Friday, July 30, 2010

Final Supervisor Evaluation

Whitney Booth completed this evaluation and returned it to me. See pictures below.


Department of Recreation Management and Youth Leadership
Brigham Young University
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Final Evaluation

Student: Brad Ellertson
Agency: The Center, Provo Parks and Recreation
Agency Internship Supervisor: Whitney Booth

Semester and Year: Fall _____ Winter _____ Spring __X___ Summer __X___
Option Area: TR ______ LSM ______ SE ______

Purpose of the Evaluation Report:

1. To assess the student's final progress on the internship.
2. To rate the student's improvement on professional and personal strengths and weaknesses during placement.

Instructions:

1. Rating scale: Use the following scale to determine the student’s numerical rating for each of the traits listed below:

NA= Not applicable or insufficient contact to evaluate
5= Outstanding (consistently exceeds agency standards)
4= Above average (occasionally exceeds agency standards)
3= Average (meets agency's minimum standards)
2= Below average (occasionally performs below agency standards)
1= Unsatisfactory (consistently performs below agency standards)

2. Discuss the evaluation with the student and have the intern complete the “Student’s Comments” section. Return the form to the RMYL Internship Advisor.

Low High
TRAITS NA 1 2 3 4 5
1. PERSONAL HABITS ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _5__
2. RESPONSIBILITY ____ ___ ___ ___ _4__ ___
3. ATTITUDE ____ ___ ___ ___ _4__ ___
4. JUDGMENT ____ ___ ___ ___ _4__ ___
5. ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY ____ ___ _3__ ___ ___ ___
6. ORAL COMMUNICATION ____ ___ ___ ___ __4_ ___
7. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _5__
8. QUALITY OF WORK ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _5__
9. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _5__
10. INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONING ____ ___ ___ ___ _4__ ___
11. PRODUCTIVITY ____ ___ ___ ___ _4__ ___

General Comments (Use other side if necessary)
a) Agency Supervisor's Comments (Please indicate those areas where the student showed improvement or failed to show improvement in areas identified at the mid-term evaluation):

"The assignments and projects that Brad worked on were designed well with great creativity and thought. His contributions he made as an intern are appreciated. It would have been nice to have him work more days in the week than he did."

b) Student's Comments

Overall Agency Evaluation of Student Performance to Date:
· This student is better than most _____ (Satisfactory Grade)
· This student is about average __X__ (Satisfactory Grade)
· This student is below average _____ (Unsatisfactory Grade)

Agency Supervisor's Signature ___Whitney Booth__________ Date __8/2/10___
Student's Signature ________Brad Ellertson_____________ Date __8/3/10___
RMYL Advisor's Signature _____Dr. Hill________________ Date __________

Return to: Department of Recreation Management and Youth Leadership
RMYL Internship Advisor
(Insert Student’s Name Here)
273 Richards Building
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602




Thursday, July 29, 2010

July 25 - 31

Daily Report:

7/29 - 1 hour

Weekly total: 1 hour
Running total: 409 hours

Weekly Report:

This week was my final week at this internship. I completed the final paperwork, reimbursements, etc. I wrapped up projects and took pictures of some of the things that I have been working on.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Reviewing My Internship

I have now reviewed my internship on the Marriot School Internship Database.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Capstone Project

When I first began my internship with Provo Parks and Recreation, I thought our big event for the summer would be for the Fourth of July. However, I quickly learned that the big events for the summer would be the Utah Lake Festival and Pioneer Day. I soon figured out that several large props would be needed for these events. I'm good with my hands and really enjoy building things so I decided to do this for my Capstone Project.

The Utah Lake Festival:

Provo Parks and Recreation had several booths at the Utah Lake Festival, but I focused on the fish game booth. I constructed two large pieces of wood, drilled several holes in each, and painted the boards with ocean scenes. I then helped run these booths at the Utah Lake Festival.


Pioneer Day:

This holiday is huge for Provo Parks and Recreation. There were tons of activities and games and we had an amazing turn out.

For this activity I was able to build many things...

I built a jail out of PVC pipe, which I spray painted black:


I built a mine shaft:



I also cut large boards and painted buffalo on them for a buffalo hunt game:

I applied material for the arrows to stick to:


I really enjoyed developing these props and pieces for the different activities for Provo Parks and Recreations big events. I learned how to work with others to accomplish big projects for major recreation events. I had to get creative and come up with efficient ways to accomplish the tasks at hand.

Here's the description for the requirements for this project from the manual:

You will complete a major capstone project for your internship. Examples of this project include a special event or a new training manual—anything that the agency could not do without your involvement. It should be above and beyond your day-to-day duties. Once you have visited with you supervisor and settled on an idea, send an e-mail to the internship coordinator (Dr. Hill) to receive approval for your project before you begin. You should have settled on a project after just a few weeks at your internship. Once your project is completed, prepare a report for your portfolio. This report should show what you have done more than tell about it. For example, it might be a scrapbook of a special event you organized, the actual training manual you produced, or copies of the weekly newsletter you developed. The report will be included in the internship portfolio.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Pioneer Day!

Provo Parks and Recreation put on amazing activities for Pioneer Day! Here are some great pictures to show how the day went and what went on:

The jail that I built:


The mine shaft I built:


Another shot of the mine shaft:


Mining for gold!


Log sawing contest:


Playing in the jail that I constructed.


Pony rides!


Hula hoop contest:


Judging the pie contest:


A little country musical entertainment:


Obstacle course:


Watermelon eating contest:


Bow and arrows and buffalo hunting:



Sheriff Josh from the front desk at The Center:


The winners of the pie contest...all dressed up for the occasion:


More country music:


We had a great turn out and the day was a huge success.

July 18 - 24

Daily Report:

7/19 - 8 hours
7/20 - 5 hours
7/21 - 8 hours
7/22 - 8 hours

Weekly total: 29 hours
Running total: 408 hours

Weekly Report:

This week I worked on Buffalo Hunt activity. I also built the log stands for the log saw. Finally, I built the mine shaft for the panning for gold activity. I learned about how to be creative and resourceful. We were also in quite a time crunch this week because the Pioneer Day was this Saturday, so I got experience working against a deadline.




Saturday, July 17, 2010

July 11 - 17

Daily Report:

7/12 - 6 hours
7/13 - 8 hours
7/14 - 4 hours
7/15 - 6 hours

Weekly total: 24 hours
Running total: 379 hours

Weekly Report:

This week I constructed the PVC pipe jail. I also worked on the log saw stand. I learned about planning this week. I had to construct this jail. But first I had to plan out how it was all going to work, how much material I would need and how long it would take to complete. I was very pleased with how this project turned out.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

July 4 - 10

Daily Report:

7/5 - 4 hours
7/6 - 6 hours
7/7 - 8 hours
7/8 - 5 hours

Weekly total: 23 hours
Running total: 355 hours

Weekly Report:

This week I participated in Pioneer day activity planning. I also worked on the Buffalo Hunt activity and on constructing the obstacle course. I learned about how it is important to start planning these larger activities very early on so that everything goes smoothly.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

June 27 - July 3

Daily Report:

6/28 - 4 hours
6/29 - 6 hours
6/30 - 5 hours
7/1 - 8 hours

Weekly total: 23 hours
Running total: 332 hours

Weekly Report:

This week I participated in Pioneer Day activity planning. We also had a staff meeting and brainstormed the obstacle course and other ideas. I learned about how to participate in constructive and helpful brainstorming in order to generate great ideas for planning events.