ESP 482 - Local Climate Policy II: Climate Action

Check-ins – 10%

We’ll set up weekly check-ins for each team. These will be between you and your faculty lead and might always or only sometimes include your government partner. If you already have a standing meeting from Fall 2023, then we can hold that meeting. If not, we can set it up. For those of you who do not have a regular meeting, we will set it up early in the semester.
Each week, you will follow a similar agenda: check-in, review the last week’s work, set up tasks for the next week, track progress for the final deliverables, and take care of anything else. This is an important time to figure out issues, brainstorm about challenges and process difficulties, share ideas and resources, and communicate upcoming schedule issues. Most of this time will be spent on material related to the deliverables agreed to on the project agreement form.

Quizzes – 20%

The Hope in Action Speaker Series is a hallmark of the spring LCAP experience. We’ve worked hard to bring in speakers on a variety of topics and in order to continue to attract these high caliber folks, we need to have a good showing. We know you can’t all be at every session, but whether you’re there live or watching the recording later, it’s important that you’re absorbing this material. You’ll need to be able to recount what you’ve learned both in class and to your community partner to help ensure they’re leveraging all available opportunities to advance the climate policy you’re undertaking.

Presentation Rehearsal - 10%

Students are required to present their semester’s work to a relevant group in their partner community by the end of the semester. The outlets of these presentations may vary a bit depending on the organizational structure of the local government, but some possible relevant outlets include: Board of Supervisors or Borough Council Meetings or Environmental Advisory Council Meetings. To prepare for this event, students will rehearse their presentation with the instructors. To be successful on this assignment, students must produce a complete and elegant slide deck and be able to speak to it with confidence and clarity in a way that demonstrates they are well prepared for the actual presentation.

Draft Deliverables – 20%

Students will submit drafts of their agreed-upon deliverables for instructor review and feedback. While this is a draft submission, the work must demonstrate appropriate progress toward completion and be thoroughly edited prior to submission. All deliverables agreed upon between the partner, student, and instructors must be present.

Presentation – 10%

Student presentations will be assessed both by a representative of their partner organization and at least one of the course instructors. Students will be graded on their preparedness, delivery of the presentation, and ability to answer questions as applicable.

Final Deliverables - 30%

The largest portion of the student’s grade is the final submission of all agreed-upon deliverables. The expectation for these submissions is that all artifacts of work are of the highest quality, thoroughly proofread, and meet the needs of the project partner. The project partner will be asked for input on the utility of the work submitted as part of the instructors’ assessment of the work