The Beacon Day Center

A+CE Designated Signature Assignment
Paper formatting instructions: When preparing your paper, please use APA 6th edition formatting (i.e., title and reference page; double spaced; 12 pt. font (even for the title) in Times New Roman; double-spaced pagination; and 1.0 inch margins on each page, without bolding or color). Paper content instructions: In 3-5 pages (not including title or reference pages), please provide the following information regarding your service: In 1 page: Provide the basic information about the agency where you spent your 6 hours to include: who they are and what types of services they provide to the community, who they serve in the community, where they are located, and the basic history of the agency.
In 2-4 pages: Provide a very brief description of exactly what you did during your 6 hours in the agency. Based on these experiences, you should then provide detailed reflection and discussion on the following Prompts: 1. How does the agency or program services impact traditionally underserved, vulnerable, and marginalized populations? 2. What impact does the agencys or program services have on the larger community within which it operates? 3. Think creatively about strategies the agency could implement to improve services reflect 4. Compare and contrast your worldview (i.e., values, beliefs, and practices) to the mission, vision, and services of the agency or program 5. As a result of your service learning project, what have you learned about your thinking and values as they relate to your role as a citizen within a larger community? Grading Rubric: Service Learning Paper o This component of the project will be graded based on the following elements: 1
Grading Rubric: Service Learning Paper o This component of the project will be graded based on the following elements: 1) grammar/syntax, APA, spelling, and clarity of writing, and 2) the content of your paper Did you discuss fully the four prompt questions provided in the paper instructions above focus on connecting key ideas or solutions, AND embracing contradictions in value systems, AND an analysis of the organizations role in the community and its impact/effectiveness on vulnerable populations?
Grading Criteria Point Value Was Criteria Met? Agency Characteristics 20 points o Description and analysis of Agencys history, mission/vision, target population and effectiveness Prompt 1 Prompt 2 o Excellent, paper contains accurate, well detailed descriptions of the agencys characteristics with an analysis of the agencies role in the community and impact on vulnerable community members (full points) o Fair, paper contains some inaccuracies, scanty details, or is missing some of the required descriptions of the agencys characteristics (partial points) o Poor, paper contains a number of inaccuracies and/or is missing most of the required descriptions of the agencys characteristics (0 points) Student Reflections 40 points oCompare differing world views/values and beliefs o Synthesize information for civic and social responsibility Prompt 3 Prompt 4 o Excellent, detailed reflections provide evidence of students ability to embrace contradicting worldviews AND connect experiences in community engagement with knowledge from the course and/or emerging sense of civic identity and the role of social responsibility (full points) o Fair, scanty or scattered reflections that provide little evidence of students ability to connect experiences in community engagement with knowledge from the course and/or emerging sense of civic identity and social responsibility (partial points) o Poor, reflections provide no evidence of students ability to connect experiences in community engagement with knowledge from the course and/or emerging sense of civic identity and social responsibility (0 points) Overall Presentation 40 Points o Uses professionally appropriate language o Uses appropriate grammar/syntax and writing style as well as relevant resources oContains proof of copyediting o Excellent, the paper is mostly free of APA and/or grammar/syntax errors and used relevant resources to support arguments (full points) o Good, paper contains some grammar/syntax and/or APA style errors, but these are relatively minor (partial points) 4 o Poor, paper lacks copyediting and contains moderate to major grammar, syntax and/or APA errors (0 points) Automatic 30-point penalty for improper paraphrasing and an automatic score of 0 for plagiarism . Papers showing evidence of poor paraphrasing will earn an automatic 30-point penalty (i.e., one or more instances involving verbatim phrases without quotation marks, and/or maintaining similar sentence structure from the source material with only a few words changed); those showing evidence of plagiarism will earn an automatic grade of F (i.e., whole sentences or paragraphs taken verbatim from source material, and/or failure to use quotation marks or in-text citations). To assist with avoiding these issues, students are welcome to make in-person (or Zoom appointments) with me to discuss elements of their papers and/or effective writing techniques.

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