Emergency Planning/Learning connection

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  • Connecting Your Learning

    Competencies Addressed in This Assignment

    In this assignment, the criteria in your Connect Your Learning Scoring Guide are directly aligned to all of the competencies for the course.
    • Competency 1: Apply emergency planning procedures to critical incidents.
    • Competency 2: Explain the role of emergency planning within the emergency management field.
    • Competency 3: Specify evaluation techniques for emergency management response effectiveness.
    • Competency 4: Correlate appropriate emergency management response to hazards and threats.
    • Competency 5: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.

    Introduction

    Throughout the course, you have seen that most governmental and private agencies and organizations task individuals with responsibilities that equal that of an emergency manager. In the United States, the Department of Homeland Security mandates that agencies have disaster plans in place in the event of a situation. This move has prompted an increase in interest in the field of emergency management. Now, with the Incident Command System, National Response Plan, and other directives, this field is becoming widely accepted.This course is aimed at helping you prepare for the field of emergency management by introducing one of the most important pieces—planning. Planning provides a balance between the practice of response and the science behind the disaster, regardless of whether it is man-made or natural. In this course you have created assignments to demonstrate your understanding of the phases of emergency planning: preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.

    Instructions

    For this final assignment, reflect on all your activities in this course and make connections between your learning and applications showcased in a career-specific context. Include one researched example that supports your reflection on each competency, one through four. Competency five you will demonstrate throughout your submission based on your effective communications in a variety of formats.Focusing on the competencies, and to showcase your learning proficiency, prepare a 4–6 page paper addressing two key areas of learning for each competency, the importance of this learning, and the application of the learning in a career context.Be sure to review the Connecting Your Learning Scoring Guide to ensure you understand the criteria for this assignment and for the overall course project.

    Requirements

    • Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
    • Resources and citations: Format according to APA guidelines.
    • Required page count: 4–6 (a minimum of one page for each competency), not including the title page or the references page.
    • Required number of references: A minimum of 4–6 (a minimum of one reference for each competency).
    • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
    You are required to submit your paper to Turnitin. Once you review your results and make any needed changes, submit your paper for grading.Portfolio Prompt: This assignment should be placed in your ePortfolio for future reference and to demonstrate your learning connections for future employment purposes.

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• Connecting Your Learning Competencies Addressed in This Assignment In this assignment, the criteria in your Connect Your Learning Scoring Guide are directly aligned to all of the competencies for the course. o o o o o Competency 1: Apply emergency planning procedures to critical incidents. Competency 2: Explain the role of emergency planning within the emergency management field. Competency 3: Specify evaluation techniques for emergency management response effectiveness. Competency 4: Correlate appropriate emergency management response to hazards and threats. Competency 5: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats. Introduction Throughout the course, you have seen that most governmental and private agencies and organizations task individuals with responsibilities that equal that of an emergency manager. In the United States, the Department of Homeland Security mandates that agencies have disaster plans in place in the event of a situation. This move has prompted an increase in interest in the field of emergency management. Now, with the Incident Command System, National Response Plan, and other directives, this field is becoming widely accepted. This course is aimed at helping you prepare for the field of emergency management by introducing one of the most important pieces—planning. Planning provides a balance between the practice of response and the science behind the disaster, regardless of whether it is man-made or natural. In this course you have created assignments to demonstrate your understanding of the phases of emergency planning: preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. Instructions For this final assignment, reflect on all your activities in this course and make connections between your learning and applications showcased in a career-specific context. Include one researched example that supports your reflection on each competency, one through four. Competency five you will demonstrate throughout your submission based on your effective communications in a variety of formats. Focusing on the competencies, and to showcase your learning proficiency, prepare a 4–6 page paper addressing two key areas of learning for each competency, the importance of this learning, and the application of the learning in a career context. Be sure to review the Connecting Your Learning Scoring Guide to ensure you understand the criteria for this assignment and for the overall course project. Requirements Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message. o Resources and citations: Format according to APA guidelines. o Required page count: 4–6 (a minimum of one page for each competency), not including the title page or the references page. o Required number of references: A minimum of 4–6 (a minimum of one reference for each competency). o Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. You are required to submit your paper to Turnitin. Once you review your results and make any needed changes, submit your paper for grading. o Portfolio Prompt: This assignment should be placed in your ePortfolio for future reference and to demonstrate your learning connections for future employment purposes. Resources o Connecting Your Learning Scoring Guide. o ePortfolio. o Capella Writing Center. o Library Research Handbook: Databases.. o Library Research Handbook: Keywords.. o Turnitin. o Smarthinking Tutoring. o Community of Excellence . o Writing Feedback Tool. o APA Style and Format. Connecting Your Learning Scoring Guide Due Date: End of Unit 10. Percentage of Course Grade: 10%. Connecting Your Learning Scoring Guide Grading Rubric Criteria Nonperformance Basic Proficient Distinguished Apply emergency planning procedures to critical incidents. 22% Does not apply emergency planning procedures to critical incidents. Applies some emergency planning procedures to critical incidents. Applies emergency planning procedures to critical incidents. Applies comprehensive emergency planning procedures to critical incidents. Does not explain the role of Explain the role of emergency emergency planning within the planning emergency management field. within the 21% emergency management field. Partially explains the role of emergency planning within the emergency management field. Explains the role of emergency planning within the emergency management field. Explains fully the role of emergency planning within the emergency management field. Does not specify evaluation Specify evaluation techniques techniques for emergency management for response effectiveness. emergency 21% management response effectiveness. Specifies some evaluation techniques for emergency management response effectiveness. Specifies in a Specifies comprehensive evaluation manner techniques for evaluation emergency techniques for management emergency response management effectiveness. response effectiveness. Correlates some appropriate emergency management response to hazards and threats. Correlates appropriate emergency management response to hazards and threats. Correlate appropriate emergency management response to hazards and threats. 21% Does not correlate appropriate emergency management response to hazards and threats. Communicate effectively in a Does not Correlates fully appropriate emergency management response to hazards and threats. Communicates Communicates Communicates Connecting Your Learning Scoring Guide Grading Rubric Criteria variety of formats. 10% Nonperformance communicate effectively in a variety of formats. Does not use correct Use correct grammar, grammar, spelling, and APA formatting. spelling, and 5% APA formatting. Basic Proficient somewhat effectively in a effectively in a variety of variety of formats. formats. Uses correct grammar, spelling, and APA formatting somewhat inconsistently. Uses correct grammar, spelling, and APA formatting. Distinguished effectively in a comprehensive and articulate manner in a variety of formats. Uses correct grammar, spelling, and APA formatting consistently.
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