NR 300A Week 2 typically turns the problem statement into a learning agreement: two or three objectives, the activities that serve them, and the evidence you will collect to show each one was met. Your section may print the code as NR300A; it is the same course. Chamberlain publishes no syllabi outside Canvas. The placement here is our teaching judgment from the course's catalog description; your section's rubric decides what your week actually asks.
What NR 300A Week 2 asks for
A directed independent study is graded against a plan the student writes, so the objectives are the contract. In a one credit study there is little room for more than two or three of them, and each has to be something an outside reader could check after the fact.
The skill being assessed is precision. An objective such as becoming aware of community needs cannot fail, so it cannot be graded. An objective such as delivering a ten minute medication safety talk to the lunch program twice before the end of Week 6 can fail, which is exactly what makes it useful.
Many sections pair the objectives with a short activity list and a signature or approval from the agency contact. The paperwork side is yours to arrange; the writing that makes the agreement clear is where the grade sits.
The NR 300A Week 2 method, step by step
Five moves for objectives that hold up when Week 7 asks whether you met them.
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Write one objective per catalog emphasis you chose
If Week 1 named health promotion, the first objective should produce a health promotion activity. Matching objectives to the emphasis keeps the study coherent from start to finish.
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Give every objective a verb that produces something
Deliver, create, conduct, distribute and document all leave evidence behind. Learn, understand and appreciate do not, and graders mark them down because nothing could show they happened.
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Attach a number and a date
How many sessions, handouts, participants or conversations, and by which week. The number should be modest, because a one credit study rewards completion over ambition.
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Name the evidence for each objective now
A sign-in count, a copy of the handout, a short feedback form or a dated log entry. Deciding the evidence in Week 2 means Week 7 has something to evaluate.
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Add one objective about your own development
The catalog lists professional development and self-reflection. One objective about a skill you intend to practice, such as plain-language teaching, gives your final reflection a target.
A layout and word budget for the learning agreement
A typical one credit agreement runs 400 to 600 words plus any form fields your section uses. The frame below is our own; follow your rubric where it asks for something different.
| Section | What belongs in it | Word target |
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| Purpose | One sentence restating the problem and agency from Week 1. | 40 to 60 |
| Objective 1 | Action, measure and date for the main service activity, with its evidence. | 80 to 110 |
| Objective 2 | A second service or education objective, or a supporting task, with its evidence. | 80 to 110 |
| Professional growth objective | One skill you will practice and how you will know you practiced it. | 60 to 90 |
| Activities and hours | A short list of what you will do and roughly how many contact hours each takes. | 80 to 110 |
| Agreement details | Who at the agency approved the plan and how you will keep in touch. | 40 to 60 |
Evidence craft for objectives
Borrow the structure, not the jargon. SMART objectives (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound) are a common teaching frame. You can name the frame once if your course uses it, but the objectives themselves should read as plain sentences.
Plan evidence you are allowed to collect. Many agencies will not let a student record names or health details. A tally of attendees or an anonymous one-question card is usually acceptable; personal data almost never is.
Keep hours honest. Estimate contact hours realistically. Your log later has to match, and the hours are your own record to keep.
Five mistakes that cost points in this week's territory
- Objectives nobody could fail. If no observation could contradict an objective, rewrite it until one could.
- Too many objectives. Five objectives in a one credit study usually means three will be unmet. Two or three, done, score better.
- Evidence that requires private data. Plans that depend on names or diagnoses run into agency privacy rules and stall.
- Hours that do not add up. An activity list that implies forty hours undermines the whole agreement.
- No growth objective. The catalog names professional development and self-reflection; leaving them out costs the reflection rows later.
Before you submit
- Two or three service objectives, each with a verb, a number and a date
- Each objective names the evidence you will collect
- One professional growth objective is included
- Contact hours across activities are realistic for one credit
- The agency contact who approved the plan is identified
- The agreement restates the Week 1 problem in one sentence
Drafting the NR 300A learning agreement?
Send the problem statement, the agency details and the rubric. A premium original draft returns in 24 to 48 hours with objectives that can be measured and evidence you are allowed to collect. Signatures and hours stay yours.