PSY 442 Milestone One Rubric Overview: Milestone One: Goals, Overview, and Application is a structured paper that includes three elements of the professional blueprint (the final product for the course). These elements provide an overview of community psychology (CP) and how the field applies to your professional goals and interests.

1. Goals Write a brief, one-page statement explaining your professional goals and career interests, particularly as they relate to CP.

2. Overview Write a two-page response to the following questions:

a. What is CP? b. How did it start? c. Are the conditions that gave rise to it still present?

3. Application

Write a two-page response to the following questions: a. What conditions or issues in CP are most pertinent to your professional goals and career interests? b. How will community psychology add to your understanding of how to respond to these conditions or issues?

The three elements will become part of your professional blueprint.

Guidelines for Submission: Written components of projects must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations. The paper should be approximately five pages in length, not including cover page and resources.

Rubric

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Goals Meets “proficient” criteria and

includes specific, relevant examples that illustrate how the goals relate to community psychology

Clearly states professional goals and connects them to the field of community psychology

States professional goals, but response is insufficient or does not connect goals to the field of community psychology

Professional goals are not discussed

20

Overview Meets “proficient” criteria and provides specific, relevant details that support the response

Provides complete and accurate overview information, addressing all question prompts

Addresses some of the overview question prompts, but response is incomplete or contains inaccuracies

Does not address the overview question prompts

30

Application Meets “proficient” criteria and provides specific, relevant examples that support the response

Adequately explains how community psychology applies to the issues and challenges faced in the professional environment

Provides a limited explanation of how community psychology applies to the student’s professional experience, but response lacks depth and support

Does not explain how community psychology applies to the student’s professional experience

30

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 the main idea

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

20

Total 100%