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CommunityServiceGrantProjectProposalRubric

Beginning(1)

Developing(2)

Accomplished(3)

Exemplary(4)

CampusImpact UOstudentslearnabouttherelatedsocialneed

Theprojectmakesnoefforttoprepareoreducateparticipantsastotheworktheywillbedoing,northesocialissue.

Theprojectpreparesparticipantsforthework,oreducatesthemregardingthesocialissue,butnotboth.

Theprojectpreparesparticipantsfortheworkandeducatesthemregardingthesocialissuebyprovidingonereflectionortrainingopportunity,eitherbeforeoraftertheserviceactivity.

TheprojectpreparesparticipantsfortheworkandeducatesthemonthesocialissueinatleastonetrainingsessionANDatleastoneguidedreflectionactivity.

NumberofUOstudentsinvolved

Theprojectengagesmyselfandafewothergroupmembers,classmatesorfriends.

TheprojectengagesmanyUOstudentsfromagrouporgroupsthatIusuallypartnerwithforotheractivities.

TheprojectengagesalargenumberofUOstudentsfrommorethanoneothergroup,and/orreachesouttostudentsandgroupsthatwedon’tusuallyworkwith.

Theprojectengagesdiversegroupsandindividualsoncampuswhomaynotusuallyworktogether.

CommunityImpact Mutuallybeneficialrelationship

Wecameupwiththeideaforthisprojectandjustneedacommunitygrouptosignoffonit.

Wecameupwiththeideaforthisprojectandgaveourcommunitypartnersachancetoaskquestions,giveinput,etc.beforesubmittingourapplication.

Wecameupwiththeseedideaforthisprojectandworkedcloselywithourcommunitypartnertobesuretheworkwouldmeetarealneedoftheirs.

Weapproachedourcommunitypartnerwiththeideaandweworkedtogethertodevelopaprojectthatwouldmeetarealneedoftheirs,whileatthesametimebeingagreateducationalexperienceforusandotherstudentparticipants.

Numberofcommunitymembersengaged

Theprojectrequirestheengagementofonlyoneindividualfromourcommunitypartnerorganization.

Ourcontactpersonatourcommunitypartnerorganizationwillneedtoaskhisorhercolleaguestoworkwithus.

Manymembersofourcommunitypartnerorganization’sstaffhaveboughtintotheideaforthisprojectandareenthusiasticallyparticipating.

Manymembersofourcommunitypartnerorganization’sstaff,volunteers,andtherecipientsofourserviceareengagedintheplanningandexecutionofourproject.

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Quantifiableimpactonthecommunity

Itisunclearwhatimpacttheprojectwillhaveinthecommunity.

Theprojectplanincludeshopestocontributeaspecificoutcomebutitisunclearexactlyhowthatwouldbemeasuredandnospecificgoalsareexpressed.

Theprojectplanclearlyoutlinestheimpactithopestoachieveandhowitwillbemeasured.

Theprojectplanincludesaclearplantoassessitscontributiontoourcommunity,aswellasbenchmarkagainstwhichwewillmeasureoursuccess.

Sustainability Thisisaone-timeprojectwhoseimpactwillnotbereplicatedafterthisyear.

Theprojectcouldbecontinued,butonlywithadditionalfinancialsupport.

Theprojectincludesaplanforsustainingitself,butmayrequireadditionalfinancialsupport.

Theprojecthasafeasibleplanforhowitcancontinuetoimpactthecommunityafterthefirstyear’sgrant,includingplansforobtainingadditionalfundingifnecessary.

TechnicalAspects Completeness Oneormoreportionsofthe

applicationaremissingMorethanoneportionoftheapplicationisincompleteornotontime.

Oneoftheportionsoftheapplicationwasincompleteandrequiredfollow-upbutmostofitwasontime.

Allportionsoftheapplicationarecompleteandhandedinontime.

Readableandunderstandable

Fromtheapplication,reviewersarenotclearhowthegrantmoneywouldbespentnorhowtheprojectitselfwouldbecarriedout.

Theapplicationoutlinestheneedforfunding,andtheideafortheproject,butitisnotclearhowonemeetstheneedforthenext.Thereviewerswillrequiremuchmoreexplanation.

Theapplicationoutlinesthebudgetandanoutlineforcarryingouttheproject,butrequiressomeexplanationtothereviewers.

Theapplicationclearlyoutlinesbothplansforthegrantdollarsandforexecutingtheproject.Nofurtherclarificationisrequired.

Grammar,spelling,punctuation

Theapplicationisdifficulttoreadandappreciateduetoitsgrammatical,spelling,andpunctuationerrors.

Theapplicationhasseveralgrammatical,spelling,andpunctuationerrors,thatinterferewithitsclarity.

Theapplicationhasthreeorfewergrammatical,spellingandpunctuationerrors.Theoverallimpactoftheproposalisnotdiminished.

Theapplicationiswell-written,withnogrammaticalerrors.Itisapolishedfinalpieceofwork.