SOC 372 Topic 8 Social Work in Education and Criminal Justice

Complete the “Social Work in Education and Criminal Justice” worksheet.

Be sure to cite at least three relevant scholarly sources in support of your content.

Use only sources found at the GCU Library or those provided in Topic Materials.

This assignment uses a Scoring Guide. Please review the Scoring Guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

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For assignments that need to be submitted to Lopes Write, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.

Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.

Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?

Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

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Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

Welcome to classSOC 372 Topic 8 Social Work in Education and Criminal Justice

Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.

Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

  • Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
  • There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
  • Include in-text citations in your response
  • Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
  • Follow APA-7th edition
  • Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

  • A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
  • Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
  • Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
  • Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
  • Follow APA 7th edition
  • Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
  • Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
  • Here are some helpful links
  • Student paper example
  • Citing Sources
  • The Writing Center is a great resourceGrading Rubric
    Performance Category 100% or highest level of performance

    100%

    16 points

    Very good or high level of performance

    88%

    14 points

    Acceptable level of performance

    81%

    13 points

    Inadequate demonstration of expectations

    68%

    11 points

    Deficient level of performance

    56%

    9 points

     

    Failing level

    of performance

    55% or less

    0 points

     Total Points Possible= 50           16 Points    14 Points 13 Points        11 Points           9 Points          0 Points
    Scholarliness

    Demonstrates achievement of scholarly inquiry for professional and academic topics.

    Presentation of information was exceptional and included all of the following elements:

    • Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
    • Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
    • Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
    • Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
    Presentation of information was good, but was superficial in places and included all of the following elements:

    • Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
    • Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
    • Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
    • Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
    Presentation of information was minimally demonstrated in all of the following elements:

    • Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
    • Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
    • Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
    • Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
     

    Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in one of the following elements:

    • Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
    • Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
    • Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
    • Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
     

    Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in two of the following elements:

    • Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
    • Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
    • Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
    • Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information.
    Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in three or more of the following elements

    • Provides evidence of scholarly inquiry relevant to required TD topic(s).
    • Presents specific information from scholarly sources to develop a comprehensive presentation of facts.
    • Uses at least one outside scholarly reference that is relevant, less than 5 years old (use of older references requires instructor permission) and reliable for the required topic.*
    • Uses in-text citation and full reference at end of posting when presenting another person’s thoughts as quotes or paraphrase of information
       16 Points  14 Points  13 Points 11 Points 9 Points  0 Points
    Application of Course Knowledge

    Demonstrate the ability to analyze and apply principles, knowledge and information learned in the outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations

    Presentation of information was exceptional and included all of the following elements:

    • Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
    • Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
    • Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
    Presentation of information was good, but was superficial in places and included all of the following elements:

    • Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
    • Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
    • Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
    Presentation of information was minimally demonstrated in the all of the following elements:

    • Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
    • Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
    • Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
    Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in one of the following elements:

    • Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
    • Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from and scholarly resources to a professional experience.
    • Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
    Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in two of the following elements:

    • Applies principles, knowledge and information from scholarly resources to the required topic.
    • Applies facts, principles or concepts learned from scholarly resources to a professional experience.
    • Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
    Presentation of information is unsatisfactory in three of the following elements

    • Applies principles, knowledge and information and scholarly resources to the required topic.
    • Applies facts, principles or concepts learned scholarly resources to a professional experience.
    • Application of information is comprehensive and specific to the required topic.
       10 Points 9 Points    6 Points  0 Points
    Interactive Dialogue

    Initial post should be a minimum of 300 words (references do not count toward word count)

    The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each (references do not count toward word count)

    Responses are substantive and relate to the topic.

    Demonstrated all of the following:

    • Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
    • The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
    • Responses are substantive
    • Responses are related to the topic of discussion.
    Demonstrated 3 of the following:

    • Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
    • The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
    • Responses are substantive
    • Responses are related to the topic of discussion.
    Demonstrated 2 of the following:

    • Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
    • The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
    • Responses are substantive
    • Responses are related to the topic of discussion.
    Demonstrated 1 or less of the following:

    • Initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.
    • The peer and instructor responses must be a minimum of 150 words each.
    • Responses are substantive
    • Responses are related to the topic of discussion.
      8 Points 7 Points  6 Points         5 Points          4 Points  0 Points
    Grammar, Syntax, APA

    Points deducted for improper grammar, syntax and APA style of writing.

    The source of information is the APA Manual 6th Edition

    Error is defined to be a unique APA error. Same type of error is only counted as one error.

    The following was present:

    • 0-3 errors in APA format

    AND

    • Responses have 0-3 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

    AND

    • Writing style is generally clear, focused on topic,and facilitates communication.
    The following was present:

    • 4-6 errors in APA format.

    AND/OR

    • Responses have 4-5 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

    AND/OR

    • Writing style is somewhat focused on topic.
    The following was present:

    • 7-9 errors in APA format.

    AND/OR

    • Responses have 6-7 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

    AND/OR

    • Writing style is slightly focused on topic making discussion difficult to understand.
     

    The following was present:

    • 10- 12 errors in APA format

    AND/OR

    • Responses have 8-9 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors

    AND/OR

    • Writing style is not focused on topic, making discussion difficult to understand.
     

    The following was present:

    • 13 – 15 errors in APA format

    AND/OR

    • Responses have 8-10 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

    AND/OR

    • Writing style is not focused on topic, making discussion difficult to understand.

    AND/OR

    • The student continues to make repeated mistakes in any of the above areas after written correction by the instructor.
    The following was present:

    • 16 to greater errors in APA format.

    AND/OR

    • Responses have more than 10 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.

    AND/OR

    • Writing style does not facilitate communication
      0 Points Deducted       5 Points Lost
    Participation

    Requirements

    Demonstrated the following:

    • Initial, peer, and faculty postings were made on 3 separate days
            Failed to demonstrate the following:

    • Initial, peer, and faculty postings were made on 3 separate days
      0 Points Lost         5 Points Lost
    Due Date Requirements Demonstrated all of the following:

    • The initial posting to the graded threaded discussion topic is posted within the course no later than Wednesday, 11:59 pm MT.

    A minimum of one peer and one instructor responses are to be posted within the course no later than Sunday, 11:59 pm MT.

            Demonstrates one or less of the following.

    • The initial posting to the graded threaded discussion topic is posted within the course no later than Wednesday, 11:59 pm MT.

    A minimum of one peer and one instructor responses are to be posted within the course no later than Sunday, 11:59 pm MT.