Module 3

Week 3 / Week of January 25, 2021

 

Dear Students – welcome to Week 3. You will need to finalize your Community Partner selection before you’ll be able to move forward effectively in the class. If you’re having trouble with this, please re-read my introductory email, in which I described this element of the course in detail. Then email me directly so we can set up a time to talk by phone or Zoom to help clarify the assignment, and/or help you make your decisions about how you want to structure your CP assignment. Please attend to this ASAP if you have not yet made a final choice of CP. 

 

Once you’ve made your CP decision, you’ll need to confirm the arrangement, and summarize what you’ll be doing for the CP organization:

1) To confirm the arrangement, please open the Letter to CP which I have attached to an email and also posted to the class website. Copy the contents of that Letter and paste it into an email. Address the email to your contact at the CP organization and also copy me on the email. Send that email.

2) Do Blog entry #4a below.

 

·     Blog entry #4a:

* Write a brief description of the agreement you have made with your Community Partner.

* Describe the Project or Activity – what will you be doing?

* Describe your Schedule at the Partner Organization – when will you do the work?

* Describe your Method of Communication – will you do the work by phone? Zoom? Do you have the technology tools you will need to do the work? If not, how will you acquire them? Do you need support from NDNU in acquiring the tools you’ll need to get your work done?

* Describe any additional terms agreed upon – e.g. required reading, anything that must be done prior to starting work such as background check or online training, etc.

 

·     Blog #4b: Read / Watch the PowerPoint titled An Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching, which was presented some years ago by a guest speaker back in the days when we had an in-person class. That file is attached to the same email that includes your CP Letter. Then read the Hallmarks of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Communityon the NDNU website (as previously linked). Blog entry #4b: In what ways are your CP’s mission and/or activities consistent with, or in conflict with the concepts outlined in the Catholic Social Teaching presentation, and/or with the Hallmarks of the SND de Namur?

 

·     Blog entry #5: Read and reflect on Chapter 10of your textbook, State-Local Relations. Why is there tension between the state and local levels of government? In what ways is this tension healthy for our political system overall?