10-15 Slide presentation
Family Information Night Presentation and Communication Plan - Rubric
Part 1: Family Challenge Presentation - Descriptions 10 points
Criteria Description
Part 1: Family Challenge Presentation - Descriptions
5. Target 10 points
Each challenge description is insightful and compelling.
4. Acceptable 8.7 points
Each challenge description is clear and logical.
3. Approaching 7.4 points
Challenge descriptions are vague and missing key elements.
2. Insufficient 6.9 points
Challenge descriptions are incomplete or inaccurate.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
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Part 1: Family Challenge Presentation - Solutions and Strategies 10 points
Criteria Description
Part 1: Family Challenge Presentation - Solutions and Strategies
5. Target 10 points
Innovative potential solutions to each challenge are substantial and professional.
Aligned solution strategies proficiently demonstrate best practices for each
challenge.
4. Acceptable 8.7 points
Detailed potential solutions to each challenge are appropriate. Aligned solution
strategies demonstrate best practices for each challenge.
3. Approaching 7.4 points
Potential solutions to presented challenges are basic. Solution strategies broadly
attempt to demonstrate best practices for each challenge.
2. Insufficient 6.9 points
Potential solutions to presented challenges are inappropriate or not included.
Aligned solution strategies fail to demonstrate best practices for each challenge.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
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Part 1: Family Challenge Presentation -Resources and Technology 10 points
Criteria Description
Part 1: Family Challenge Presentation -Resources and Technology
5. Target 10 points
Presentation includes beneficial, realistic, accessible resources for families facing
the challenges described, including resources that use technology.
4. Acceptable 8.7 points
Presentation includes relevant, accessible resources for families facing the
challenges described, including resources that use technology.
3. Approaching 7.4 points
Resources are described, including one or more that uses technology, but some are
lacking relevance for families facing the issues identified, or are not clearly
accessible to the families in need.
2. Insufficient 6.9 points
Resources, including those that use technology, are incompletely described, or
irrelevant for families facing the challenges described.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
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Part 2: Communication Plan 30 points
Criteria Description
Part 2: Communication Plan
5. Target 30 points
Realistic, efficient yearlong communication plan ensures collaboration with families
and caregivers, thoughtfully incorporating challenges some families may face.
Communication plan proficiently demonstrates best practices incorporating
technology.
4. Acceptable 26.1 points
Resourceful yearlong communication plan ensures collaboration with families and
caregivers, clearly incorporating challenges some families may face. Communication
plan demonstrates sound practices incorporating technology.
3. Approaching 22.2 points
Yearlong communication plan marginally ensures collaboration with families and
caregivers incorporating challenges some families may face. Communication plan
attempts to demonstrate sound practices incorporating technology, but lacks detail.
2. Insufficient 20.7 points
Yearlong communication plan does not ensure collaboration with families and
caregivers, poorly incorporating challenges some families may face. Communication
plan fails to appropriately incorporate technology.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
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Presentation and Plan: Language Use and Purpose (includes sentence
construction, word choice, etc.) 5 points
Criteria Description
Presentation and Plan: Language Use and Purpose (includes sentence construction,
word choice, etc.)
5. Target 5 points
Word choice is distinctive, creative, and well suited to purpose, discipline, and
scope.
4. Acceptable 4.35 points
Word choice is reflective of the intended audience, uses a variety of appropriate
vocabulary, and communicates clearly.
3. Approaching 3.7 points
Some distracting inconsistencies or repetitions in word choice are present.
Language is not always appropriate for the submission purpose and discipline.
2. Insufficient 3.45 points
Inappropriate word choice is evident. Language is not reflective of the purpose and
discipline.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
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Presentation and Plan: Overall Presentation 10 points
Criteria Description
Presentation and Plan: Overall Presentation
5. Target 10 points
The work is well presented. The overall appearance is neat and professional.
4. Acceptable 8.7 points
The overall appearance is generally neat, with a few minor organizational flaws.
3. Approaching 7.4 points
The work is somewhat disheveled and includes several organizational flaws.
2. Insufficient 6.9 points
The work is sloppy or chaotic.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
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Presentation and Plan: Organization 10 points
Criteria Description
Presentation and Plan: Organization
5. Target 10 points
The content is well organized and logical. There are sequential progressions of
ideas related to each other. The presentation and plan are each presented with a
clear sense of the main idea.
4. Acceptable 8.7 points
The content is logically organized. The ideas presented relate to each other. The
content provides a clear sense of the main idea.
3. Approaching 7.4 points
An attempt is made to organize the content, but the sequence is indiscernible. The
ideas presented are compartmentalized; may not relate to each other.
2. Insufficient 6.9 points
The content is not organized. The ideas are in cohesive and disjointed.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
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Research Citations and Format 10 points
Criteria Description
Research Citations and Format
5. Target 10 points
All sources are credible, appropriate, and strongly support the submission. All
required aspects of APA format are correct within the submission.
4. Acceptable 8.7 points
All sources are credible, adequate, and support the submission. All required aspects
of APA format are correct within the submission.
3. Approaching 7.4 points
Some citations may be missing where needed; or some of the sources do not
support the submission; or APA is attempted where required, but some aspects are
missing or mistaken.
2. Insufficient 6.9 points
Many citations are missing where needed; or many of the sources are inappropriate
for the submission; or APA is attempted where required, but many aspects are
missing or mistaken.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
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Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language
use) 5 points
Criteria Description
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)
5. Target 5 points
Presentation, speaker’s notes, and communication plan are virtually free of
mechanical errors. Sentence structures are engaging.
4. Acceptable 4.35 points
Presentation, speaker’s notes, and communication plan include some mechanical
errors, but they do not hinder comprehension. Effective sentence structures are
used.
3. Approaching 3.7 points
Presentation, speaker’s notes, and communication plan include frequent and
repetitive mechanical errors that distract the reader. Sentence structure is lacking.
2. Insufficient 3.45 points
Presentation, speaker’s notes, and communication plan include surface errors that
are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate
sentence construction is used.
1. No Submission 0 points
Not addressed.
Total 100 points
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