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Essential Learning Outcomes: Civic Responsibility

Overview of Tri-C's Essential Learning Outcomes

Description

Guide to Civic Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcome:

Analyze the results of actions and inactions with the likely effects on the larger local and/or global communities.

Assessment may include but in not limited to the following criteria and intended outcomes:

Analyzes community needs within appropriate context

  • Identifies and analyzes characteristics of a community and its members
  • Identifies and analyzes the various contexts of a given community
  • Analyzes past community needs based on historical context to inform current or future needs
  • Analyzes present or future community needs based on understanding the contexts of that community

Identifies and analyzes impacts on community

  • Identifies how choices impact local or global communities
  • Analyzes how individuals can affect local or global communities in positive/negative ways
  • Analyzes how one's own choices can affect local or global communities in positive/negative ways

Connects knowledge to make an informed decision on community issues

  • Connects learning to make informed decisions
  • Applies learning to solve community problems/issues
  • Uses specific examples and experiences to demonstrate an understanding of community issues

 

How to Align - Civic Responsibility Assignment

Rubric

Civic Responsibility Rubric

Analyze the results of action and inactions with the likely effects on the larger local and/or global communities.

Criteria Inadequate Developing Competent Proficient

Analyzes
community
needs within
appropriate
context
 

 Does not analyze
the need of the
community		 Begins to analyze 
needs of the
community but
lacks contextual
understanding		 Analyzes the needs
of the community
with some
contextual
understanding		 Analyzes the needs
of the community
with thorough
contextual
understanding
Identifies and
analyzes
impact on 
community		 Does not identify
the effect choices
have on the local
and/or global
communities		 Identifies but does
not analyze the
effect choices
have on the local
and/or global
communities		 Identifies and
begins to analyze
the effects choices
have on the local
and/or global
communities		 Comprehensively
identifies and
analyzes the effects
choices have on the
local and/or global
communities
Connects
knowledge to
make an
informed
decision on
community
issues		 Does not identify
or connect 
understanding of
community issues		 Identifies
community issues
but lacks
understanding of
the connection 
between them		 Begins to develop
an understanding
and connection of
community issues
to make an
informed decision		 Demonstrates
connections of
understanding and 
applying community
issues to make
informed decisions

 

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