NRS 490 Week 1 Assignment: Professional Capstone and Practicum Documentation

NRS 490 Week 1 Assignment: Professional Capstone and Practicum Documentation

(NRS 490 Week 1 Assignment)

The Professional Capstone and Practicum course requires students to select a course mentor. This mentor is not a preceptor, but an individual who will guide students as they work to complete the practice immersion hour requirements for this course. Students are not … to “shadow” their mentor.

The course mentor should … someone who can provide professional development knowledge and guidance and who possesses a genuine interest in working with students to further their academic goals.

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Selection, approval, and retention of a course mentor must … completed as soon as possible at the start of this course, as this individual will be working with the student on each assignment that incorporates practice immersion hours. Working with a course mentor is mandatory.

Once a course mentor has agreed to serve in the role, you must complete and submit the following … documentation so that practice experiences can begin in a timely manner:

1. Field Experience Site Information Form
2. Qualified Mentor/Preceptor Summary Form
3. Mentor’s license, certification, and resume/curriculum vitae

The student is responsible for obtaining all signatures for the paperwork submission. Course faculty will approve all sites and mentors according to student learning needs and specific course objectives.

Do not initiate new work on practice-immersion-hour-based course assignments until your course instructor has approved your course mentor.

Once a course mentor is … contact the mentor within 1 week of receiving the approval notification. Students are encouraged to make an appointment … review the NRS-490 course objectives and the Individual Success Plan (ISP).

For more specific information on the course … Section Three of the Guidelines for Undergraduate Field Experiences resource.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;

Professional Capstone and Practicum Documentation

Introduction

This course is intended for students pursuing an M.S. degree in Information Technology (IT) with a focus on the professional capstone and practicum projects. The course covers all aspects of project management including evaluating risks, developing a timeline, and executing the project. Students will learn how to build solutions using open source software, create processes that meet standards as well as utilize best practices in order to ensure success throughout every step of their research project whether they are working alone or in a team environment;

Course Description

The course description:

• Objectives: To provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices used in the development of professional capstones and practicums.

• Prerequisites: None.

Format: Lecture, discussion section, individual exercises/discussions that are graded by the instructor. Students will be required to submit an assignment at least twice a week throughout the semester (see schedule below). The final project will be due at the end of each quarter as well as any supplemental papers that may be required for certification purposes if you’re pursuing it after graduation (i.e., if you’re working towards becoming an education specialist).

Resources: Required textbooks include “Teaching Professional Capstone Projects” by Kelly Whitaker and Grace Bischoff; additional readings can include articles from journals or other sources listed here under “Resources.”

Week 1: Project Overview and Deliverables

The project overview and deliverables section is a good place to start. This section should include the following:

• A description of the project scope, including its goals, timeline and budget constraints.

• A list of all deliverables (i.e., work products) that were completed during this coursework experience and how they relate to their individual projects within the capstone coursework assignment (e.g., “My final presentation”). In addition, you may also want to provide a sneak peek into what kind of things you could expect from future classes in this program or other similar programs offered by your university or institution; this will help prospective employers understand why they should consider hiring someone with your skillset when it comes time for them job hunting!

Week 2: Professional Capstone and Practicum Discussion

• Project Overview

• Project Proposal and Presentation

• Professional Capstone and Practicum Discussion

• Future Trends in Technology

Week 2: Review of the Literature

The purpose of this review is to:

• Summarize the findings from your reading.

• Provide context for your own research, including any relevant literature you may have not yet reviewed.

What are you trying to accomplish? You want to be able to answer the following questions:

• What is the main point I am trying to get across?

• How will I go about it? (e.g., by using different formats)

Week 3: Future Trends in Technology Paper

During your final week, you will write a paper that discusses the future of technology. The paper should be at least 5 pages long and in a standard academic format. It should be peer reviewed by at least one other student and submitted to the instructor by Friday at noon.

Week 4: Professional Capstone and Practicum Discussion

The capstone project is the culmination of your work, and you will have one final opportunity to present it. This is a very important step in your professional development. Presenting something that was essentially yours for the taking (and more importantly, taking time) can be rewarding in its own right, but it also gives you an opportunity to reflect on what this experience has taught you about yourself as a student.

You should also consider how best to engage stakeholders and build consensus around your project’s goals and objectives. You may encounter some resistance or skepticism from stakeholders who don’t necessarily share all of your ideas but don’t let these challenges stand in the way! A good leader knows when she needs help solving problems; if she can’t find a solution herself, she’ll ask someone else for advice or even just share her idea with them directly so they know where she stands on certain issues related to their work as well (and vice versa).

Week 5: Project Proposal and Presentation

The proposal is a formal document that provides project stakeholders with an overview of your project, including its purpose and scope. It also explains how you plan to achieve your goals.

The proposal should be written in a way that allows people outside the team to understand what they need from you during the course of this project. For example, if there are multiple stakeholders who will be involved in this project (such as managers), then each stakeholder needs to know what their role will be so that they can do their job effectively within the context of working with you and other members of your team and vice versa!

Week 6: Project Proposal and Presentation Peer Review Feedback

• Use a peer review process to improve your project.

• Use the feedback to improve your project.

• Importance of getting feedback from peers.

It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of starting a project. You have an idea and want to start right away. But if you don’t take the time to plan and consider how your project will be received by others, it can lead to bad outcomes.

Week 7: Professional Capstone and Practicum Discussion

Week 7: Professional Capstone and Practicum Discussion

The team is ready to begin work on the capstone project. However, they need help getting started. They’re looking for an expert who can help them think through how best to engage stakeholders in order to achieve their goals. The deadline for this assignment is June 1st, 2019 at 11:59pm EST (GMT-5) because you will have three weeks total time left if you do not complete it by then; therefore I recommend that you make sure that everything is set up correctly before beginning this section of your paper.

Week 8: Final Submission – Professional Capstone and Practicum Project Milestone One-Stakeholder Engagement Plan (40% Grade)

In this week, you will complete the stakeholder engagement plan. This is a very important piece of work because it will be graded and used in your final grade. The stakeholder engagement plan should include:

• A description of how you met with each stakeholder (e.g., in person or via email)

• A brief summary of what was discussed and how it affected your project’s outcome

• The key points that were discussed during each meeting/conversation

The final submission for this course is the creation of a stakeholder engagement plan.

The final submission for this course is the creation of a stakeholder engagement plan. This document should be completed before starting your practicum, and it must be submitted by the end of your practicum to your instructor. A stakeholder engagement plan should include:

• A summary of the project and its goals

• A list of stakeholders involved in creating or implementing this project (e.g., students, faculty members)

Conclusion

In this course, you learned how to create a stakeholder engagement plan for professional capstone and practicum projects. You also gained insight into how to use the tools suggested in this course: Google Docs, Powerpoint and Excel.