CODE 221 Learning Contract

Your Goal Grade

Highlight the header for the column below to indicate which grade you plan to work toward in the course. Meeting the basic requirements for your chosen letter grade, according to the table below, is mandatory.

A Work	B Work	C Work
-Misses one class or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Annotates all readings thoroughly -Makes substantive comments in discussions -Completes all assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Work demonstrates intellectual engagement, care, effort, and growth in response to feedback -Collaborates substantially, contributes to vision, works equally with peers	-Misses two classes or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Annotates readings -Often participates in discussion -Completes all major assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Completes most SAs on time -Work demonstrates care, effort and growth in response to feedback -Collaborates equally, completes required work	-Misses three classes or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Completes most readings -Sometimes adds to discussion -Completes all major assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Completes at least four SAs -Meets minimal expectations on assignments; shows limited growth in response to feedback -Completes required collaborative work

First-Week Introduction

My five chosen goals are in the areas of civic engagement, skills for lifelong learning, ethical reasoning, written communication, and information literacy. I feel that these skills will be especially useful for this upcoming semester with all of the field work and community collaboration I will be doing. I am really looking forward to conducting more oral history interviews and surveying members of the community.

Midterm Introduction

Final Introduction

Course Goals

Choose five goals from the CODES Student Learning Outcomes that you’d like to work toward. Choose goals that are relevant to the scope of this course, select artifacts/examples based on activities assigned for this course, and explain characteristics in a way that illustrates how your artifacts/examples demonstrate your progress toward the goal.

Goal 1 (20%) Civic Engagement: Demonstrates ability and commitment to collaboratively work across and within community contexts and structures.

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
I will effectively work with our community partner and other stakeholders I come across throughout the semester.	My reflections throughout the course	Content in my reflections should demonstrate my active collaboration with community partners and stakeholders.

Goal 2 (20%) Skills for Lifelong Learning: Explores a topic in depth, yielding a rich awareness and/or little-known information indicating intense interest in the subject.

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
I will develop a rich awareness/deeper understanding of my topic.	I will display excerpts from my data collection and content assignments	The content displayed as my evidence should show that I have developed an interest/deeper understanding of my topic

Goal 3 (20%) Ethical Reasoning: Recognizes multilayered ethical issues and the cross-relationships among them.

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
I will conduct interviews and possibly surveys to collect data and recognize multilayered ethical issues.	Annotations from oral history interviews and surveys.	Annotations displayed should show myself identifying ethical issues relating to renters’ rights

Goal 4 (20%) Written Communication: Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’s understanding, and shaping the whole work.

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
I will use relevant, appropriate, and compelling language to illustrate my mastery of the subject to my audience.	Excerpts from reflections and content assignments throughout the semester	My language should express that I am confident and well versed in my subject area.

Goal 5 (20%) Information Literacy: Responsibly integrates research and demonstrates full understanding of the ethical and legal restrictions on information use.

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
I will make sure that any data published from my research is not morally or ethically conflicting.	excerpts from interview transcripts and data from surveys	data published should not contain identifiable information or any other unethical content.