (2004). Torts and liability: An educator’s short guide.  Phi Delta Kappa Fastbacks, (527), 3-45.

In loco parentis (p. 462-464) in: Russo, C. J. (2008).  Encyclopedia of Education Law. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications, Inc.

PK12 Leadership students read:

Part 1 The School Environment – 1. School Safety (p. 3-39) Bosher, W. C., Kaminski, K. R., & Vacca, R. S. (2004).  The School Law Handbook: What Every Leader Needs to Know. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Read p. 101-140 in: Federal Commission on School Safety. (2018, December 18).  Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety . Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/documents/school-safety/school-safety-report.pdf

Higher Education Leadership students read:

The Complexity of Maintaining a Safe Campus in Higher Education (p. 3 – 14) Terrell, M. C., & Jackson, J. F. L. (2007).  Creating and Maintaining Safe College Campuses: A Sourcebook for Evaluating and Enhancing Safety Programs (Vol. 1st ed). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Chapter 2: The Jeanne Clery Act: A Summary of the Law and its Evolution in Higher Education Sloan, J. J., & Fisher, B. (2013).  Campus Crime: Legal, Social, and Policy Perspectives (Vol. 3rd ed). Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas.

Use the readings to write a 3- to 5-page paper that includes the following components:

1. Discuss the intersection between tort liability, in loco parentis, and student/campus safety

2. Explain how the following impacts your day-to-day practice:

a. PK-12 Concentration students: Federal Commission on School Safety

b. Higher Education Concentration students: Jeanne Clery Act

3. What school site, district or campus-based protocols and administrative leadership are required to comply with the policy or recommendations?

a. Why is this important? Explain.

4. How does your own knowledge of the educational law impact your day-to-day practice?

5. What are the challenges to effective implementation (write from a leadership perspective) of law or policy?

Assignment Expectations

Your paper will be assessed on the following criteria:

Your paper should be 3-5 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.

Assignment-driven criteria: Demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment in a substantive way.

Critical thinking/Application to professional practice: Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem and viewpoints. Assumptions of experts are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated thoroughly. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice.

Scholarly writing: Demonstrates mastery and proficiency in scholarly written communication to an appropriately specialized audience.

Quality of references and organization: Demonstrates mastery using relevant and quality sources and uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to support ideas, and convey understanding of the topic and shape the work.

Citing sources: Demonstrates mastery using in-text citations or sources and properly uses APA format including a full reference list.

Timeliness/Professionalism: Demonstrates excellence in taking responsibility for learning; adhering to the course requirement policies and expectations. Assignment submitted on time or collaborated with professor for an approved extension on due date.

Overview

This is the first of three assignments in this course, each of which builds on the previous assignment.

In this assignment, you will investigate a topic in your specialization area you are considering for your dissertation. The focus is to identify sources, concepts, and questions that will help you define your topic more precisely later. In addition, since ethics is so fundamental to the field of psychology, you will make a preliminary assessment of ethical concerns that should be considered in relation to your topic.

As a doctoral learner at Capella, you will need to investigate topics and projects for each course that you take. In addition, you will continue to find a topic in your specialization area for your dissertation. As a practicing doctoral psychologist, you will need to investigate topics in your specialization area for your work. Arriving at a topic that is significant requires finding out what is already known in the field and pursuing your investigation to determine something important that is not yet known. This assignment will give you the opportunity to develop the background knowledge and more sophisticated skills required to carry out this type of investigation. It will help you build a foundation for further research.

To locate useful information, you need to know what you are looking for and understand the questions you need to ask to get you there. This assignment will help you build the skills required to use the library in an effective and efficient manner. You need to know who has studied the topic area that you plan to examine. You have to build on existing knowledge. Investigating the literature means locating summaries, books, and journals on your topic, selectively choosing which literature to include in your review and then summarizing that literature. Your goal in this assignment is to gain a clearer idea of what is already known and not yet known on the topic you selected in your specialization.

Instructions

Begin by reviewing the related activities you have completed this week and last week, including the Choosing Your Specialization reflective activities completed in Week 3 and other topic discussions over the last few weeks. Review the work you have done to learn how to use the Capella library, including both the Library Research and

Information Literacy Skills Links to an external site.

and the search you did in your specialization area in Week 3. To gain a clearer sense of open issues in your topic area—questions that have not been answered—you will need to do a thorough search of the library in your specialization area.

For this assignment:

●      Identify a topic that would be related to your specialization and dissertation interests.

●      Write down key terms that could be used to search for your topic.

●      Use the library specialization area databases to locate literature.

●      Practice using your literature evaluation tool selected in Week 2: SQ3R or SOAR method.

Use the format of an annotated bibliography to summarize the topic investigation you have done. When writing your paper, follow the prompts provided below and include the

bold section headings, centered on the paper, in the document:

●      Title page, formatted according to APA formatting.

○ Include pertinent identifying information such as the name of your project, your name, the course number and name, instructor name, and date. Refer to the following resource from APA Style:

■ Week 4: APA Title Setup ■ Links to an external site.

■ .

●      Heading: Professional Interest.

○      Explain how this topic relates to your specialization interest, along with stating a clear and concise research question that frames your inquiry.

●      Heading: Potential Ethical Concerns.

○      Assess and identify the potential for ethical concerns that may be applicable to your research topic and investigation. What safeguards might you put in place to address those ethical issues? Consider the principles of conducting ethically sound research as advanced by your professional organization’s ethical codes:

■ Fidelity.

■ Autonomy.

■ Beneficence.

■ Maleficence.

■ Justice.

○ What in your research topic and process is impacted by this list of principles?

●      Heading: Key Words:

○      List the four key words you used for the searches you conducted in the scholarly databases.

●      Heading: Databases:

○      Describe a minimum of two scholarly databases you searched and evaluate their differences. Evaluating the differences between databases helps to identify their strengths and limitations. So, in this section clearly and succinctly evaluate the databases you used and whether the database provided the results you were looking for.

●      Heading: Criteria:

○      List and explain the criteria you used to evaluate the reliability, validity, and credibility of the articles you selected, such as:

■ The article was published in the last 5–7 years.

■ The article included a literature review, methodology, and results.

■ The article was peer-reviewed. Remember there are different genres of articles found in peer-reviewed journals. Be sure to accurately assess the relative value of the article based on the type of article.

●      Heading: Sources:

○      Note: This section will be a summative, annotated bibliography. Annotated bibliographies do not appear in research articles or doctoral dissertations, but they are recommended as a valuable tool for keeping track of the content of resources as you research and build a literature review.

○ Summarize at least five scholarly sources that address a specific topic within a psychology specialization in an annotated bibliography that includes:

■ The APA reference entry citation for each article.

■ For example: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., &

Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. If available, include DOI information. If the citation is from the Internet, include the URL from where it was retrieved. These annotated summaries need not appear in author alphabetical order in this segment of the paper. The reference information for these articles will also appear in the separate References page where they must appear in alphabetical order by author last name.

■ A precise summary of each article, including information useful in supporting the discussion in a research paper, clarifying the unique contribution of each source.

● Heading: References.

○ Include a separate reference page with all the references in alphabetical order. These reference entries will be the same APA citation information and format that appeared in the annotated bibliography segment of the assignment. Note: In this section, create a conventional reference page, which is an alphabetical listing of all citations in APA format.

For more details on formatting an annotated bibliography, review the Annotated

Bibliography

Links to an external site.

presentation. You may use the Annotated Bibliography Template [DOCX] to complete this assignment.

Additional Requirements

Your assignment should meet the following requirements:

●               Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

●               APA formatting: Format resources and citations according to APA style and format guidelines. Visit Academic Writer ● Links to an external site.

●               , the APA manual, or other scholarly writing sources for assistance with APA.

●               Number of resources: Use a minimum of five scholarly resources.

●               Length of paper: Write 4–5 typed, double-spaced pages, not including title or references pages. Example: The body length of your paper is five full pages, so the total length of the document will be seven pages (including a separate cover page and formal references page). Double-space the entire document, including references, which appear on a separate page. ● Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12 point.

Review the Research Topic Investigation Scoring for more information on how you will be assessed.

Submit your assignment as a Microsoft Word attachment in the assignment area.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the

following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

●      Competency 1: Apply advanced critical thinking skills.

○      Annotate five scholarly sources addressing a specific topic in your specialization of interest.

●      Competency 2: Apply research processes and standards and the technical skills of a researcher in the field of psychology.

○      Identify four key words relevant to a specified topic area to search for information in scholarly databases.

○ Evaluate two scholarly databases appropriate to research a specified topic in your specialization of interest.

●      Competency 3: Analyze and apply professional ethical standards in psychological research and practice.

○      Assess potential ethical concerns related to research.

○ Explain criteria used to evaluate reliability, validity, and credibility of resources.

●      Competency 4: Develop a professional identity as a doctoral-level psychologist.

○      Explain how a selected credible research topic relates to your specialization of interest.

●      Competency 5: Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

○      Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.

○ Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Literature Review & Evidence Matrix Assignment

For this assignment, you will prepare a 3 to 4-page review of the literature pertinent to a selected problem for healthcare research and use that review to propose a methodology to address the problem.

A. Conduct a search of the literature relevant to the problem/topic. Identify a minimum of 4 references, most of which are randomized clinical trials. Only one opinion article may be included.

B. Read the peer-reviewed articles with the focus of preparing a document that will compare and contrast the information in the articles you found. Copies of the articles used must be submitted with the final paper.

C. The reader of your literature review should be able to clearly identify the gaps in the knowledge in the problem area, as well as the purpose of the study you are proposing. The number of pages in this assignment should be no longer than 4 pages. You should be able to write enough to create an effective argument, but not so much that the result looks padded.

D. Prepare an Evidence Matrix using the template. View the evidence matrix template.

Submission Instructions:

• The introduction is original work and logically organized.

• The paper is 3-4 pages in length and follows current APA format including citation of references.

• Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

• Journal articles and books should be referenced according to the current APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).

1. Permanence (persistence) and uniqueness are the basis of fingerprint identification. For this week’s discussion, read the article “Nature Never Repeats Itself.” By McRobert In your original post, indicate how this statement relates to fingerprint identification and whether you believe this to be true, or not.

2.Discuss some techniques to develop latent prints and when you would use that technique  3. Read all of the articles regarding Bryan Rose.  Articulate the various topics and challenges brought up as a result of this case.  Why did fingerprints become controversial in this case.  How did it get resolved?  Do you agree with the outcome? 4.Are latent print comparisons an art or a science?  Why?

This assignment invites you to synthesize the insights gained throughout the course while exploring the practical applications of Agile methodology within an organization (i.e., beyond the confines of IT).

The assignment is in two distinct parts. Be sure to include both parts in your paper and separate each part with an appropriate heading.

Part 1

First, you will write a five- to six-page paper that does the following:

Begins with a clear introduction to Agile methodology. Provide a brief explanation of what Agile entails and outline its essential principles. Describes the organization in which you will apply Agile methodology, detailing its current workflow or project management practices. Identify any specific challenges your organization faces that Agile methodologies could help address. (You can be creative here. The organization you describe does not have to be a real one.) Outlines specific steps and strategies you would recommend for implementing Agile practices in the organization. Consider various aspects, including team structures, roles, tools, and processes that could facilitate this transition. Discusses how Agile can be integrated into the organization’s daily operations. Provide concrete examples illustrating how you envision incorporating Agile practices within the organization’s existing workflow. Summarizes the benefits of adopting Agile methodology. Reflect on how Agile can transform the organizational culture of your chosen organization and enhance overall efficiency. Reflect on how you can initiate Agile transformations in an organization. Think of the challenges of the teams, management, and the business. Explain how biblical principles can help with the transformations (be specific, and support your thoughts with Scripture). Discuss whether Agile is the right answer for the different departments.

First assignment : . ACTIVITY: Poverty and Making ends meet ( 60 minutes) Due Sunday by 11:59pm Points 6 Submitting a file upload Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to help you understand the real-world implications of poverty and how families cope with limited financial resources. By participating in a budgeting simulation, you will experience the difficult decisions individuals must make when managing a household with limited income. Additionally, you will reflect on the coping strategies employed by children and families living in poverty, as discussed in the readings and videos. Prerequisite: 1. READ: Income and Wealth Tasks: 1. Budgeting for One Month: Go to PlaySpentLinks her is the link https://playspent.org/to an external site. on your phone or computer. Once you are on the page, click on “Continue to Spent”. Click on “Prove it, Accept the Challenge”. Select a job based on your last name: A-H: Choose the Warehouse Second Shift option. I-P: Choose the Admin Office Temp option. Q-Z: Choose the Restaurant Worker option. Complete the simulation by making choices for one month, trying to stay within the budget provided. Make difficult decisions about how to spend your money and manage your resources. Once you finish the simulation (either by running out of money or making it through the entire month), take a screenshot of the final page. This is your proof of completion. Upload the screenshot to Canvas as part of your reflection below to receive credit for this portion of the activity. 2. Response: After completing the budgeting activity, develop a paragraph for each of the following prompts. Make sure to refer to the readings and videos for this week by providing examples and citing. Paragraph 1 (6-8 sentences): Budgeting Decisions How did you make decisions in the budget activity? What was the most difficult decision you faced, and why did you make the choices you did? How do your decisions in the budgeting activity reflect the broader structural inequalities (e.g., class, race, gender) that affect low-income families? Did you encounter any situations in the activity where these inequalities were apparent? Paragraph 2 (6 to 8 sentences): Coping Strategies What strategies do children and families use to cope with their situation? How do these coping strategies help families navigate difficult financial circumstances? From an intersectional perspective, how might these coping strategies differ for families from various racial, ethnic, or gender backgrounds? What additional challenges might marginalized groups face when employing these strategies? Each paragraph must: Include a thesis/introductory sentence that sets up the key ideas you will discuss. Provide examples from the budgeting activity, the readings, and videos to support your points. End with a concluding sentence that wraps up your thoughts on the topic. Include 1 in-text citation in APA format. This can be from the assigned reading/videos, or an outside source. At least one citation is required for each paragraph). Note: Your writing should be clear, concise, and academic in tone. Submission Format: Please type your assignment in a word processing software. Please make sure to save it as Word document (e.g., .doc or .docx) or as a PDF (e.g., .pdf). Make sure to include a screenshot of the game ending as an image in your document. Time Frame: The budget activity can take 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The videos and readings will take about 1.5 to 2 hours: 1. READ: Income and Wealth Writing your response may take between 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on how long it takes you to organize your thoughts and write your paragraphs. Criteria for Success: This assignment is worth 6 points, awarded as follows: 3 points for clearly describing the decision-making process you used during the budgeting activity, including examples of your choices and reflecting on the difficulties faced. 3 points for identifying and discussing coping strategies employed by families in the readings and videos, demonstrating an understanding of how these strategies help families survive in challenging financial circumstances.

First assignment : . ACTIVITY: Poverty and Making ends meet ( 60 minutes) Due Sunday by 11:59pm Points 6 Submitting a file upload Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to help you understand the real-world implications of poverty and how families cope with limited financial resources. By participating in a budgeting simulation, you will experience the difficult decisions individuals must make when managing a household with limited income. Additionally, you will reflect on the coping strategies employed by children and families living in poverty, as discussed in the readings and videos. Prerequisite: 1. READ: Income and Wealth Tasks: 1. Budgeting for One Month: Go to PlaySpentLinks her is the link https://playspent.org/to an external site. on your phone or computer. Once you are on the page, click on “Continue to Spent”. Click on “Prove it, Accept the Challenge”. Select a job based on your last name: A-H: Choose the Warehouse Second Shift option. I-P: Choose the Admin Office Temp option. Q-Z: Choose the Restaurant Worker option. Complete the simulation by making choices for one month, trying to stay within the budget provided. Make difficult decisions about how to spend your money and manage your resources. Once you finish the simulation (either by running out of money or making it through the entire month), take a screenshot of the final page. This is your proof of completion. Upload the screenshot to Canvas as part of your reflection below to receive credit for this portion of the activity. 2. Response: After completing the budgeting activity, develop a paragraph for each of the following prompts. Make sure to refer to the readings and videos for this week by providing examples and citing. Paragraph 1 (6-8 sentences): Budgeting Decisions How did you make decisions in the budget activity? What was the most difficult decision you faced, and why did you make the choices you did? How do your decisions in the budgeting activity reflect the broader structural inequalities (e.g., class, race, gender) that affect low-income families? Did you encounter any situations in the activity where these inequalities were apparent? Paragraph 2 (6 to 8 sentences): Coping Strategies What strategies do children and families use to cope with their situation? How do these coping strategies help families navigate difficult financial circumstances? From an intersectional perspective, how might these coping strategies differ for families from various racial, ethnic, or gender backgrounds? What additional challenges might marginalized groups face when employing these strategies? Each paragraph must: Include a thesis/introductory sentence that sets up the key ideas you will discuss. Provide examples from the budgeting activity, the readings, and videos to support your points. End with a concluding sentence that wraps up your thoughts on the topic. Include 1 in-text citation in APA format. This can be from the assigned reading/videos, or an outside source. At least one citation is required for each paragraph). Note: Your writing should be clear, concise, and academic in tone. Submission Format: Please type your assignment in a word processing software. Please make sure to save it as Word document (e.g., .doc or .docx) or as a PDF (e.g., .pdf). Make sure to include a screenshot of the game ending as an image in your document. Time Frame: The budget activity can take 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The videos and readings will take about 1.5 to 2 hours: 1. READ: Income and Wealth Writing your response may take between 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on how long it takes you to organize your thoughts and write your paragraphs. Criteria for Success: This assignment is worth 6 points, awarded as follows: 3 points for clearly describing the decision-making process you used during the budgeting activity, including examples of your choices and reflecting on the difficulties faced. 3 points for identifying and discussing coping strategies employed by families in the readings and videos, demonstrating an understanding of how these strategies help families survive in challenging financial circumstances.

Module 3 Discussion: Giselle Viera

For this assignment, you will prepare a 3 to 4-page review of the literature pertinent to a selected problem for healthcare research and use that review to propose a methodology to address the problem.

A. Conduct a search of the literature relevant to the problem/topic. Identify a minimum of 4 references, most of which are randomized clinical trials. Only one opinion article may be included. B. Read the peer-reviewed articles with the focus of preparing a document that will compare and contrast the information in the articles you found. Copies of the articles used must be submitted with the final paper. C. The reader of your literature review should be able to clearly identify the gaps in the knowledge in the problem area, as well as the purpose of the study you are proposing. The number of pages in this assignment should be no longer than 4 pages. You should be able to write enough to create an effective argument, but not so much that the result looks padded. D. Prepare an Evidence Matrix using the template. View the evidence matrix template.

Submission Instructions:

• The introduction is original work and logically organized.
• The paper is 3-4 pages in length and follows current APA format including citation of references.
• Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
• Journal articles and books should be referenced according to the current APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).
• Your submission will be reviewed for plagiarism with Turnitin.
• Complete and submit the assignment by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday.
• Late work policies, expectations regarding proper citations, acceptable means of responding to peer feedback, and other expectations are at the discretion of the instructor.
• You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.

o prepare:

• Review the Learning Resources for Weeks 1–2 related to patient care quality, safety, and health equity.

The Assignment (2–3 pages)Analyze, synthesize, and apply evidence from the literature and course materials to develop a scholarly response to the following criteria:

• Select and deconstruct a selected nursing sensitive indicator on the quality of nursing care delivered to patients.
  • Define the selected nurse sensitive indicator and relevance to nursing practice.
  • Explain if this indicator is a structural, process, or outcomes indicator.
• Describe the relationship between the selected nursing sensitive indicator, evidence-based practice, and health equity.
• Analyze the literature to describe the potential impact of this nursing sensitive indicator on the cost of care to patients and the healthcare system.
• Describe the role of the DNP nurse in promoting quality driven nursing care.