Assessment 3 Instructions Disaster Recovery Plan
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Develop a disaster recovery plan to lessen health disparities and improve
access to community services after a disaster. Then, develop and record a
10-12 slide presentation (please refer to the PowerPoint tutorial) of the
plan with audio and speaker notes for the Vila Health system, city officials,
and the disaster relief team.
As you begin to prepare this assessment, you are encouraged to complete the
Disaster Preparedness and Management activity. The information gained from
completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessment as you think
through key issues in disaster preparedness and management in the community
or workplace. Completing activities is also a way to demonstrate engagement.
Professional Context
Nurses perform a variety of roles and their responsibilities as health care
providers extend to the community. The decisions we make daily and in times of
crisis often involve the balancing of human rights with medical necessities,
equitable access to services, legal and ethical mandates, and financial constraints.
In the event of a major accident or natural disaster, many issues can complicate
decisions concerning the needs of an individual or group, including understanding
and upholding rights and desires, mediating conflict, and applying established
ethical and legal standards of nursing care. As a nurse, you must be
knowledgeable about disaster preparedness and recovery to safeguard those in
your care. As an advocate, you are also accountable for promoting equitable
services and quality care for the diverse community.
Nurses work alongside first responders, other professionals, volunteers, and the
health department to safeguard the community. Some concerns during a disaster
and recovery period include the possibility of death and infectious disease due to
debris and/or contamination of the water, air, food supply, or environment.
Various degrees of injury may also occur during disasters, terrorism, and violent
conflicts.
To maximize survival, first responders must use a triage system to assign victims
according to the severity of their condition/prognosis in order to allocate
equitable resources and provide treatment. During infectious disease outbreaks,
triage does not take the place of routine clinical triage.
Trace-mapping becomes an important step to interrupting the spread of all
infectious diseases to prevent or curtail morbidity and mortality in the
community. A vital step in trace-mapping is the identification of the infectious
individual or group and isolating or quarantining them. During the trace-mapping
process, these individuals are interviewed to identify those who have had close
contact with them. Contacts are notified of their potential exposure, testing
referrals become paramount, and individuals are connected with appropriate
services they might need during the self-quarantine period (CDC, 2020).
An example of such disaster is the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. People who had
contact with someone who were in contact with the COVID-19 virus were
encouraged to stay home and maintain social distance (at least 6 feet) from
others until 14 days after their last exposure to a person with COVID-19. Contacts
were required to monitor themselves by checking their temperature twice daily
and watching for symptoms of COVID-19 (CDC, 2020). Local, state, and health
department guidelines were essential in establishing the recovery phase. Triage
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in the case of COVID-19 focused on inpatient
and outpatient health care facilities that would be receiving, or preparing to
receive, suspected, or confirmed COVID- 19 victims. Controlling droplet
transmission through hand washing, social distancing, self-quarantine, PPE,
installing barriers, education, and standardized triage algorithm/questionnaires
became essential to the triage system (CDC, 2020; WHO, 2020).
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to apply the concepts of
emergency preparedness, public health assessment, triage, management, and
surveillance after a disaster. You will also focus on evacuation, extended
displacement periods, and contact tracing based on the disaster scenario
provided.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency
in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
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Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among
distinct populations.
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Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the
health of populations.
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Explain how health and governmental policy affect disaster
recovery efforts.
Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community
health interventions.
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Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome
communication barriers and enhance interprofessional
collaboration to improve disaster recovery efforts.
Competency 3: Evaluate health policies, based on their ability to
achieve desired outcomes.
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Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social,
and economic barriers that impact safety, health, and disaster
recovery efforts in a community.
Explain how a proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen
health disparities and improve access to community services.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication
strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.
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Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant
and evidence-based sources (published within 5 years).
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Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio and
speaker notes are provided. Audio is clear, organized, and
professionally presented.
Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are
presented.
Preparation
When disaster strikes, community members must be protected. A comprehensive
recovery plan, guided by the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track)
framework, is essential to help ensure everyone’s safety. The unique needs of
residents must be assessed to lessen health disparities and improve access to
equitable services after a disaster. Recovery efforts depend on the
appropriateness of the plan, the extent to which key stakeholders have been
prepared, the quality of the trace-mapping, and the allocation of available
resources. In a time of cost containment, when personnel and resources may be
limited, the needs of residents must be weighed carefully against available
resources.
In this assessment, you are a community task force member responsible
for developing a disaster recovery plan for the Vila Health community using MAPIT and trace-mapping, which you will present to city officials and the disaster
relief team.
To prepare for the assessment, complete the Vila Health: Disaster Recovery
Scenario simulation.
In addition, you are encouraged to complete the Disaster Preparedness and
Management activity. The information gained from completing this activity will
help you succeed with the assessment as you think through key issues in disaster
preparedness and management in the community or workplace. Completing
activities is also a way to demonstrate engagement.
Begin thinking about:
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Community needs.
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Resources, personnel, budget, and community makeup.
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People accountable for implementation of the disaster recovery plan.
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Healthy People 2020 goals.
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A timeline for the recovery effort.
You may also wish to:
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Review the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track)
framework, which you will use to guide the development of your
plan:
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Mobilize collaborative partners.
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Assess community needs.
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Plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to
services.
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Implement a plan to reach Healthy People 2020 objectives.
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Track community progress.
Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that
you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft recovery plan
to Smarthinking Tutoring for feedback, before you submit the final version for this
assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround
time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.
Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication
methods to participate in this activity, please
contact DisabilityServices@capella.edu to request accommodations.
Instructions
Complete the following:
13. Develop a disaster recovery plan for the Vila Health community that will
lessen health disparities and improve access to services after a disaster. Refer
back to the Vila Health: Disaster Recovery Scenario to understand the Vila Health
community.
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Assess community needs.
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Consider resources, personnel, budget, and community
makeup.
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Identify the people accountable for implementation of the
plan and describe their roles.
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Focus on specific Healthy People 2020 goals.
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Include a timeline for the recovery effort.
14. Apply the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework to
guide the development of your plan:
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Mobilize collaborative partners.
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Assess community needs.
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Use the demographic data and specifics related to the
disaster to identify the needs of the community and
develop a recovery plan. Consider physical, emotional,
cultural, and financial needs of the entire community.
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Include in your plan the equitable allocation of services
for the diverse community.
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Apply the triage classification to provide a rationale for
those who may have been injured during the train
derailment. Provide support for your position.
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Include in your plan contact tracing of the homeless,
disabled, displaced community members, migrant
workers, and those who have hearing impairment or
English as a second language in the event of severe
tornadoes.
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Plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to
services.
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Implement a plan to reach Healthy People 2020 objectives.
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Track and trace-map community progress.
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Use the CDC's Contract Tracing Resources for Health
Departments as a template to create your contact
tracing.
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Describe the plan for contact tracing during the disaster
and recovery phase.
15. Develop a slide presentation of your disaster recovery plan with an audio
recording of you presenting your assessment of the Vila Health: Disaster Recovery
Scenario for city officials and the disaster relief team. Be sure to also include
speaker notes.
Presentation Format and Length
You may use Microsoft PowerPoint (preferred) or other suitable presentation
software to create your slides and add your voice-over along with speaker notes.
If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your
instructor to avoid potential file compatibility issues.
Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:
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Title slide.
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Recovery plan title.
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Your name.
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Date.
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Course number and title.
References (at the end of your presentation).
Your slide deck should consist of 10–12 content slides plus title and references
slides. Use the speaker's notes section of each slide to develop your talking points
and cite your sources as appropriate. The speaker notes should match your
recorded voice-over. Make sure to review the Microsoft PowerPoint tutorial for
directions for inserting your speaker notes.
The following resources will help you create and deliver an effective presentation:
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Record a Slide Show With Narration and Slide Timings.
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This Microsoft article provides steps for recording slide shows
in different versions of PowerPoint, including steps for
Windows, Mac, and online.
Microsoft Office Software.
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PowerPoint Presentations Library Guide.
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This Campus page includes tip sheets and tutorials for
Microsoft PowerPoint.
This library guide provides links to PowerPoint and other
presentation software resources.
SoNHS Professional Presentation Guidelines [PPTX].
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This presentation, designed especially for the School of
Nursing and Health Sciences, offers valuable tips and links, and
is itself a PowerPoint template that can be used to create a
presentation.
Supporting Evidence
Cite at least three credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional
industry publications within the past 5 years to support your plan.
Graded Requirements
The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring
guide, so be sure to address each point:
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Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social, and
economic barriers that impact safety, health, and recovery efforts in
the community.
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Explain how your proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health
disparities and improve access to community services.
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Consider the interrelationships among these factors.
Consider principles of social justice and cultural sensitivity with
respect to ensuring health equity for individuals, families, and
aggregates within the community.
Explain how health and governmental policy impact disaster recovery
efforts.
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Consider the implications for individuals, families, and
aggregates within the community of legislation that includes,
but is not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, and the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA).
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Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome
communication barriers and enhance interprofessional collaboration
to improve the disaster recovery effort.
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Consider how your proposed strategies will affect members of
the disaster relief team, individuals, families, and aggregates
within the community.
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Include evidence to support your strategies.
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Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and
evidence-based sources (published within 5 years).
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Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio and speaker
notes are provided. Audio is clear, organized, and professionally
presented.
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Develop your presentation with a specific purpose and
audience in mind.
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Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA
formatting requirements.
Additional Requirements
Before submitting your assessment, proofread all elements to minimize errors
that could distract readers and make it difficult for them to focus on the
substance of your presentation.
Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the assessment to your ePortfolio so that
you may refer to it as you complete the final capstone course.
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SCORING GUIDE
Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.
VIEW SCORING GUIDE
Resources Disaster Preparedness and Management
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The following activity provides the context and information needed to
complete the assessment:
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Vila Health: Disaster Recovery Scenario.
The following articles will help you better understand public health assessment
and surveillance as well as the nurse's role in disaster preparedness and
management in the workplace and community.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2018). Coping
with a disaster or traumatic event.
https://emergency.cdc.gov/coping/index.as
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2018). Emergency
preparedness and response. https://emergency.cdc.gov/
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). Guidance on
microbial contamination in previously flooded outdoor areas.
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/publications/guidance_flooding.htm
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (n.d.). National
Flood Insurance Program. https://www.floodsmart.gov/
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Kreisberg, D., Thomas, D. S. K., Valley, M., Newell, S., Janes, E., &
Little, C. (2016). Vulnerable populations in hospital and health care
emergency preparedness planning: A comprehensive framework for
inclusion. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 31(2), 211–219.
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Madrigano, J., Chandra, A., Costigan, T., & Acosta, J. D.
(2017). Beyond disaster preparedness: Building a resilience-oriented
workforce for the future. International Journal of Environmental
Research and Public Health, 14(12), 1–14.
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Ready.gov. (n.d.). Plan ahead for disasters. https://www.ready.gov/
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (2018). Plan and
prepare for disasters. https://www.dhs.gov/plan-and-preparedisasters
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Veenema, T. G., Losinski, S., L., & Hilmi, L. M. (2016). Increasing
emergency preparedness. AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 116(1),
40–53.
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Veenema, T. G., Griffin, A., Gable, A. R., MacIntyre, L., Simons, N.,
Couig, M. Pat., . . . Larson, E. (2016). Nurses as leaders in disaster
preparedness and response: A call to action. Journal of Nursing
Scholarship, 48(2), 187–200.
The following resources will help in developing a disaster recovery plan.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion. (n.d.). Healthy People 2020.
https://www.healthypeople.gov/
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Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (ODPHP)
(n.d.). MAP-IT: A guide to using Healthy People 2020 in your
community. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/tools-andresources/Program-Planning
Disaster Recovery Plan Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
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PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Describe the
determinants of
health and the
cultural, social,
and economic
barriers that
impact safety,
health, and
disaster
recovery efforts
in a community.
Does not identify
the determinants
of health that
impact safety,
health, and
disaster recovery
efforts in a
community.
Identifies the
determinants of
health that
impact safety,
health, and
disaster recovery
efforts in a
community,
without regard
to cultural,
social, and
economic
barriers.
Describes the
determinants of
health and the
cultural, social,
and economic
barriers that
impact safety,
health, and
disaster
recovery efforts
in a community.
Provides a
concise, accurate
description of
the determinants
of health and the
cultural, social,
and economic
barriers that
impact safety,
health, and
disaster recovery
efforts in a
community.
Clearly describes
the
interrelationship
s among these
factors.
Explain how a
proposed
disaster
recovery plan
will lessen
health
disparities and
improve access
to community
services.
Does not explain
how a proposed
disaster recovery
plan will lessen
health disparities
and improve
access to
community
services.
Explains how a
proposed
disaster recovery
plan will lessen
health disparities
and improve
access to
community
services, without
regard to the
needs of the
entire
community.
Explains how a
proposed
disaster
recovery plan
will lessen
health
disparities and
improve access
to community
services.
Explains how a
proposed
disaster recovery
plan will lessen
health disparities
and improve
access to
community
services.
Provides clear
insight into how
principles of
social justice and
cultural
sensitivity help
to ensure health
equity for
individuals,
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
families, and
aggregates in the
community.
Explain how
health and
governmental
policy impact
disaster
recovery
efforts.
Does not explain
how health and
governmental
policy impact
disaster recovery
efforts.
Explains how
health and
governmental
policy impact
disaster recovery
efforts, without
regard to the
needs of the
entire
community.
Explains how
health and
governmental
policy impact
disaster
recovery
efforts.
Explains how
health and
governmental
policy impact
disaster recovery
efforts.
Articulates the
logical policy
implications for
community
members linked
to specific policy
provisions.
Present
specific,
evidence-based
strategies to
overcome
communication
barriers and
enhance
interprofession
al collaboration
to improve
disaster
recovery
efforts.
Does not present
specific,
evidence-based
strategies to
overcome
communication
barriers and
enhance
interprofessional
collaboration to
improve disaster
recovery efforts.
Presents
strategies to
overcome
communication
barriers and
enhance
interprofessional
collaboration to
improve disaster
recovery efforts
without regard
to the needs of
the entire
community.
Presents
specific,
evidence-based
strategies to
overcome
communication
barriers and
enhance
interprofession
al collaboration
to improve
disaster
recovery
efforts.
Presents specific,
evidence-based
strategies to
overcome
communication
barriers and
enhance
interprofessional
collaboration to
improve disaster
recovery efforts
that are wellsupported by
with relevant
and credible
evidence.
Articulates the
implications and
potential
consequences of
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
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PROFICIENT
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proposed
strategies.
Organize
content with
clear
purpose/goals
and with
relevant and
evidence-based
sources
(published
within 5 years).
Does not
organize content
with clear
purpose/goals.
Power point
slides do not
support main
points,
assertions,
arguments,
conclusions, or
recommendation
s. Sources are not
relevant and/or
evidence-based
(published within
5 years).
Organizes
content with
clear
purpose/goals.
Power point
slides do not
consistently
support main
points,
assertions,
arguments,
conclusions,
and/or
recommendation
s with relevant
and evidencebased sources
(published within
5 years).
Organizes
content with
clear
purpose/goals
and with
relevant and
evidence-based
sources
(published
within 5 years).
Organizes
content with
clear
purpose/goals.
Power point
slides support
main points,
assertions,
arguments,
conclusions, or
recommendation
s with relevant
and evidencebased sources
(published within
5 years).
Slides are easy
to read and
error free.
Detailed audio
and speaker
notes are
provided. Audio
is clear,
organized, and
professionally
presented.
Slides are difficult
to read with
multiple editing
errors. No audio
and/or speaker
notes provided.
Slides are easy to
read and error
free. No audio or
audio is not
clear, difficult to
hear, or not
professionally
presented.
Speaker notes
are sufficient
support for the
slides.
Slides are easy
to read and
error free.
Detailed audio
and speaker
notes are
provided. Audio
is clear,
organized, and
professionally
presented.
Slides are easy to
read and clutter
free. Slide
background is
“visually”
pleasing with a
contrasting color
for the text and
may utilize
graphics.
Detailed audio
and speaker
notes are
provided. Audio
is clear,
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
organized, and
professionally
presented.
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