Attitude Rubrics

Analytic: Cultural Competency (click to view)

	1 - Emerging	2 - Approaching	3 - Meeting	4 - Exceeding
Knowledge of Diversity	Demonstrates surface understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.	Demonstrates partial understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.	Demonstrates adequate understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.	Demonstrates sophisticated understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.
Cultural Awareness	Expresses attitudes and beliefs as an individual, from a one-sided view. Is indifferent or resistant to what can be learned from diversity of communities and cultures. Demonstrates little or no awareness of one’s own assumptions, judgments and/or biases about self and others.	Has awareness that own attitudes and beliefs are different from those of other cultures and communities. Exhibits little curiosity about what can be learned from diversity of communities and cultures. Begins to identify own assumptions, judgments and/or biases about self and others.	Reflects on how own attitudes and beliefs are different from those of other cultures and communities. Exhibits curiosity about what can be learned from diversity of communities and cultures. Articulates the influence of one’s own assumptions, judgments and/or biases during interactions with one’s own culture and the culture of others	Reflects on how own attitudes and beliefs are different from those of other cultures and communities. Exhibits curiosity about what can be learned from diversity of communities and cultures. Articulates the influence of one’s own assumptions, judgments and/or biases during interactions with one’s own culture and the culture of others
Cultural Interaction	Demonstrates few skills in working with members of one’s own and other cultures and is unable to negotiate a shared understanding.	Demonstrates skills to work with members of one’s own and other cultures intermittently or in some limited contexts and can sometimes negotiate a shared understanding.	Mostly incorporates diverse and multiple perspectives when working with members of one’s own and other cultures and is able to negotiate a shared understanding	Consistently incorporates diverse and multiple perspectives when working with others and is able to negotiate and facilitate a shared understanding.
Cultural Attitudes	States minimal interest in learning more about other cultures.	Asks simple or surface questions about other cultures	Asks deeper questions about other cultures and seeks out answers to these questions.	Asks complex questions about other cultures, seeks out and articulates answers to these questions that reflect multiple cultural perspectives.

Analytic: Attitude and Effort (click to view)

Criteria	1	2	3	4
Attitude	Refuses to participate. "I don't care" attitude.	Will participate with prodding. Able to change to a more positive attitude.	Ready to participate. Comes with a positive attitude and stays positive.	Consistently ready to participate. Supports others. Works to include others. Enthusiastic.
Organization	Does not bring materials. Work turned in late. Materials and space are messy and disorganized.	Some missing materials. Work is sometimes turned in late. Materials and space are sometimes messy and disorganized.	Prepared with all materials. Work done on time. Materials and space organized and neat.	Prepared with all materials. Manages time and produces best work. Materials and space are organized, neat, and precise. Reminds others to be ready.
Respect for Others	Disrupts others. Unsupportive comments. Unwilling to work with others.	Occasionally disrupts. Occasionally makes unsupportive comments. Prodding needed to work with others.	No disruptions. Polite to others. Regularly ready to work with others.	No disruptions. Supportive of others. Takes leadership role.
Initiative	Does not ask for help. Needs frequent clues to begin tasks.	Sometimes asks for help when needed. Sometimes requires cues to begin work. Generally revises work.	Regularly asks for help when needed. Regularly ready to work. Regularly revises work.	After trying independently, always asks for help. Consistently goes beyond expectations. Always puts forth best effort.
Attention	Inattentive, disengaged, and distracted.	Inconsistent engagement. Sometimes distracted.	Focused, involved, asks relevant questions, and makes relevant comments.	Attentive, involved. Initiates discussion. Encourages others. Helps bring back focus.

Analytic: Teamwork (click to view)

Criteria	4	3	2	1
Contributions	Routinely provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A leader who contributes a lot of effort.	Usually provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A strong group member who tries hard!	Sometimes provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. A satisfactory group member who does what is required.	Rarely provides useful ideas when participating in the group and in classroom discussion. May refuse to participate.
Problem-solving	Actively looks for and suggests solutions to problems.	Refines solutions suggested by others.	Does not suggest or refine solutions, but is willing to try out solutions suggested by others.	Does not try to solve problems or help others solve problems. Lets others do the work.
Attitude	Is never publicly critical of the project or the work of others. Always has a positive attitude about the task(s).	Is rarely publicly critical of the project or the work of others. Often has a positive attitude about the task(s).	Is occasionally publicly critical of the project or the work of other members of the group. Usually has a positive attitude about the task(s).	Is often publicly critical of the project or the work of other members of the group. Is often negative about the task(s).
Focus on the Task	Consistently stays focused on the task and what needs to be done. Very self-directed.	Focuses on the task and what needs to be done most of the time. Other group members can count on this person.	Focuses on the task and what needs to be done some of the time. Other group members must sometimes nag, prod, and remind to keep this person ontask.	Rarely focuses on the task and what needs to be done. Lets others do the work.
Working with Others	Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Tries to keep people working well together.	Usually listens to, shares, with, and supports the efforts of others. Does not cause "waves" in the group.	Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others, but sometimes is not a good team member.	Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Often is not a good team player.