Learning Goals & Products

Learning Goals

1

Students will be able to investigate stakeholder experiences and perspectives about a school or community need to identify evidence-based user needs.

2

Students will be able to synthesize information from multiple leadership, history/social studies, and community sources to define a focused leadership challenge.

3

Students will be able to apply shared goals, team roles, communication strategies, and decision-making protocols to build a positive leadership culture.

4

Students will be able to generate and justify multiple possible responses to a stakeholder-defined need using research evidence and user feedback.

5

Students will be able to revise a leadership action plan and audience-specific communication using peer, adult, and stakeholder feedback.

6

Students will be able to connect personal leadership strengths, motivation, and project learning to a relevant postsecondary or community goal.

Products

individual

Stakeholder Research and Leadership Design Portfolio

Each student documents a focused inquiry, evidence from multiple texts and stakeholder input, a user-needs analysis, alternative solution concepts, an individual action-plan prototype, revisions, and a reflection connecting leadership strengths to a postsecondary or community goal.

team

School or Community Leadership Action Plan and Stakeholder Presentation

Teams synthesize members' research into an evidence-based problem definition, implement or test a shared leadership response, and present the revised action plan, communication and decision-making process, feedback, results, limitations, and next steps to authentic stakeholders.

Rubric
Competency Progression Rubric Competency-first rubric
Category
Learning Goal
Emerging
Developing
Proficient
Applying
Self-Motivation
Making learning joyful
  • I can recognize when a past learning experience brings me joy.


Project-specific:
  • I can recognize a past learning experience that brought me joy and name a simple sign that showed I was engaged or motivated.
  • I can recognize when a learning experience is bringing me joy.


Project-specific:
  • I can recognize when a learning experience is bringing me joy by pointing to actions, feelings, or choices that show I want to keep learning.
  • I identify when a learning experience brings me joy and explain why it is bringing me joy.


Project-specific:
  • I can identify when a learning experience brings me joy and explain why it feels meaningful, using evidence from my participation, reflections, or work.
  • I recreate the conditions that have led to me experiencing learning as an activity that brings me joy.


Project-specific:
  • I can recreate the conditions that help me experience learning as joyful by choosing strategies, roles, goals, and supports that keep me engaged, connected, and motivated over time.
Pursuing Goals
Planning for postsecondary
  • I understand the steps to start a plan for postsecondary goals.


Project-specific:
  • I can identify steps for a postsecondary plan by naming personal interests, strengths, and a possible future path that connects to them, with support from research, reflection, or discussion.
  • I can navigate the steps toward implementing a plan for postsecondary goals by considering personal strengths and challenges.


Project-specific:
  • I can explain the steps I need to take toward a postsecondary goal by comparing my strengths and challenges, choosing a realistic next step, and using feedback to adjust my plan.
  • I implement a plan for postsecondary goals by building on personal strengths and addressing challenges.


Project-specific:
  • I can carry out a postsecondary plan by using my strengths to complete goals, addressing challenges with strategies or support, and revising my plan based on evidence from my progress and reflections.
  • I skillfully build on personal strengths and personal challenges to create a postsecondary plan that accounts for potential obstacles.


Project-specific:
  • I can create and refine a strong postsecondary plan that builds on my strengths, responds to challenges and possible obstacles, and uses research, feedback, and self-reflection to explain why my choices are realistic and meaningful.
Self-Motivation
Making learning relevant
  • I am aware of the influence that personal interests have on my learning.


Project-specific:
  • I can notice when a topic, class task, or group role connects to my interests, strengths, or future goals, and I can name at least one way that connection helps me stay engaged.
  • I can connect my personal interests or personal context to making choices in my learning.


Project-specific:
  • I can connect my personal interests, experiences, or goals to choices I make in my learning, such as selecting a research question, role, or example that makes the work meaningful to me.
  • I intentionally find personal relevance in my work by aligning it with my interests or goals.


Project-specific:
  • I can intentionally choose learning tasks, topics, or strategies that align with my interests or goals, and I can explain how those choices help me stay motivated and make my work more relevant.
  • I intentionally find personal relevance in my work by aligning it to interests or goals and reflecting on progress towards mastery in order to build curiosity for a given topic.


Project-specific:
  • I can intentionally connect my interests and goals to my learning, use reflection to track my progress toward mastering the task, and adjust my approach to deepen my curiosity and engagement with the topic.