Distinguished - Provides a thorough description of what will be included in the plan.

Proficient - Provides a description of what will be included in the plan. The description is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Provides a limited description of what will be included in the plan. The description is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a description of what will be included in the plan; however, the description is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The description of what will be included in the plan is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Provides a thorough discussion of how to implement the practice and comprehensively discusses how to inform students and keep the plan enforced.

Proficient - Provides a discussion of how to implement the practice and discusses how to inform students and keep the plan enforced. The discussions are slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Provides limited discussion of how to implement the practice and minimally discusses how to inform students and keep the plan enforced. The discussions are underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a discussion of how to implement the practice and attempts to discuss how to inform students and keep the plan enforced; however, the discussions are significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The discussion of how to implement the practice and the discussion of how to inform students and keep the plan enforced are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Clearly states who will be in charge of administering the rewards and provides a thorough description of the rewards offered and frequency of offering.

Proficient - States who will be in charge of administering the rewards and provides a description of the rewards offered and frequency of offering. The description is slightly underdeveloped or unclear.

Basic - States who will be in charge of administering the rewards and provides a limited description of the rewards offered and frequency of offering. The description is underdeveloped and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - States who will be in charge of administering the rewards and attempts to provide a description of the rewards offered and frequency of offering; however, the description is significantly underdeveloped and unclear.

Non-Performance - The statement of who will be in charge of administering the rewards and the description of the rewards offered and frequency of offering are either nonexistent or lack 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 presentation is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted slides. 

Proficient - The length of the presentation is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted slides. 

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

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

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.