CODE221 Learning Contract

Your Goal Grade

A WorkB WorkC 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 reason for my five goals is to improve my communication and connection to scholarly text and applying these skills to boost engagement from the communities I work with. The most challenging will be connecting my research reading into relatability to the communities I work with.

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%)
Based on (2A): Taking Knowledge from multiple sources to transform ideas

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 try to engage previous knowledge to help improve ideas.reflections,
final assignments
emails

I will show ways of using past knowledge in current writing, and utilizing my research

Goal 2 (25%)
Based on (8b): I want to make my oral communications more complying and interesting to listen to

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 practice my speeches beforehand and use notecards/ writing my speeches before handSpeeches
 
Communications with JJKFAN
 
Emails

notecards
I will show my preparedness for content, and show my steps of preparation

Goal 3 (%)
Based on (8c): Develops clear, innovative central messages with significant supporting materials.

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 try to improve my communication skills by making them more concise with my message, and easily distinguishable of what my mission isSpeeches
 
Communications with JJKFAN
 
Emails
My speeches and communication will show a clear message

Goal 4 (20%)
Based on (1b): Connects and extends knowledge from academic study to civic engagement.

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?
Connecting my research to increasing engagement in the reflections, final assignments, emails community
 
Emails
 
Final projects
 
Engagement
I will show extended knowledge in my studies, and putting it into my work with others

Goal 5 (20%)
Based on (9b): applying my research readings to other contexts to increase not only my knowledge, but relatability of the text to projects

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?
Show my understanding or issues and improving them with solutionsFinal Projects
 
Research
 
Collaboration with partners
It will show me relating and using my research to relate and increase my solutions in my work