Service Learning Action Project

Your Service Learning Action Project (SLAP) is a requirement for successful

completion of this course. You will be designing a project that helps to solve
a problem that you have identified in our state, local or school community.
You will be expected to research that problem, develop a plan that seeks to
help the problem, and carry out your plan. After completion of this project,
you will present your results to our class in the form of a PowerPoint
presentation in which you describe the process you undertook in completing
this project. Thus, SLAP involves community service, but is not just
community service.

Selecting Group Partners

You may work with multiple group partners. These groups must be approved
by the instructor. If you choose to work with students from other classes,
you will be graded by the teacher of this course in the class in which you
present your project.
Identifying a Potential Topic
In your group, brainstorm potential ways that you can benefit our school,
local and state community through your service. After you have identified a
potential project, share your idea with the course teacher to see it is
approved. Your project topic must be school-appropriate and approved by
your teacher before beginning your research.
Research
You will conduct research about your potential topic and prepare a two-page
paper. This paper should include information about the problem that you
have identified.
Some guiding questions are:
What can you tell me about the problem? What is happening? Why?
What is the impact of this problem on our country, state, local
community and school?
How have people tried to respond this problem in the past? Have they
been successful in using these methods?

What can you (or your group) do to improve the situation?

Note: Each group member is responsible for conducting their own research
and creating this write-up. THIS WILL ALSO ACCOUNT FOR A SEPARATE
CLASS GRADE. Please see rubric (Next page)

Research Rubric
CATEGORY 4
Information clearly
Quality of
Information relates to your main
topic. It includes
several supporting
details and/or
examples.
25 Points

Research

Information clearly
relates to your main
topic. It provides some
supporting details
and/or examples.
20 Points

Information clearly relates Information has little or

to your main topic. No
nothing to do with the
details and/or examples main topic.
are given.
10 Points
5 Points

Demonstrates a large Demonstrates some

Demonstrates little
amount of research;
research; Shows some research; Shows little
Shows great effort
effort and time spent
effort and time spent
and time spent
25 Points

Demonstrates no
research or time spent

20 Points

10 Points

0 Points

organized and
provides a clear focus
for the selection of a
topic for your project.

Information is
organized and provides
some focus for the
selection of a topic for
your project.

Information is not well

organized and/or the
focus is not clear
regarding how you will
use this information to
guide your action project.
10 Points

The information
appears to be
disorganized and/or not
related to something
which could become an
action project.
5 Points

25 Points

20 Points
Not all sources are
documented

Sources are not

documented.

Organization Information is very

Sources

All sources are

accurately
documented

25 Points

Sources are
documented, but not
enough information is
given

15 Points

5 Points

0 Points

Project Proposal
When you have finished your two-page research paper, you will construct a
project proposal. This proposal should include your plan for your project.
Your proposal should include:
Names of group members
Name of your project
Date of action
Whatspecifically--you intend to do for your project
How your project was influenced by your research
How you will gauge the success of your project
This proposal should be handed in and approved by the teacher before you
begin your work.
I will give you a due date and form for this.

Presentation
You must construct a presentation of your project that includes the following:

Your problem
A survey of research regarding issues related to your problem
(Research)
Your action project process and results (Implementation)
Answer the question: Was my project successful? Why? (Reflection)
Future ways in which students can build upon your action project
(Reflection)
What you learned about your school, community, state and/or country
by completing the action project experience (Reflection)
Photographs of you completing your action project

Note: The Service Learning Action Project (SLAP) counts as the Exam
Grade for the class.
Again, the SLAP is a requirement for completing this class.

Presentation Rubric
CATEGORY
Presentation

Information is organized
in a clear, logical way.
Follows the format
provided. Contains all
required
slides/information.
20 Points

Information is
organized. Follows the
format provided.
Contains almost all
required slides or
information.
15 Points

Information is not well

organized. Does not
follow the format
provided. Contains
some required slides or
information.
10 points

There is no clear
plan for the
organization of
information.

Information

Provides robust
information about the
nature of the problem,
steps taken to address
the problem, and results
of your project.
20 Points

Provides some
information about the
nature of the problem,
steps taken to address
the problem, and
results of your project.
15 Points

Provides little
information about the
nature of the problem,
steps taken to address
the problem, and
results of your project
10 points

Provides almost no
information about
the nature of the
problem and how
you have addressed
it.

Documentatio
n

Your presentation
provides excellent
documentation as to the
process in which you
conducted your action
project including
research, implementation
and reflection.
30 Points

Your presentation
provides
documentation as to
the process in which
you conducted your
action project
including research,
implementation and
reflection.
20 Points

Your presentation
provides little
documentation as to
the process in which
you conducted your
action project
including research,
implementation and
reflection.
10 Points

Your presentation
provides poor or no
documentation as to
the process in which
you conducted your
action project.

5 Points

5 Points

5 Points

Action

Demonstrates a great of
amount of action and
effort; Demonstrates effort
over a long period of time

Demonstrates good
action and effort;
Demonstrates effort
over a period of time

Demonstrates
adequate action and
effort; All action took
place over a short
period of time

Demonstrates little
action and effort;
Action took place
over a very short
period of time

30 Points
25 Points
15 Points

10 points