Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Effort Grade Rubric and Capstone Class

Good afternoon!

Please come in and begin reflecting in your journals or on a piece of paper. Take a look at the Effort Rubric you were handed. Answer the following questions?

What do you think is fair about this rubric? Why?

What do you think is unfair about this rubric? Why?

What grade to you expect to get based on this rubric? Why?


For the rest of the year, we have a number of goals we must accomplish in our Capstone class. Think about these goals and how YOU would like to see our class accomplish them. Write down how you think we should best achieve these goals.


  • Developing habits of successful social entrepreneurs:
    • Organization - teaching students how to organize and balance their academic and non-academic lives
    • Time management - teaching students how to manage their time efficiently in order to be successful
    • Responsibility - teaching students to become responsible for their choices and their consequences
    • Professionalism - teaching students to approach their schoolwork with professionalism
  • Developing our Capstone project
    • Marketing
    • Developing a business plan
    • Pitching plan(s)
    • Measuring success
  • Independent college research
    • Driving interest in global perspectives
  • Developing a college portfolio
    • Including setting and achieving goals for college

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