What is a Community Rubric?

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• What is a Community Rubric?

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A community rubric

• Contains specified criteria that can be adapted
  based on teaching styles, expertise, disciplinary
  conventions, and course level.

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A community rubric

• Can be used to assess the degree to which a
  student has achieved one of the Campus-wide
  Outcomes.

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A community rubric

• Is a public document and is the centerpiece for
  conversations about a given ability with
  students, other faculty, administrators, and the
  community.

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A community rubric

• Contains the primary indicators of performance
  criteria for each Campus-wide Outcome, not the
  content of the class in which it is being taught
  and assessed.

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A community rubric

• Contains criteria general enough that they can be
  adapted to Transfer, Ready to Work, Basic Skills,
  Lifelong Learning contexts, etc.

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A community rubric

• A community rubric focuses on dimensions of key
  behavior, examples of behaviors, and scales that
  rank the performance of the behavior.

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What A Community Rubric Isnt

• A standardized way to assess Campus-wide Outcomes
  in all courses. It is meant to be a tool for
  instructors to adapt to use in their individual
  courses or program.

• Something that all instructors would be mandated
  to use. Instructors can elect to use and adapt
  them or not use them as the instructor sees fit
  for his/her course.

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What A Community Rubric Isnt

• It does not have to be used verbatim. Instructors
  can use just parts of the rubric (certain
  competencies), adapt the language, etc.