Distinguished - Thoroughly explains the intended career path, including the age of children they will be working with.

Proficient - Explains the intended career path, including the age of children they will be working. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Briefly explains the intended career path, including the age of children they will be working with. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain the intended career path, including the age of children they will be working with; however, the explanation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of the intended career path, including the age of children they will be working with is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes the professional dispositions they possess that influence ones beliefs about how children grow, learn, and develop. The description includes a strong connection between the dispositions and their chosen career path.

Proficient - Describes the professional dispositions they possess that influence ones beliefs about how children grow, learn, and develop. The description includes a connection between the dispositions and their chosen career path but is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Briefly describes the professional dispositions they possess that influence ones beliefs about how children grow, learn, and develop. The description includes a minimal connection between the dispositions and their chosen career path but is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe the professional dispositions they possess that influence ones beliefs about how children grow, learn, and develop; however, the description does not include a connection between the dispositions and their chosen career path and is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The description of the professional dispositions they possess that influence ones beliefs about how children grow, learn, and develop is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Formulates a thorough definition of inclusion that is aligned to the age group of diverse learners that will be worked with.

Proficient - Formulates a definition of inclusion that is aligned to the age group of diverse learners that will be worked with. The definition is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Formulates a brief definition of inclusion that is aligned to the age group of diverse learners that will be worked with. The definition is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to formulate a definition of inclusion that is aligned to the age group of diverse learners that will be worked with; however, the definition is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The formulation of a definition of inclusion that is aligned to the age group of diverse learners that will be worked with is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly explains where we are as a nation with creating inclusive environments that meet the needs of exceptional learners, including how policies and laws have influenced current trends. The explanation is well-supported by examples and scholarly sources.

Proficient - Explains where we are as a nation with creating inclusive environments that meet the needs of exceptional learners, including how policies and laws have influenced current trends. The explanation is supported by examples and scholarly sources but slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially explains where we are as a nation with creating inclusive environments that meet the needs of exceptional learners, including how policies and laws have influenced current trends. The explanation is not sufficiently supported by examples and scholarly sources and/or underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain where we are as a nation with creating inclusive environments that meet the needs of exceptional learners, including how policies and laws have influenced current trends; however, the explanation is not supported by examples or scholarly sources and significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of where we are as a nation with creating inclusive environments that meet the needs of exceptional learners, including how policies and laws have influenced current trends is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly summarizes the role collaboration should play when supporting exceptional learners in inclusive environments. The summary is well-supported by scholarly sources.

Proficient - Summarizes the role collaboration should play when supporting exceptional learners in inclusive environments. The summary is supported by scholarly sources but slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Briefly summarizes the role collaboration should play when supporting exceptional learners in inclusive environments. The summary is somewhat supported by scholarly sources and/or underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to summarize the role collaboration should play when supporting exceptional learners in inclusive environments; however, the summary is not supported by scholarly sources and significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The summary of the role collaboration should play when supporting exceptional learners in inclusive environments is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly incorporates the program specific requirement for the Week 2 assignment. This element is well-supported by scholarly sources.

Proficient - Incorporates the program specific requirement for the Week 2 assignment. This element is supported by scholarly sources but is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially incorporates the program specific requirement for the Week 2 assignment.  This element is somewhat supported by scholarly sources and/or is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to incorporate the program specific requirement for the Week 2 assignment; however, this element is not supported by scholarly sources and is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The incorporation the program specific requirement for the Week 2 assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Uses appropriate, pertinent, and persuasive content to discover and develop sophisticated ideas within the context of the discipline, shaping the work as a whole.

Proficient - Uses appropriate and pertinent content to discover ideas within the context of the discipline, shaping the work as a whole.

Basic - Uses appropriate and pertinent content but does not apply it toward discovering or developing ideas. Overall, content assists in shaping the written work.

Below Expectations - Uses content, though it may be unrelated or inappropriate to the topic. Content does not contribute toward the development of the written work and may distract the reader from its purpose.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Demonstrates consistent use of reliable, appropriate sources and/or evidence to support ideas that are situated within the discipline and genre of the writing.

Proficient - Demonstrates mostly consistent use of reliable sources that are appropriate to the discipline and genre of the writing. Sources offer some support to the ideas in the writing. 

Basic - Demonstrates somewhat inconsistent use of sources that are mostly reliable to the discipline and genre of the writing. Sources offer little support to the ideas in the writing.

Below Expectations - Inconsistently utilizes sources and/or evidence that may be unrelated and offer little support to the ideas in the writing. 

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.