Take Action and Reflect

The final part of your capstone project involves taking action and reflecting on your capacity to
contribute to or advocate for improvement. You will need to create a take action and reflection
portion of your capstone website and address the performance outcomes below. This will also
become a part of your final exam presentation. Include pictures of your action/event and seek
feedback from your collaborators. An effective reflection not only includes your perceptions,
but the perceptions of those involved and affected.

LEAD11-12.COMM4. Reflect on audience response and/or feedback and revise
communication choices based on the impact of communication.
I can identify an audiences reaction to my communication. This means I can describe in
my own words how a specific audience responded to my communication.
I can determine what to do to improve my communication with an audience. This means
I can describe how to change my communication choices in relation to a specific
audience based on my experience communicating with that audience.
I can revise my communication choices based on audience feedback. This means I can
change my communication choicesincluding meeting audiences expectations and
perspectives, verbal and non-verbal communication choices; and technology, media,
world language communication choicesbased on feedback from a specific audience.

LEAD11-12.ACT3. Act, individually or collaboratively, in creative and responsible ways to
contribute to improvement locally, regionally, and/or globally, and assess the impact of the
action.
I can, individually or collaboratively, act to improve conditions. This means that, either
alone or with the help of others, I can act to improve local, regional, and/or global
conditions. This also means that my actions are responsible and may be creative.
I can, individually or collaboratively, assess the impact of actions undertaken to improve
conditions. This means that, either alone or with the help of others, I can describe how
successful my actions to improve local, regional, and/or global conditions were.

LEAD11-12.ACT4. Reflect on their capacity to contribute/advocate for improvement locally,
regionally, and/or globally.
I can reflect on my ability improve conditions through my actions. This means I can
describe in my own words how successful I was in bringing about improvement in local,
regional and/or global conditions, and how this demonstrates my capacity for
contribution.
I can reflect on my ability to advocate for improvement in conditions. This means I can
describe in my own words how successful I was in arguing for the improvement in local,
regional and/or global conditions, and how this demonstrates my capacity for advocacy.
Take Action and Reflect Grading Rubric

Emerging Developing
Proficient/College
Ready
Advanced/College
Quality
Point Value 1 2 3 4
LEAD11-12.COMM4. Reflect
on audience response and/or
feedback and revise
communication choices based
on the impact of
communication.
Reflects on audience
response and/or feedback
and attempts to revise
communication choices:
message, strategies, and/or
resources.
Reflects on audience
response and/or feedback
and revises communication
choices: message, strategies,
and/or resources.
Reflects on audience
response and/or feedback
and revises communication
choices message, strategies,
and/or resources based on
the impact of communication.
Reflects on audience
response and/or feedback and
revises communication
choices based on evaluation
of how message, strategies,
and resources impact the
effectiveness of
communication.
LEAD11-12.ACT3. Act,
individually or collaboratively,
in creative and responsible
ways to contribute to
improvement locally,
regionally, and/or globally,
and assess the impact of the
action.
Acts, individually or
collaboratively, to contribute
to improvement locally,
regionally, or globally.
Acts, individually or
collaboratively, in responsible
ways, to contribute to
improvement locally,
regionally, or globally.
Acts, individually or
collaboratively, in creative and
responsible ways to contribute
to improvement locally,
regionally, and/or globally and
assess the impact of the
action.
Acts collaboratively, in
creative and responsible
ways, to design sustainable
solutions that target local,
regional, and/or global
improvement.
LEAD11-12.ACT4. Reflect on
their capacity to
contribute/advocate for
improvement locally,
regionally, and/or globally.
Reflects minimally on
his/her actions/advocacy for
improvement.
Reflects on his/her
actions/advocacy for
improvement.
Reflects on his/her
actions/advocacy for
improvement and considers
implications for future
actions/advocacy.
Reflects clearly and
realistically on his/her
actions/advocacy for
improvement and describes
implications, issues, shortfalls,
and remedies for future
actions/advocacy.