Grade Contracted For _✅_ A ____ B ____ C
| What concepts are you going to learn, or skills are you going to develop? | How will you learn the content/develop the skill? | What evidence will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | How will you and I assess the evidence of your learning/skills? |
| (20 %) Based on: Collaboration (12.c)- Working independently when needed with the effort of completing team goals. | – Participating in class/group discussions. – Using this goal outside of class like in clubs or work. – Staying organized and setting expectations for myself and the team. | – Taking Notes – Working alongside research team. – Using a planner for myself and team to stay on track. | – My writing shows how much information I retain. – Proof that my group communicates well. – Assessing if plans get pushed back, or if we follow the schedule. |
| (20 %) Based on: Reading (11.a)- Evaluates texts’ scholarly significance to apply reading to other contexts or issues. | – Complete readings assigned from class through an appropriate lens. – Talk with research team about learnings from readings during group time. – Apply my readings from my media law class to contexts discussed in CODES, if applicable. | – Samples of the thorough reflections I write over the readings. – Images of our group discussions in the IRIS Center. – A selection of cases that might support contexts/issues relating to research team topics and/or CODES themes. | – Going over any feedback given about reflections and improvements needed to be made. – Have a meeting about what I learned from my research team in group discussions. – Analyzing how the teachings from my media law class overlap with issues looked at throughout the CODES program. |
| (30 %) Based on: Critical & Creative Thinking (2.d)- Hearing from multiple groups to produce many helpful ideas. | – Being open minded and unbiased. – Listening to all points of view before developing products. – Making sure others have room to speak and feel comfortable to share their ideas and opinions. | – Images of group discussions. – Notes I take down of other people’s ideas/thoughts. – Explain my own opinions in person and on paper. | – This can show how we as group members are comfortable with each other. – Confirms that I’m willing to hear other thoughts. – Assess if my opinions have changed over time. |
| (20 %) Based on: Civic Engagement (1.b)- Use my academic studies to make connections and engage with public concerns. | – Try to connect readings, assignments, and research to my products. – Ask questions and dig deeper. – Attempt to find ways my academic studies can relate to public concerns we discuss in CODES. | – Analyze research team survey results to consider ways of engagement with the public. – Connections I make with my fellow research teams’ products. – Utilized what I’ve learned in class and bring it to life through forms of volunteering in the community. | – Survey results can tell whether or not mentoring/after school programs are helpful and if more can be done in this area. – Analyzing my connections with others shows the value my products bring to the whole website. – Discuss the impact I made while volunteering and how I applied my studies within the community. |
| (10 %) Based on: Skills for Lifelong Learning (7.b)- Attempt to gain knowledge from beyond the classroom. | – Always be willing to learn something new and expand my beliefs. – Participating in many activities and clubs. – Striving to discover self-realization to understand the things I’d like to learn and how I can grow. | – Read books/articles that I find enlightening about topics that relate to me personally and professionally. – Journal moments outside the classroom when I learned a valuable lesson. – Meet people outside the class that can share something with me. | – Review annotations I may have taken during my readings to look back on what pieces I engaged more with. – Explain how these learning moments affected me. – Share whom I’ve met that have had an influence on me. |