ESP guidance Sample Clauses

ESP guidance a. Mentors discuss benefits and drawbacks of projects under consideration by candidate for ESP submission by reviewing the requirements for the ESP with the candidate and matching those requirements to the project proposed for the ESP asking the following questions i. Does the project fall within the required timeframe? (see box below) ii. Is the candidate’s role in the proposed project well defined and demonstrable through the documentation that will be submitted ? (see box below) iii. Does the project have sufficient force and scope to support essay questions in each of the 4 areas required for a complete ESP submission: Management skills, Leadership skills, Vision and Values of Community Action, Relationship to the Standards of Excellence? b. Mentors review the ESP documentation before it is submitted sufficiently in advance of the due date to enable the candidate to make any adjustment considered necessary. c. If a candidate’s ESP does not achieve the required minimum score, the mentor assists the candidate in determining how the submission can be enhanced for submission the following year. Or the mentor assists the candidate in identifying a different project for submission in the following year A work sample may be the relevant portion(s) of any kind of document (such as a program report, a grant proposal, organizational documents, a policy or procedures manual, a publication you wrote, or similar items) which demonstrates your skills in management and leadership and your understanding and application of community action vision and values. That document may be no longer than fifty pages. The pages must be numbered in sequence. As you choose your work sample for submission, be sure that it describes a project or activity: 1. Which is your own work, done within three years of your enrollment as a CCAP candidate. In the case of work done by a team or committee, you must clearly describe your leadership role in that team or committee. 2. Which demonstrates your management choices and implementation in the following areas: planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating. 3. In which you took a leadership role contributing to the building and/or development of relationships of teams, partnerships, or coalitions either in your agency or within the community it serves. 4. In which you can show that you have contributed to carrying out the vision and values of community action.