Students will become informed, active, and responsible citizens. This will be accomplished by
developing awareness and/or deepening understanding of a specific community need or societal
problem, exploring personal role in and commitment to civic engagement, and/or applying liberal
education skills to solve a problem or serve a need in the community.
Element
Benchmark Not
Met (0 points)
Benchmark
Reached (1 point)
Benchmark
Exceeded (2 points)
1.
Student connects
academic experience to the
service-learning experience
Demonstrates little to no
learning
Demonstrates that the
service experience enhanced
or complemented learning
2.
Student recognizes a
personal sense of
responsibility to community
through the service-learning
experience
3.
Student creates a
strengthened community
through the service-learning
experience
Fails to demonstrate personal
responsibility
Demonstrates personal
responsibility to the
community
Demonstrates learning
explored beyond the
expectations of the project
and integrates it into an
academic experience
Demonstrates responsibility to
the community beyond
expectation.
Fails to demonstrate a
strengthened community
Demonstrates a strengthened Demonstrates a sustainable
community
benefit to the community
beyond the particular project