Family and Consumer Sciences in Practice
This course allowed me to take the knowledge I had gained in the classroom and use it in an immersive learning project. Immersive learning is a concept Ball State University created that helps students take the content they have learned, skills we have developed, and a community need and apply them in the real world.
My community partnership was with Kidz Korner, a Level 2 paths to quality daycare program in the Muncie community. My team and I worked together to research a concern within the community. Our team found that one of Kidz Korner's concerns was the changing American family. Families that attended Kidz Korner were most likely to be headed by a single parent. Our project was to help Kidz Korner begin preparations for a single-parent support group.
We helped Kidz Korner by finding a grant, and beginning the application process for that grant. Unfortunately, because most programs of this nature take time to implement, our semester long course was not long enough to see the end result of the grant or the implementation of the program.
After we worked with the partner, our team worked to create a poster for the Senior Symposium for this course.
My community partnership was with Kidz Korner, a Level 2 paths to quality daycare program in the Muncie community. My team and I worked together to research a concern within the community. Our team found that one of Kidz Korner's concerns was the changing American family. Families that attended Kidz Korner were most likely to be headed by a single parent. Our project was to help Kidz Korner begin preparations for a single-parent support group.
We helped Kidz Korner by finding a grant, and beginning the application process for that grant. Unfortunately, because most programs of this nature take time to implement, our semester long course was not long enough to see the end result of the grant or the implementation of the program.
After we worked with the partner, our team worked to create a poster for the Senior Symposium for this course.