Prompts (250 words or more for each)

1. (in wk 3) Setting initial goals / aspirations

What skills do you want to develop (as an individual) as a result of your work on the policy project? What do you think will be your role in the project team?

2. (in wk 5) Measuring first impressions

What are your impressions of your organisation? How are the early dynamics of your team?

(during reading week) Work plan (to be completed and submitted as a team)

- see work_plan.md

(in week 7) submit ethics clearance form and personal research plan

3. project check-in 1. Checking impressions

Review your reflection (2). Since beginning the project last Fall, what have you learned about your employer and the context behind the project brief? How have your impressions changed?

4. project check-in 2. Identifying struggles and achievements

Share about what you have discovered in your individual research work for your policy project team. What have been some of your struggles to date on the project? What have been some of your achievements so far?

(for presentation in wk 15-17) Create and submit rough-draft handout, and delivery presentation for peer feedback

5. Project check-in 3. Reflecting on learning and skills development

Review your reflection (1). Since beginning the project last Fall, what new skills have you developed? What new things did you learn in your exit-interview with the organisation?

6. Final project reflection

Reflect on what you have accomplished in working on your policy project. What is the significance of your project results? Given further time, what more could you have done? What suggestions do you have for future research that could take this project further?