GCU LDR461 Full Course Latest 2019 November

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Please
introduce yourself and share with the group what you are doing in your
volunteer experience.

DQ2 What do
you hope to gain from your volunteer experience? Be specific.

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 What
difficulties or challenges do you anticipate as you prepare your journal
entries throughout this course? For your first response to this Discussion
Forum, give your answer to this question. Then for your other responses this
week, read the responses of your fellow students and give them some feedback
and some suggestions as to how they might solve or avoid the problems they are
anticipating. Hopefully someone will also have some suggestions for you.

DQ2 By this
time, you have been to your volunteer site at least once, maybe several times.
From what you have seen so far, what theories, research findings, concepts, or
other knowledge in your field do you think will be most applicable to your
volunteer experience? Explain your reasons for thinking this. As you look at
the responses of other volunteers, especially those in the same major as you,
what are your thoughts about what they wrote? Can you understand why they wrote
what they did? Can you suggest other theories, concepts, research findings,
etc. that they didn’t think of? If so, explain to them why you think these
other ideas might help their volunteer experience.

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Meet
with the human resources director or the hiring person at your site. (If there
is no one with that title, speak with whoever does some of the interviews of
prospective new employees.) Ask that person at least five questions to find out
his/her best and worst interview experiences. Describe the five questions that
you asked and the answers that you received when you met with the human
resources director or hiring person at your site.

DQ2 What
interview types did this person describe? For example, consider the screening,
the selection, the group, the competitive, the panel, or the stress interview
types.

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 1 Journal Entries

If a
volunteer experience has yet to be confirmed, please submit a 250-300 word
summary describing your preferred experience. As a part of your summary,
include the duties or skills that you seek to develop. Also, include what you
hope to attain from the experience.

Otherwise,
if an experience has been confirmed, please create a new journal entry for each
day that you volunteer. Be sure to include the day, date, and time period that
you worked that day as the first line. Please put this information in bold
font. Also, write a paragraph that describes the type of duties you carried out
that day (what you did, who else was there, whether you were a part of a team
or were working alone, etc.). Once each week, focus on one particular event or
aspect of your work that week and describe why you found this particular task
or event to be unusual or of special interest. In a 250-300-word entry, relate this
aspect of your volunteer experience to some specific knowledge that you have
previously gained in your coursework to this point.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 2 Journal Entries

For each
day that you volunteer, create a new journal entry in which the first line is
the day, date, and time period that you worked that day. Please put this
information in bold font. Write a paragraph that describes the type of duties
you carried out that day (what you did, who else was there, whether you were a
part of a team or were working alone, etc.). Once each week, focus on one
particular event or aspect of your work that week and describe why you found
this particular task or event to be unusual or of special interest. In a
250-300-word entry, relate this aspect of your volunteer experience to some
specific knowledge that you have previously gained in your coursework to this
point.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 3 Journal Entries

For each
day that you volunteer, create a new journal entry in which the first line is
the day, date, and time period that you worked that day. Put this information
in bold font.

Write a
paragraph that describes the type of duties you carried out that day (e.g.,
what you did, who else was there, whether you were a part of a team or were
working alone, etc.).

Once each
week, focus on one particular event or aspect of your work that week and
describe why you found this particular task or event to be unusual or of
special interest.

In a
250-300-word entry, relate this aspect of your volunteer experience to some
specific knowledge that you have previously gained in your coursework to this
point.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 3 Assignment

Resume and
Cover Letter

Prepare a
resume and cover letter using the techniques suggested in the listed websites
in the readings. Prepare these documents as if you were applying for an entry-level
position at your site.

Ask your
site supervisor to make suggestions for the development of your resume and
cover letter.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 3 Assignment

Reflection
Paper

Write a
paper of 500-1,000 words reflecting on two prescribed areas and one area of
your choosing.

Part I

Consider
the journals you have written during this course.

Reflect on
the items you selected each week that connected to your education.

How has the
knowledge you have gained from your program of study assisted you in your
volunteer experience? How do you see it assisting you in the future?

Part II

Consider
all areas of student life such as general education requirements, major, minor,
emphasis, chapel, extracurricular, community service, employment, faculty,
administration, etc.

Address the
following:

In your
opinion, what are one or two things that would have made your experience at
Grand Canyon even better?

Point out
people and events in your Grand Canyon experience that had the most positive
influence on you. Explain one or two of them.

Explain how
your Grand Canyon experience changed you personally, professionally, and
spiritually.

How do you
see this whole experience impacting your future?

In what
specific ways are you better prepared for professional life?

Part III

Reflect on
anything else related to your volunteer experience.

Prepare
this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Essays will
be evaluated on content (what you say) but also based on organization, grammar,
spelling, freedom from error, punctuation, and the like.

The essay
should demonstrate your professional ability to communicate and share
information.

You are
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the
directions in the Student Success Center.

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 3 Assignment

Student
Evaluation of Volunteer Experience

Make
certain to fill out the “Student Evaluation of Volunteer Experience”
form and submit it to the instructor by the end of this week.

You are not
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Student
Evaluation of Volunteer Experience

Student’s
Name:

Student’s
E-mail Address:

Site
Provider: _________

Site
Supervisor’s Name and Contact Information (phone and e-mail):

Please rate
your performance and that of the Supervisor/Site Provider.

1) Leadership Supervisor ___ Student Volunteer

Consider
ability to lead and guide others, think objectively, show respect for others.

2) Communication Supervisor Student
Volunteer

Consider
ability to transmit knowledge and ideas orally or in written form, and to
listen.

3) Cooperation Supervisor Student
Volunteer

Consider
attitude toward work, associates, company, and others.

4) Quality of Work Supervisor Student
Volunteer

Consider
accuracy, thoroughness, timeliness, and amount of work production.

5) Professional Image Supervisor Student
Volunteer

Consider
personal appearance, courteous manner, and attendance.

6) Time Management Supervisor Student
Volunteer

Consider
planning, follow-up, efficient use of resources, office time.

7) Responsibility Supervisor Student
Volunteer

Consider
reliability and dependability.

Remarks

1) Describe the ways in which you
believe this field experience was a helpful learning experience.

2) Do you think the services you
performed were relative to that of a professional in your field of study?

3) How much time did the Site
Supervisor spend supervising your work?

4) Were you treated in a respectful
manner?

5) State the specific tasks or
functions that you were interested in completing, but were unable. Share the
reasons why you were unable to perform these tasks.

6) What courses here at GCU best helped
to prepare you for your experience?

7) Do you recommend that your Site be
used again? If so, why and if not, please share why.

8) In what areas of within the Site did
you spend your time (e.g., clerical, meetings, working directly with
supervisor, receiving training, special projects, client contact, fact
gathering/investigation, phone, drafting memorandums, etc.)?

LDR461 Professional Applications in Service Learning

Week 3 Assignment

Supervisor
Evaluation Form

Make
certain your supervisor submits the completed “Supervisor Evaluation
Form” to you. It is the student’s responsibility to submit the completed
form to the instructor by the end of this week.

Supervisor
Volunteer Evaluation Form

TO BE
COMPLETED BY SITE SUPERVISOR

Student: Site:

Site Contact:
Phone:

Please rate
this student’s skills in Section 1 and Section 2 using the following scale that
applies to minimum standards.

Not
Applicable Below Meets Above Exceeds

N/A D C B A

1. Employment Skills

Ability and
willingness to follow instructions.

Ability to
communicate and get along with others.

Ability to
work independently.

Appearance

Attendance
and punctuality

Professional
image

2. Job Skills

Oral/written
communications

Computer
competency

Client
interviewing/intake

Research
and analysis

Fact
gathering/investigation of records

Comments:

Student’s
Name:

Date:

Midpoint or
Final Evaluation?

Supervisor’s
Name:

Supervisor:
Please Email this form to the student. Thank you