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RUBRIC!TO!ASSESS!ACADEMIC!SERVICE/LEARNING!REFLECTION!PAPERS!
Adapted!from!Rubric!Developed!by!Dr.!BarreF!Brenton,!St.!John’s!University!(NYC)!and!Campus!Compact!
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Graded

Dimensions!of!Quality!(Criteria) NOVICE!! APPRENTICE! PROFICIENT! DISTINGUISHED!

[Grade!Range!F!–!D] [Grade!Range!C] [Grade!Range!B] [Grade!Range!A]

!! Student!demonstrates! Student!expresses! Student!expresses! Student!expresses!and!acts!out!

!! limited!awareness!of! awareness!of!the!purpose!of! empathy!and/or!awareness!of! personal!role!in!service!and!applies!
!! the!purpose!of!service!and! service!and!a!oneNonNone! personal!role!in!service!and! the!experience!to!developing!
AWARENESS!OF!PURPOSE!OF!SERVICE obtaining!ASNL!credit.! connecRon!with!the! applies!it!to!a!connecRon!with! soluUons.!
!!!!!Yes

! experience,!but!it!is!not! soluRons!and!the!bigger!
applied. picture.
!! Student!accepts!! Student!accepts!most! Student!begins!to!argue! Student!expresses!an!abstract!
!! things!at!face!value,! things!at!face!value,! for!conclusions!based!on! level!of!responding!which!requires!
!! as!if!all!opinions!were! as!if!most!opinions!were! objecRve!evidence!that! objecUve!evidence.!They!
CRITICAL!THINKING created!equal.! created!equal.! express!concrete!arguments. demonstrate!awareness!of!
Opinions!are!stated! Opinions!are!stated! different!perspecUves,!and!
without!argument. with!limited!argument. weigh!evidence!to!successfully!argue!
!!!!Yes

!!
APPLYING!THE!ASNL!EXPERIENCE!TO!THE!
ACADEMIC!KNOWLEDGE!BASE!AND!
OBJECTIVES!OF!THE!COURSE
!!Yes
for!a!conclusion/opinion.
Student!does!not!apply!the! Student!expresses!some! Student!develops!a! Student!creates!their!own!academic!
academic!knowledge!base!and! connecRon!between!the! perspecRve!built!upon!the! perspecUve!infused!with!the!
objecRves!of!the!course!to!the! academic!knowledge!base! academic!knowledge!base! knowledge!base!and!objecUves!of!the!
service!experience.! and!objecRves!of!the!course! and!objecRves!of!the!course! course!and!applies!it!to!the!service!
! and!the!service!experience. that!is!linked!to!the!service! experience!beyond!the!curriculum.

experience.
!! Student!demonstrates! Student!expresses!insight! Student!acknowledges!a! Student!acknowledges!a!
!! a!limited!awareness!of! into!community!issues! responsibility!to!community! responsibility!to!community!
!! personal!responsibility! perRnent!to!the!service! regarding!issues!perRnent!to! regarding!issues!perUnent!to!the!
!! to!community. project!and!integrates!a! the!service!and!expresses!a! service!and!expresses!a!commitment!
RESPONSIBILITY!TO!COMMUNITY! personal!sense!of! commitment!to!working! to!working!towards!specific!soluUons.!
!! responsibility!to! towards!specific! In!addiUon,!student!gets!others!
!!!!!!!OpUonal

! parRcipaRng!in!a!soluRon! soluRon(s). involved.

but!does!not!apply!that!
knowledge.
!! Student!expresses! Student!expresses!a! Student!expresses!how! Student!expresses!change(s)!in!self!
!! very!limited!or!no!connecRon! connecRon!between!service! they!could!change!as!a! because!of!the!service.
!!!!OpUonal

IMPACT!ON!STUDENT’S!! between!service!and!self. and!self. result!of!the!service.

PERSONAL!LIFE!
!! Student!demonstrates! Student!expresses!some! Student!expresses! Student!fully!incorporates!the!
!! a!limited!connectedness!of!!the! connecUon!between! empathy!and!awareness!of! [insUtuUon’s!mission!of!public!
[INSTITUTIONAL!VALUES!AND!MISSION] service!experience!to![insUtuUonal! [insUtuUonal]!values!and! personal!role!in![public! leadership]!through!applicaUon!of!
values]!! service. engagement!and!problem/ reflecUon!on!the!service!experience!
! solving!as!related!to! and!creates!their!own!perspecUve!
insUtuUonal!mission]. based!on!both!theory!and!experience
 
!!!!OpUonal