Liberal Arts Academy at Henry Clay

Creating the Academic Mentoring Project

Evaluation Rubric

Creating the Academic Mentoring Project Evaluation Rubric

As you begin the creation of your evaluation rubric, answer the following questions to help you create a list of possible objectives for the rubric.

·        What skills and ideas have you learned during the project?  How is this learning demonstrated in the project?  Of what am I most pleased or proud of with this project?

·        In reviews of the projects such as mine in the professional publication, what qualities of the projects do the reviewers critique?  (Reading a review of such a project will help you to answer this question.  If you are unfamiliar with professional publications, ask your mentor or the public librarian to suggest some reading to you.)

Your Evaluation Rubric will be created by you and your mentor and must met the following criteria:

        1. Your name, the name of your project, and your mentors name       appear in a prominent location on the first page of your rubric.  Your name, the name of your project, and your mentors name must appear     at the top of each page of your rubric.  Each page of a multiple paged     rubric must be numbered.

        2. The instructions for completing the rubric must be clear and concise.  The instructions must be clearly identified at the beginning of         the rubric.

        3. The form must be one to three (1-3) pages neatly typed and         formatted.

        4. The form must use a four plus (4+) category numerical rating        system for the majority of the items.

        5. The form must contain at least twelve (12) items and the items    must cover;

                a. the scope of the project

                b. the presentation of the project

                c. the quality of the project*

        6. The form must provide an overall project evaluation space and      space for additional comments by the jury members.

7. The form must provide evaluator signature space.

*Some items you might consider in evaluating the type of items above—

        A) Scope of the project—“thoroughness”, “evidence of planning”,       “depth”, “background knowledge”, “professionalism”

        B) Presentation of the project—“visual or aural appeal”, “neatness”,   “colorfulness”, “organization”

C) Quality of the project—These items should be worded with terminology specific to your project. (Talk the talk of the profession)

SUGESTED FORMAT: In a fifteen item rubric, three (6) items would cover the scope of the project, two (2) items would cover the presentation of the project and seven (7) items would cover the quality of the project.

Other considerations in creating the evaluation rubric include the following:

• Strive for a mixture of objective and subjective items.
• Word your items carefully.  Be clear and concise.
• Organize the items in a logical pattern; some items might have subparts.

Your Evaluation Rubric will be given to three professional jurors: your mentor and two other professionals chosen by your mentor.  You will complete a self-evaluation, which will be compared to the jury evaluation.  Along with the Evaluation Rubric, you must provide the jurors a cover sheet, which outlines your project.

All copies of your evaluation rubric must be completed and submitted on or before

May 1, 2006