Engagement

personal and career goals I came across the Community Engagement MEd. From an initial glance I was greatly attracted to it for many reasons. As a former Summer Camp counselor and Director I have always been aware of my passion for helping the advancement of the well being of children, and as a Political Science major I have discovered my interest in the policies and agencies that make this advancement possible. To me, the Community Engagement program will allow all my skills and interest to…

Professional Community Engagement Plan Community engagement refers to the involvement of all the community members in activities aimed at improving their livelihoods (Bernoth, Dietsch & Davies, 2012). The inclusion of the community members, thus commences with the identification of the relevant issues or problems affecting a given community or a group of people in a given community to the decision-making on how to address the issues of sharing of the outcomes or results. The primary goal of this…

For our civic engagement project for the Redefining Leadership class, my group, Stephanie, Hailee, Christina, and I, decided to volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House in New Haven, Connecticut on a Thursday. Before we got there, we did not know what to expect, but afterwards, we truly felt grateful that we helped out a great cause. The Ronald McDonald House is a charity house that keeps families close to their family members that are being treated at a nearby hospital. We spoke with someone who…

The Freire Engagement Assignment performed in class the week of May 30th was, in my opinion, an exceptional introductory activity that helped facilitate class discussion as well as some level of reflection about the course materials and subject matter. For this activity, students were to think about the words “difference” and “diversity” and then write out a list of words they associated with these terms. Then, they were to pick five words on their list that they found particularly important…

“The Rules of Engagement” presents a multi-faceted, dynamic situation for any student of leadership, whether in the military or not. This paper attempts to tease apart the complex mix of motivational, generational, and cultural differences between the individuals, while situating them within the larger context of the priorities of the modern Navy, with the goal of presenting recommendations and leadership lessons any reader can take from this case into their professional lives. Critical factors…

Family Engagement Assignment Family engagement is an important aspect of any childcare setting especially in early childhood education programs. I chose to asses the South Kingston Inclusionary Preschool in Kingston, Rhode Island. This school offers programs for children ages 3 to 5 years of age. It also offers services for children who are developmentally delayed or are in need of special services. The family friendly survey addressed the following areas of the school: physical environment,…

Civil Engagement and Higher Education During the whole month I have experienced as a freshman at Southeast Missouri State University, I have come to understand that college does not necessarily prepare you for a certain job. Instead, I have learned that college prepares you for the things you did not cover in high school. There are hundreds of classes that prepare you to deal with life including financial problems, cultural diversity, political issues, and much more. In my opinion, higher…

Child abuse and neglect is the topic for my Civic Engagement speech. In this speech I will persuade students to donate to the Kempe Foundation for The Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. I will be using three of the following concepts: Availability Heuristic, Authority, and Friendship or Liking. Availability Heuristic is a mental short cut the human brain makes when evaluating things such as concepts or decisions. Humans estimate the likelihood of events based on the…

By definition, civic engagement "refers to the ways in which citizens participate in the life of a community in order to improve conditions for others or to help shape the community’s future" (Alder, 2005). It’s centered around the notion of action to change the community. It 's about engaging the community to see change. And it 's done by ordinary, common people: citizens. It produces social change by doing something to get the majority of the community to participate in overseeing that…

Background Student engagement represents the time and effort students devote to activities empirically linked to the intended outcomes of college and what institutions do to both provide these activities and induce students to participate in them (Kuh, 2009). Student Support Services is a grant funded program apart of the Federal TRIO Program. The program is designed to provide opportunities for academic development, assist students with basic college requirement, and to motivate students…