Dajana Begolli: 8-Week Guide 2 (Weeks 9 to 16)

VOICE UP

PERSONALIZED 8-WEEK PLANNING & READINESS GUIDE: GUIDE 2 (WEEKS 9 TO 16)

Improving Children's Health, Early Development, and Overall Well-Being

Public Health-Aligned Edition: CEPH 2021 Foundational Competencies

Connecting People to Purpose

https://voiceuplab.org/

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Copyright 2026 Voice Up Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This personalized planning guide and all its contents are the proprietary property of Voice Up Publishing, Inc. It is prepared exclusively for the named student and may not be reproduced or distributed without written permission.

START HERE: THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF VOICE UP

Guide 1 opened with the full teaching on the five principles of Voice Up and why they matter in an AI economy. They are repeated here in short form because they still run every week of this guide, and Guide 2 is where you prove them in the field.

• Collaboration: all are welcome.
• Humility: we all have much to learn.
• Precision: all the details matter.
• Patience: we all need forgiveness; we all make mistakes and learn from each.
• Empathy: we must understand your why.

This is how Voice Up has achieved what it has to date.

In Guide 2 the principles stop being ideas and become habits: collaboration in your partnership, precision in your evidence and your hours, patience when the pilot does not go as planned, humility in front of your mentor review, and empathy for every child and parent you serve. And the expectation from Guide 1 still leads: read and follow the exact directions provided. In this guide, that means the required blocks below, every week, exactly as written.

Your weekly hours. Guide 2 runs at the same pace as Guide 1: 6 to 10 hours every week. The table below is the shape of every week. The fixed rows add to a little over 6 hours; your planning and project work and your community conversation fill the rest of the week, inside the same total.

Note: the Base44, video library, lifeline, and weekly log hours are part of the weekly total, within the 6 to 10 hour week.

ONE SET OF RULES, EVERYWHERE

The same rules that apply in this guide apply on every Voice Up platform you use: voiceuplab.org, voiceuplearning.com, voiceuplearning.life, and Base44.

The required blocks, the deadlines, the logging, and the exact directions do not change from platform to platform. Follow the same directions in the same way everywhere.

Precision. All the details matter.

STUDENT INFORMATION

Name: Dajana Begolli

Email: [Student Email] (school)

Emergency Contact Name: [Emergency Contact Name]

Emergency Contact Phone: [Emergency Contact Phone]

College / University: Georgia State University

Program: Voice Up: Purpose, Planning & Readiness Pathway

Phase: Execution

Selected Pathway: Purpose Builder (6 to 10 Hours / Week)

Selected Anchor Trilogy: Miracle Has a Monster: Theme 1

Competency Track: Public Health: CEPH 2021 Foundational Competencies (MPH)

Assigned Mentor: Voice Up Mentor

Community Focus: Families, Youth, Teens, Parents

Preceptor: Art Fuller, Voice Up Publishing Inc.

A NOTE BEFORE YOU BEGIN: THIS GUIDE IS A LIVING DOCUMENT

Guide 1 built your plan. Guide 2 puts it to work. This guide is a starting point, not a fixed path. As you move through these 8 weeks, you will encounter new information, new people, and new questions. That is the point.

Each week includes a Trilogy Connection box tied to Miracle Has a Monster, a Public Health Alignment box tied to the CEPH foundational competencies, reflection questions for your weekly log, and three hard coded required blocks that appear in every week of every Voice Up guide:

• BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT: you keep building your own project site week by week. The exploring from Guide 1 is done; now the build ties directly to your lifeline and your fire statement. Every week you post the live link and a build note in your weekly log, and your build note states how that week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement.
• LIFELINE: you write, revise, and review your lifeline, the short statement of your purpose in your own words. You write it in Week 9, touch it in your weekly log every week, revise it formally at Week 12 and Week 15, and review it one final time at Week 16, with all versions side by side in your portfolio.
• VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT: one assigned interview module and its 7-day sprint every week. You complete three separate module reviews at a minimum every week: the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library, and there are plenty to choose from. Your weekly log lists each module by title with your review and one takeaway from each, plus a short sprint reflection.

The goal is never compliance with a document. The goal is growth, connection, and purpose. This guide exists to serve that goal, and to serve you.

REQUIRED: STUDENT HANDBOOK & FOUNDER MEETING

THESE TWO STEPS CARRY FORWARD FROM GUIDE 1:

Step 1: Read and Complete the Voice Up Student Handbook: https://voiceuplab.org/StudentHandbook

Step 2: Schedule Your Founder Meeting with Art Fuller: https://calendly.com/ellingtonbooks-info

Your handbook is already complete from Guide 1. Keep it close. Before Week 9 begins, meet with your preceptor to walk through this guide, your hours plan, and your pilot setting.

OFFICIAL PROGRAM LINKS

1. Student Handbook (REQUIRED): https://voiceuplab.org/StudentHandbook
2. Schedule Founder Meeting (REQUIRED): https://calendly.com/ellingtonbooks-info
3. Submit References: https://voiceuplab.org/references
4. Join Saturday Meetings (1:30 PM or 9:30 PM Eastern): https://voiceuphub.com/
5. Voice Up Main Site: https://voiceuplab.org/
6. Competency Alignment & Standards: https://voiceuplab.org/CompetencyAlignment
7. Explore Video Modules: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules
8. Weekly Intern Hour Logs: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs
9. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
10. Miracle Has a Monster Trilogy Page: https://voiceuplab.org/MiracleHasAMonsterTrilogyPage
11. Anonymous Student Feedback (End of Week 12 & Week 16): https://voiceuplab.org/StudentFeedback
12. Participation Waiver: https://voiceuplab.org/ParticipationWaiver
13. Support / Contact: info@voiceup.life

WHY THIS PLANNING GUIDE EXISTS

This section is carried forward from your Guide 1 planning entry, in your own words. Every element below reflects what you told us about your cause, your goals, and how you work. Guide 2 exists to turn these words into work in the world.

Your Fire:

"The cause I am committed to working on is improving children's health, early development, and overall well-being. I want to help children ages 3 to 14 build confidence, develop healthy relationships, and feel supported in their learning environments. I believe children should be active participants in their learning and development, and I want to contribute to projects that create positive, lasting benefits for their growth and future success."

Why This Cause Matters to You:

"This cause is important to me because I believe the early years of a child's life play a big role in their future health, learning, and development. Every child deserves the opportunity to grow, learn, and feel supported in their environment. I want to help children build confidence, develop healthy habits, and feel that they belong, both at school and in their communities. I believe that supporting children early in life can help prevent future challenges and give them a stronger foundation for success."

Your Community Focus: Families, Youth, Teens, Parents

What You Will Accomplish in the Next 3 to 4 Months:

"Within the next 3 to 4 months, I would like to learn more about how to support children's health, emotional well-being, and development at an early age. I want to explore practical ways to help children build confidence, feel included in their school environments, and develop healthy habits. I also hope to contribute to projects that help children learn and grow while gaining a better understanding of how schools, families, and communities can work together to support their long-term well-being."

Your Vision of Success:

"Success would mean knowing that I have helped make a positive difference in children's lives, even in a small way. I would like to contribute to projects that help children feel supported, included, and confident in their ability to learn and grow. I would also consider it a success to gain knowledge and skills that help me better understand children's needs and how to support their development. My goal is to help create positive learning environments where children feel valued and have the opportunity to reach their full potential."

Your Research Approach:

"I will research how early childhood experiences affect children's health, emotional well-being, learning, and development. I plan to review reliable sources, including public health studies, research articles, and reports from organizations that focus on child development and education. I will also look into the challenges children face in school and the ways families, teachers, and communities can support them. This research will help me better understand children's needs and identify practical, evidence-based ways to improve their learning and development."

Your Communication Strategy:

"I believe the best ways to share my accomplishments are through social media, presentations, written reports, and community outreach. Social media can help reach a large audience, while presentations and reports can share important findings with teachers, parents, and public health professionals. I would also like to share information through schools and community organizations to reach families directly. Using different ways to communicate would help make the information easy to understand and show how supporting children's health, learning, and development can make a positive difference in their lives."

Your Tracking Commitment:

"I will keep track of the lessons I learn by documenting my work through written reports, presentations, and community outreach materials, and by reflecting on what the evidence shows about children's needs and how schools, families, and communities can work together."

How You Receive Feedback:

"I will receive feedback by communicating with my supervisors, team members, teachers, and other professionals who work with children. I will ask questions, listen to their suggestions, and stay open to different ideas and perspectives. As I work on projects and test different approaches, I will use their feedback to understand what is working well and what could be improved. I will also reflect on the results and make changes when needed to ensure my work is helpful, practical, and focused on supporting children's health, learning, and development."

Core Belief:

"Purpose grows through reflection, relationships, and repetition."

REQUIRED PARTICIPATION COMMITMENTS

• Weekly Execution Work: Dedicate 6 to 10 hours per week to this guide. Across Guide 1 and Guide 2, your Applied Practice Experience (APE) totals 150 hours. Your weekly logs are the record: Weeks 11 and 12 hold the audits where you check the total and name any gap and the plan to close it.
• Saturday Global Meetings: Attend ONE weekly Saturday session (1:30 PM or 9:30 PM Eastern) at https://voiceuphub.com/. If you cannot attend live, watch the recording and submit your reflection.
• Weekly Log Submissions: Document progress every week at https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs. Write 2 to 3 specific sentences for each day of the week, and 2 to 3 specific sentences for your weekly reflection.
• Submit Your Questions: Submit questions each week at https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions
• Base44 Site Development (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK): Keep building your project site. Post the live link and your build note in your weekly log every week, and state in the build note how the work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement.
• Your Lifeline (REQUIRED): Write your lifeline in Week 9. Touch it in your weekly log every week. Revise it formally in Week 12 and again in Week 15, and complete the final lifeline review in Week 16. Keep every version. The changes between versions are part of your record.
• Video Library + 7-Day Sprint (REQUIRED): Complete at least three separate video module reviews every week: the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library. Work the 7-day sprint that goes with the assigned module, and include the sprint reflection in your weekly log.
• Community Engagement: Have meaningful one-on-one conversations with parents, teachers, pediatric professionals, mentors, and community members. Option C each week is built for this.
• Anonymous Student Feedback: Complete the feedback form at the end of Week 12 and Week 16: https://voiceuplab.org/StudentFeedback
• Participation Waiver: Required for any activity involving participants: https://voiceuplab.org/ParticipationWaiver

YOUR WEEKS 9 TO 16 EXECUTION PATHWAY

Each week includes: a focus theme, THREE activity choices (select ONE), the three hard coded required blocks (Base44 Site Development, Lifeline, and Video Library + 7-Day Sprint), a TRILOGY CONNECTION box, a PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT box (CEPH 2021), and reflection questions for your weekly log.

WEEK 9: Launching the Support Plan

Execution begins. In Week 3 of Guide 1 you designed a one-page support plan: one practical way to help children build confidence or feel included in a school setting. This week the plan leaves the page. You pilot it in a real setting, with real children and families, and you watch honestly what happens.

Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):

OPTION A: Pilot Session One: Run the first session of your Week 3 support plan in your chosen setting (a classroom belonging activity, a family engagement idea, or your own design). Keep it small and complete. Note who came, what you did, and how children responded.

OPTION B: Pilot Readiness Review: Walk your support plan past the practitioner or partner who will host it. Confirm the setting, the participants, the participation waiver, and the day. Adjust the plan to fit the real room before you run it.

OPTION C: Community Conversation: The Host's View: Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with the teacher, counselor, or leader hosting your pilot. Ask what success looks like from where they stand, and what would make the activity genuinely useful to them.

BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Bring Your Support Plan Onto the Site

Your site now becomes the public home of your project. Build the project page for your support plan: what the plan is, who it serves, where and when the pilot runs, and how a parent or teacher can take part. Write it in the plain words of your lifeline and your fire statement, so a first-time visitor meets your purpose before they meet your plan.

Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Write Your Lifeline

In this week's log, write your lifeline in one to two sentences, in your own words, tied directly to your Fire. A lifeline says why this work matters to you and who it is for. It does not need to be perfect. It needs to be true. Save this first version exactly as you wrote it. You will return to it all guide long: a touch in every weekly log, formal revisions at Week 12 and Week 15, and a final review at Week 16.

VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.

Assigned module: Neufeld Purpose Interview and the Neufeld Purpose 7-Day Sprint (purpose in practice). You watched the Neufeld Purpose interview in Guide 1. This week you complete its 7-day sprint in full, and you carry one idea from it into your pilot. Name that idea in your sprint reflection. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.

Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.

TRILOGY CONNECTION

Book: Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1)

Your support plan is an act of walking alongside. In Miracle Has a Monster, the adults around the heroine do not fix everything. They show up, stay close, and help her face the hard thing. As you launch your pilot, ask: what does showing up look like in your setting, and who is already walking alongside the children you serve?

APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]

Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]

PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT (CEPH 2021)

CEPH Competency 4: Apply Evidence-Based Approaches to Public Health; Competency 6: Plan and Manage Public Health Programs. This week you run a planned, evidence-based activity in a real setting and manage the practical details that make it happen.

Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):

1. Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
2. What happened in your first real step of execution, in plain detail?
3. What did the children, families, or host show you that your plan did not expect?
4. Read your lifeline statement out loud. Which words feel most true, and which feel borrowed?
5. What will you adjust before the next pilot session?

1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions

WEEK 10: Family-Facing Content in the World

In Week 5 of Guide 1 you piloted one small piece of family-facing content and shared it with one real person. This week that pilot grows into a small series: a connected set of pieces that help parents support their children's confidence and healthy habits, shared through a school or community organization so it reaches families where they already are.

Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):

OPTION A: Content Series Build: Turn your Week 5 pilot into a series of three short pieces (handouts, posts, or simple graphics) on one theme from your work: confidence, belonging, or healthy habits. Keep the language plain enough for any parent to use the same day.

OPTION B: Distribution Partnership: Share the series through one school or community organization from your Week 5 inventory. Agree on where it will appear, who it reaches, and how you will hear back from families.

OPTION C: Community Conversation: A Parent's Reading: Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with a parent who has seen your content. Ask what landed, what confused them, and what they wish someone had told them sooner.

BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: A Home for Your Family Content Series

Build the page or section of your site that will hold your family-facing content series. Set it up so each piece stands on its own and the whole series reads in order: a short opening line for parents, the pieces themselves, and one clear next step a family can take. Keep every word plain enough for a parent to use the same day.

Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Lifeline in the Log

Write one paragraph in this week's log connecting your lifeline to the actual work you did this week. Where did the lifeline show up in the work? Where was it tested? This week, test it against your family content: would a parent who read your series recognize the person your lifeline describes?

VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.

Assigned module: Doyle Pandemic Purpose Interview and the Doyle Pandemic Purpose 7-Day Sprint (purpose under pressure). You watched the Doyle Pandemic Purpose interview in Guide 1. This week you complete its 7-day sprint in full. Its subject, holding purpose steady when conditions are hard, speaks directly to families. In your sprint reflection, name one line from the sprint you would hand to a parent. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.

Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.

TRILOGY CONNECTION

Book: Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1)

Miracle Has a Monster reaches children through story: simple words carrying a hard truth. Your family-facing series does the same work in a different form. Ask: which piece in your series carries the truest sentence, and how do you know a parent will feel accompanied rather than instructed when they read it?

APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]

Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]

PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT (CEPH 2021)

CEPH Competency 9: Communicate Public Health Information. This week you communicate the same evidence to families in plain language, through channels families already trust, and you listen for whether it landed.

Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):

1. Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
2. What is the one message your series exists to deliver, in a single sentence?
3. How did the school or organization change your content for the better?
4. What did a real parent or reader teach you about how families actually receive information?
5. Where will this series live after this week, and who keeps it alive?

1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions

WEEK 11: Reading the Evidence of Your Own Work

Half of execution is behind you. This week you step back and read the evidence of your own work the way you read research in Guide 1: your pilot sessions, your content series, your documented hours and logs. Simple signals, honestly read, tell you what your work is actually doing.

Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):

OPTION A: Outcome Signals Review: Gather the simple outcome signals from your pilot and your series: attendance, repeat participation, questions families asked, comments from hosts, and any change you observed in children across sessions. Write what the signals show and what they cannot show.

OPTION B: Hours and Log Audit: Add up your documented hours across Guide 1 and Guide 2 from your weekly logs. Compare the total against the 150-hour APE goal and against your 6 to 10 hour weekly pace. Name the gap, if there is one, and the plan to close it by Week 16.

OPTION C: Community Conversation: The Skeptic's Question: Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with a mentor, teacher, or peer who will ask hard questions. Present your signals and ask: what would convince you this is working, and what am I not measuring?

BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: The Evidence Page: What Your Work Shows

Build an evidence page that shows what your work is doing so far: your outcome signals, your session counts, your documented hours, and the honest limits of what the signals can show. Use the same care you used in your evidence review this week. A page that states its limits plainly earns more trust than a page that claims too much.

Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Lifeline Evidence Check

Hold your lifeline up against your documented work: your logs, your hours, your site build, and your reflections. In this week's log, name two places where the evidence matches your lifeline and one place where it does not yet. Name the next step for the gap.

VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.

Assigned module: Plough Public Health Interview and the Plough Public Health 7-Day Sprint (public health leadership). You watched the Plough Public Health interview in Guide 1. This week you complete its 7-day sprint in full. Public health leadership begins with reading evidence plainly, including your own. In your sprint reflection, write how a leader should talk about early, partial results. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.

Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.

TRILOGY CONNECTION

Book: Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1)

The heroine of Miracle Has a Monster learns to name her monster. Naming is what this week asks of you: name what your work is doing, with numbers and stories side by side. What is the honest name for your results so far, and what would the children in your setting say the monster is now?

APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]

Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]

PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT (CEPH 2021)

CEPH Competency 2: Use Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis; Competency 1: Apply Epidemiological Methods. This week you count carefully, compare against a goal, and describe a small body of evidence without claiming more than it holds.

Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):

1. Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
2. What is your documented hour total today, and how far is it from 150?
3. Which outcome signal surprised you most, and why?
4. What can your evidence not show yet, and how could you see it?
5. What is the strongest honest sentence you can write about your results so far?

1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions

WEEK 12: Mid-Guide Review and Calibration

Pause and take stock, the way you did at Guide 1's midpoint, but now with real work behind you. Review your pilot, your series, your evidence, and your portfolio. This week also holds your mentor review conversation and the second writing of your Lifeline.

Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):

OPTION A: Portfolio Check and Hours Audit: Assemble everything so far: both guides' logs, your support plan and its revisions, your content series, your Week 11 evidence review. Check the portfolio against the 150-hour goal and list what is missing while there is still time to build it.

OPTION B: Mentor Review Conversation: Meet with your preceptor or mentor for a full review. Bring your evidence and your questions. Ask directly: where is this work strongest, where is it thin, and what should the final four weeks protect?

OPTION C: Community Conversation: Partner Check-In: Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with your host or distribution partner. Ask how the work looks from their side of the table and what they would want from a longer partnership.

BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Build Review and Fix List

Review everything you have built so far against your project plan. Write a fix list of at least five items (wording, layout, links, images, order of content) and fix the top three this week. Bring the list to your mentor review conversation, so your site review and your work review happen together.

Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: FORMAL LIFELINE REVISION 1 (REQUIRED CHECKPOINT)

Submit your before and after lifeline versions in this week's log, with three to five sentences on what the first weeks of execution taught you that the new wording now carries. This is a required checkpoint, reviewed with your mentor. Keep the Week 9 version untouched in your portfolio; the changes between versions are part of your record.

VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.

Assigned module: Noguera Bridge Interview and the Noguera Bridge 7-Day Sprint (education equity). You first met this sprint in Guide 1. Complete it again this week with execution eyes: you now run work inside real learning environments. In your sprint reflection, name one equity gap you have now seen from the inside. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.

Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.

TRILOGY CONNECTION

Book: Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1)

At the midpoint of her story, the heroine of Miracle Has a Monster decides whether to keep going, and decides who she is becoming. Your Lifeline revision is that decision in writing. Compare this week's statement with Week 9's: what did the work itself teach you that planning could not?

APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]

Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]

PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT (CEPH 2021)

CEPH Competency 8: Demonstrate Public Health Leadership. Leadership includes stopping, reviewing honestly, and recalibrating in public. This week you audit your own work and invite a mentor's judgment on it.

Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):

1. Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
2. What did your mentor or partner see in your work that you had missed?
3. Place your two lifeline versions side by side. What changed, in your own words?
4. What is missing from your portfolio today, and what is your plan to build it by Week 16?
5. What will you do differently in Weeks 13 to 16 because of this review?

1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions

WEEK 13: Partnership in Practice

Your Week 5 inventory named the organizations and people who could walk alongside the families you serve. This week one of them becomes a real partner: a named relationship, a shared activity, and an honest agreement about what each side gives and gets.

Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):

OPTION A: Formalize the Partnership: Choose the strongest partner from your Week 5 inventory and formalize the relationship: a short written agreement or letter naming the shared goal, each side's role, and the next two joint steps. Keep it warm and plain.

OPTION B: Co-Run One Activity: Plan and run one activity together with your partner: a family session, a classroom visit, a shared content release. Divide the work by strength, and debrief together the same week.

OPTION C: Community Conversation: What Partners Need: Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with your partner about what makes partnerships with students succeed or fail. Ask what they need from you between now and Week 16, and write it down.

BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: The Partner Page

Add a partner page or section that names your partnership in plain words: who your partner is, the shared goal, what each side gives, and the next two joint steps. If your partner agrees, include their name and a link to their organization. This page is the public record of collaboration, one of the five principles at work.

Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Lifeline in Practice

Use your lifeline out loud in one real conversation or presentation this week. Write in your log what happened: how you said it, how the other person responded, and what you noticed about yourself. This week, your partner conversation is the natural place to use it.

VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.

Assigned module: Kubansky and Thewlis Interview and the Kubansky/Thewlis 7-Day Sprint. Complete the Kubansky and Thewlis 7-day sprint module in full this week. In your sprint reflection, name one practice from the sprint that shaped how you approached your partner. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.

Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.

TRILOGY CONNECTION

Book: Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1)

No one defeats a monster alone, and no one in Miracle Has a Monster is asked to. This week your work stops being solo. Ask: what does your partner make possible that you could not do alone, and what do you make possible for them?

APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]

Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]

PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT (CEPH 2021)

CEPH Competency 10: Engage in Interprofessional and Team Practice. This week you practice the real version: shared goals, divided work, and a debrief across roles and organizations.

Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):

1. Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
2. Who is your partner, and what did you agree to, in plain words?
3. What happened in your first joint activity, and what did the debrief surface?
4. What does your partner need from you that you had not understood before this week?
5. How has working inside a partnership changed what you believe your project can become?

1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions

WEEK 14: Policy and Access

In Week 7 of Guide 1 you wrote an access barriers brief: cost, time, information, trust, language, access. This week the brief becomes recommendations, written for one real audience who can act on them: a school leader, a clinic, a district office, or a community organization.

Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):

OPTION A: Recommendations Brief: Turn your Week 7 barriers brief into a two-page recommendations brief for one named audience. For each barrier, keep the recommendation you can defend with your own pilot and partnership evidence.

OPTION B: Systems Map, Revisited: Draw the system your work now touches: families, your setting, your partner, the school or organization, and the policies above them. Mark where your recommendations would land and who decides.

OPTION C: Community Conversation: The Decision Maker: Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with someone who can act on recommendations in your setting. Ask what makes a recommendation usable to them, and what makes one easy to ignore.

BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Publish Your Recommendations

Publish your recommendations brief on your site, written for the one real audience who can act on it. Give the brief its own page: the barriers in plain words, one recommendation for each, and the evidence from your pilot and partnership that backs each one. Keep the page short enough for a busy decision maker to read in one sitting.

Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Lifeline in the Log

Write one paragraph in this week's log connecting your lifeline to the recommendations you are making. Policy work can pull your words toward systems and away from children. Check that your lifeline still names the people your recommendations are for, and note one place where it kept your brief honest.

VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.

Assigned module: Tegmark and Esvelt Interview and the Tegmark/Esvelt 7-Day Sprint (systems and power). Complete the Tegmark and Esvelt 7-day sprint module in full this week. Systems and power are the ground this week's brief stands on. In your sprint reflection, name one place where power, not information, is the real barrier. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.

Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.

TRILOGY CONNECTION

Book: Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1)

Miracle Has a Monster is a story, but it is also an argument: that a child's experience should change how adults organize care. Your recommendations brief makes the same kind of argument with evidence attached. Ask: which single recommendation carries the most of the heroine's story in it, and can you say why in one sentence?

APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]

Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]

PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT (CEPH 2021)

CEPH Competency 7: Assess and Apply Public Health Policy; Competency 11: Apply Systems Thinking. This week you write for a decision maker, inside a system, with barriers and levers named.

Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):

1. Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
2. Who is your audience, and what can they actually decide?
3. Which recommendation is strongest, and what evidence from your own work backs it?
4. Where did you find power, rather than information, acting as the barrier?
5. What would you need to see by Week 16 to know your recommendations were heard?

1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions

WEEK 15: Final Report and Presentation

Bring the work into the open. This week you deliver your public-facing summary: what you set out to do, what you did, what the evidence shows, and what you recommend. You present it live to a school or community audience, the way you described in your communication strategy in Guide 1.

Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):

OPTION A: Public-Facing Summary Brief: Write the two-page public brief: the problem, your project, your pilot and partnership, your evidence, and your recommendations. Write it for a school board member or a parent leader, in plain language.

OPTION B: Live Presentation: Present your summary to a real audience: your partner organization, a school team, a parent group, or the Saturday global meeting. Take questions. Note the hardest one and how you answered it.

OPTION C: Community Conversation: Audience Member: Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with one person who heard your presentation. Ask what they will remember in a month, and what they wish you had said.

BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Polish Pass: Mobile, Accessibility, Plain Wording

Check the full site on a phone: layout, tap targets, and reading order. Check accessibility basics: headings in order, alt text on images, and enough contrast. Rewrite any hard wording into plain words a first-time visitor understands. Do this pass before your presentation, so the site your audience visits is the strongest version of your work.

Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: FORMAL LIFELINE REVISION 2 (REQUIRED CHECKPOINT)

Submit your before and after lifeline versions in this week's log. Revise from the Week 11 evidence check, your Week 12 revision, and everything the work has taught you since. Note what changed and why. This is a required checkpoint, reviewed with your mentor.

VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.

Assigned module: Slater Commencement Interview and the Slater Commencement 7-Day Sprint (purpose). Complete the Slater Commencement 7-day sprint module in full this week, as you prepare to present and to close. In your sprint reflection, name one sentence from the sprint you want your audience to leave with. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.

Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.

TRILOGY CONNECTION

Book: Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1)

Every story in the trilogy ends by being told. Miracle Has a Monster matters because someone wrote it down and handed it to the world. This week your eight plus eight weeks become a story other people can carry. Ask: what is the one moment from your execution work that belongs at the center of your telling, and why that one?

APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]

Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]

PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT (CEPH 2021)

CEPH Competency 9: Communicate Public Health Information; Competency 8: Demonstrate Public Health Leadership. This week you present evidence and recommendations to a real audience and stand behind them in the room.

Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):

1. Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
2. What is the center of your presentation, in one sentence?
3. What was the hardest question you received, and how did you answer it?
4. What did your audience teach you about your own work?
5. What remains to finish in Week 16, hour by hour and piece by piece?

1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions

WEEK 16: Completion and Launching Forward

Finish well. This week you complete your Purpose Portfolio, reconcile your hours to the 150-hour APE goal, sit for your APE completion review, write the final version of your Lifeline, and name the next step you will take after this guide ends.

Choose ONE Activity (A, B, or C):

OPTION A: Purpose Portfolio, Final: Assemble the final portfolio: your fire statement, all sixteen weekly logs, your support plan and revisions, your content series, your evidence review, your partnership agreement, your recommendations brief, your public summary, and a one-page where I go from here. Organize it as a single record you would be proud to hand to your preceptor and your program.

OPTION B: APE Completion Review: Meet with your preceptor for the completion review. Walk the portfolio and the hours record together: 150 hours across Guide 1 and Guide 2, the competencies each week served, and what the work produced. Name honestly anything left incomplete.

OPTION C: Community Conversation: Forward-Facing Partner: Have a 20 to 30 minute conversation with your partner or a mentor about continuing this work beyond the sixteen weeks. Ask what a next step together could look like, and agree on the first one.

BASE44 SITE DEVELOPMENT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: Final Build Review and Launch Summary

Do a final review of the whole site against your project plan. Write your launch summary: what the site does, who it serves, what you built across the two guides, and what you would build next. Your launch summary goes into your Purpose Portfolio next to your final lifeline.

Deliverable: Post the live link to this week's build in your weekly log, with a short build note (what you built, what changed, what is next). In your build note, state how this week's Base44 work connects to your lifeline and your fire statement. Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

LIFELINE (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

This week: FINAL LIFELINE REVIEW (REQUIRED)

Place every version of your Guide 2 lifeline side by side: the Week 9 statement, the Week 12 Revision 1, the Week 15 Revision 2, and the final version you write this week. Write a short review of how your words changed as your work deepened. Your final lifeline goes into your Purpose Portfolio. This review closes the sixteen-week arc: the purpose you first named in words is now a purpose with a record behind it.

VIDEO LIBRARY + 7-DAY SPRINT (REQUIRED, EVERY WEEK)

MINIMUM REQUIRED EVERY WEEK: THREE SEPARATE VIDEO MODULE REVIEWS. Complete the assigned module plus at least two more modules you choose from the library.

Assigned module: Slater Commencement Interview and the Slater Commencement 7-Day Sprint (purpose). Close the video library where commencements point forward: watch the Slater Commencement interview in full this week and complete its sprint. In your sprint reflection, write on the line you want to carry into your next chapter. Find it in the Video Library: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules. Work the 7-day sprint across this week, a little each day. There are plenty of modules to choose from in the library.

Deliverable: In this week's weekly log, list each of the three modules by title: the assigned module and the two additional modules you chose. Write your review of each module, including one clear takeaway from each. Also include a short sprint reflection inside the log: what stayed with you, and one way it changes your work this week.

TRILOGY CONNECTION

Book: Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1)

As Miracle Has a Monster closes, the heroine carries what she learned forward. Your portfolio and your final Lifeline are that carrying-forward. Ask: what do you now know about children, families, and yourself that you did not know in Week 1, and which page of your portfolio proves it?

APA Citation: [Write your in-text citation and full reference here]

Real-World Example: [Connect this week's insight to a concrete example]

PUBLIC HEALTH ALIGNMENT (CEPH 2021)

CEPH Competency 6: Plan and Manage Public Health Programs; Competency 8: Demonstrate Public Health Leadership. Completion is a leadership act: a full record, an honest review, and a named next step.

Reflection Questions (Answer in Weekly Log):

1. Which activity did you choose (A, B, or C) and why?
2. State your final documented hours total and how it stands against the 150-hour goal.
3. Read your lifeline versions in order. What did the work do to your purpose?
4. What are you most proud of from these sixteen weeks, and what is the evidence?
5. What is your next step after this guide, and who will walk with you?

1. Submit Weekly Log: https://voiceuplab.org/InternHourLogs

2. Submit Your Questions: https://voiceuplab.org/SubmitYourQuestions

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Dajana, Guide 1 asked you to plan. Guide 2 asked you to do. You piloted a real plan with real children, put real words in front of real families, counted your own evidence honestly, built a real partnership, and stood in front of a real audience. That is not practice for the work. That is the work.

Your fire has not changed: improving children's health, early development, and overall well-being for children ages 3 to 14. What has changed is that the fire now has a record behind it: sixteen weeks of logs, a portfolio, your Lifeline in all its versions, and people who walked with you and can say what you did.

Over these sixteen weeks, you built the foundation of a life's work characterized by precision, compassion, and trust, aligned to the CEPH foundational competencies and to the five Voice Up principles: collaboration, humility, precision, patience, and empathy.

Voice Up exists because purpose grows through reflection, relationships, and repetition. Keep going. Your work matters.

"Success would mean knowing that I have helped make a positive difference in children's lives, even in a small way. My goal is to help create positive learning environments where children feel valued and have the opportunity to reach their full potential."

With gratitude,

Art

EVIDENCE BASE & STANDARDS ALIGNMENT

Miracle Has a Monster Trilogy

Miracle Has a Monster (Theme 1) and its companion volumes form the narrative spine of both guides: a child's health journey, the adults who walk beside her, and the community that makes healing possible. Explore: https://voiceuplab.org/MiracleHasAMonsterTrilogyPage

CEPH 2021 Foundational Competencies (MPH Track)

This guide aligns to the Council on Education for Public Health 2021 foundational competencies, the national standard for accredited MPH programs. Guide 2 applies these competencies in execution; competencies 3, 5, and 12 were carried in Guide 1.

• 1. Apply Epidemiological Methods: Week 11
• 2. Use Quantitative Methods & Data Analysis: Week 11
• 4. Apply Evidence-Based Approaches: Week 9
• 6. Plan & Manage Public Health Programs: Weeks 9, 16
• 7. Assess & Apply Public Health Policy: Week 14
• 8. Demonstrate Public Health Leadership: Weeks 12, 15, 16
• 9. Communicate Public Health Information: Weeks 10, 15
• 10. Engage in Interprofessional & Team Practice: Week 13
• 11. Apply Systems Thinking: Week 14

Video Modules Referenced

• NeufeldPurposeInterview / NeufeldPurposeModule: purpose in practice (Week 9 sprint)
• DoylePandemicPurposeInterview / DoylePandemicPurposeModule: purpose under pressure (Week 10 sprint)
• PloughPublicHealthInterview / PloughPublicHealthModule: public health leadership (Week 11 sprint)
• NogueraBridgeInterview / NogueraBridgeModule: education equity (Week 12 sprint)
• KubanskyThewlisInterview / KubanskyThewlisModule (Week 13)
• TegmarkEsveltInterview / TegmarkEsveltModule: systems and power (Week 14)
• SlaterCommencementInterview / SlaterCommencementModule: purpose (Weeks 15 and 16)

Explore all: https://voiceuplab.org/ExploreVideoModules