Theology 102 ADVOCACY Program Concept Paper

APPENDIX K
Guidelines and Mechanics for the Group Learning Portfolio

Final Exam Output in Theology 102

I. Rationale:
Read the ‘signs of times’ which are stuffed with change and implicating the moral,
social, and religious engagement – Gaudium et Spes #4-10

II. Theme:
“Pamanuli king Kalikasang Kayapan”
(A Return to Natural Goodness)

III. Scriptural Basis:

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful
over a few things; I will put you in-charge of many things. Share your master’s joy”
– Matthew 25:21

IV. Goals
Long Term Goal
 To develop the sense of volunteerism and leadership of the students through
active social participation by providing them simple but basic handlings, which
will be useful both in their personal and communal growth in the society.

Short Term Goal

 To foster familiarity with the principles of Catholic social doctrine of the Church
and demonstrate the principles at work to preserve human dignity by initiating
socially relevant apostolate and advocacies for countryside development.

o Objectives
At the end of the semester, the students should be able to:
1. Explain how the environmental issues correlates with social, moral,
economic, and religious issues through the Green Theology Conference
as expressed in written reflection.
2. Formulate personal and group manifesto on environment that is
correlated with other social, moral, religious issues integrating the
objective moral values taught by the Catholic Church.
3. Implement a socially relevant apostolate and advocacies for
countryside development.
4. Develop a team learning portfolio that effectively summarizes all the
significant learning from the service learning
5. Perform a team oral presentation demonstrating an appreciation to the
highlights of the Service Learning experience.

NOTE: All the activities performed in relation to the advocacy project

(from the conception of the idea, planning, implementation) must be
accounted together through the group learning portfolio.

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MECHANICS FOR THE GROUP LEARNING PORTFOLIO

1. The class will be divided according to their pre-established small groupings which
composed of a minimum of 5 members and a maximum of 7.
2. Each group will be encouraged to practice the designed common project for the
advocacy. However, each group will be required to decide for its specific details.

COMMON PROJECT will be the collection of plastic bottles [or other materials] in
their respective community which they could sell to junk shops. The earned money
from selling the bottles can be saved and be donated either to the Calamity fund
(c/o OCES Department) or Share a meal program (c/o OSA). The group may
decide for the frequency of remittance (this should be stipulated in the concept
paper). Also the receipt for the remittance should be kept for the purposes of
documentation in the portfolio.
a. Basic details for consideration:
i. How many bottles can the group members commit to collect per week?
ii. How would be the arrangement for the selling of the collected items to the
junk shops?
iii. To which office (OCES or OSA) do they wish to donate their proceeds?
iv. How frequent would the remittance be (e.g. weekly, twice a month, monthly,
or by the end of the advocacy duration)?

3. Aside from the common project, each group should have to decide for an additional
project which will be implemented simultaneously with the common project. The
additional project will form secondary part of the group manifesto.

b. ADDITIONAL PROJECT will be decided by the group 

i. specific details of its implementation needs to be indicated too since this will
be the basis of determining its accomplishments.

4. After the presentation of the group manifesto, the group can already begin the
actual implementation.
5. The implementation of the advocacy projects should as much as possible avoid
risky or dangerous areas and methods, meaning this should be a part of the
ordinary practices but making it extra-ordinary through its faithful and sincere
abidance to the simple protocols of life which we often tend to neglect.
6. The official simple but extra-ordinary implementation of the advocacy projects
begins December while February 25 to March 8, 2019 is reserved for full blast
apostolate and/or development of the portfolio.
7. March 11-15, 2019 will be the group oral presentation of the accomplishments in
the advocacy project.

Reminders for the implementation:

1. Always prioritize personal safety. Avoid going to hazardous and dangerous places.
Hence, prospect places/communities need to be presented to their respective
teachers before the actual implementation. Nonetheless, family environment and
immediate community are the highly recommended target areas.
2. It must not affect the students’ academic schedule.
3. Maintain the documentation of any activities performed connected to the advocacy.

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4. We are promoting active social participation not only for the sake of compliance to
the subject.

What should be contained by the portfolio?

1. The first part of the portfolio must exhibit the personal manifesto of each group
members.
2. The second part is the group manifesto where the (1) common project and (2)
additional project must appear together with their specific details.
3. The third part of the group learning portfolio should expose the different
documents such as pictures, letters (if there are any), receipts from the junk shops
and remittances to the chosen primary beneficiaries, and proof of participation of
their respective immediate communities like their families, families in their
neighboring communities and support of the barangay officials.
4. The last part would present the group reflection which sharply and clearly
narrating the significant learning from the activity and its connection to other social
issues.
a. What particular development did the advocacy project significantly contribute
to the group?
b. How did the advocacy project help the group in the attainment of personal
growth?
c. How did it improve group teamwork, collaboration and social participation?
d. How may the group continuously apply their learning from this advocacy
project?

How should the portfolio be crafted?

1. All the group portfolios in the class must be ring bind together and submitted as
one.
2. The class ring bind portfolio must have:
a. Cover page
b. Table of contents
c. Followed by each group portfolio arranged according to the group numbers.
3. Each group learning portfolio must have the following:
a. Group name or number with the name of members (alphabetically arranged)
b. Personal Manifesto [of all group members]
c. Group Manifesto with the advocacy projects
d. Group Reflection
e. Rubric for the portfolio
4. The students are highly encouraged to showcase their creativity in presenting the
significant accomplishment from advocacy project.
5. The submission of the group learning portfolio will be on (MARCH 15)?

What are the expected outcomes from the advocacy project reflected on the
group learning portfolio?
The advocacy program expects to produce an output of group learning portfolio
indicating the following outcomes:
1. Stewardship;
2. Compassion; and
3. Social Conscience.
How is the portfolio to be evaluated?
The learning portfolio will be graded using the rubric below.

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GROUP LEARNING PORTFOLIO RUBRIC (100 points)

CRITERIA EXEMPLARY PROFICIENT DEVELOPING EMERGING RATI
ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT NG
10-7 6-4 3-2 1
Punctuality of Submitted on time. Submitted an hour One day late Two days late
Submission or hours late. submission. submission.
The materials of Some materials of Few materials of The group
the portfolio vividly the portfolio the portfolio collaboration is
Teamwork manifested the manifested the established the missing in the
strong strong collaboration of the materials of the
collaboration of the collaboration of the group members. portfolio.
group members. group members.
Obedience to The portfolio The portfolio The portfolio The portfolio lacks
the displayed displayed a certain displayed faithfulness to the
instruction/ complete amount of somewhat set guidelines.
guidelines faithfulness to the obedience to the obedience to the
set guidelines. set guidelines. set guidelines.
Selection of All materials & Most materials & Few materials & Most materials &
Materials work samples are work samples are work samples are work samples are
presented clearly and directly related to the related to the unrelated to the
related to the purpose and purpose and/or purpose and
purpose and guidelines of the guidelines of the guidelines of the
guidelines of the portfolio and are portfolio and not portfolio and/or are
portfolio and are from a variety of from a variety of from a limited
from a wide-range areas. areas. number of areas.
of areas.
Quality of The selections are The selections are The selections are The selections are
presented perfect and show neat and somewhat messy messy and
materials extreme care and craftsmanship is and craftsmanship craftsmanship
thoughtfulness in good. detracts somewhat detracts from
its craftsmanship. from overall overall
presentation. presentation.
Organization The materials are The materials are The materials are The materials are
and Technical well organized. organized. There not always well disorganized.
Control There are little or are a few errors organized. There There are many
no errors with the with the are a number of errors with the
conventions. conventions. errors with the conventions.
conventions.
Reflections All reflections Most of the A few reflections Reflections are
clearly describe reflections describe why missing, and those
why documents in describe why documents in the that are there do
the portfolio documents in the portfolio not describe why
demonstrate portfolio demonstrate documents in the
achievement, demonstrate achievement, portfolio
growth, and the achievement, growth, and some demonstrate
complexity of the growth, and an understanding of achievement,
content. understanding of the content. growth, and little or
the content. no understanding
of the content.
Stewardship, All the expected Most of the A few number of The expected
Compassion, outcomes were expected the expected outcomes were
and social vividly manifested outcomes were outcomes were missing in the
conscience in the group manifested in the manifested in the group learning
learning portfolio group learning group learning portfolio
portfolio portfolio
Completion of All the activities Some of the Few of the activities Very minimal
Requirement held are perfectly activities held are held are accounted activities held are
accounted in the perfectly in the portfolio. accounted in the
portfolio. accounted in the portfolio.
portfolio.
Overall impact The entire portfolio Some part of the Few portion of the Very minimal or
of the group is truly portfolio empowers group learning almost no
learning empowering. but some are portfolio appears to empowerment is
portfolio seemingly be empowering. seen in the
superficial portfolio.

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