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NAL-E COMMUNITY HELPER PROJECT PROPOSAL
You task is to plan and, hopefully, execute a project/activity that helps community in
some way. Remember that community can be local, state, national or international. Some
projects may involve a variety of community types.
Your projects can be completed individually, in pairs, or in groups of up to four people.
Your projects will often involve contacting community organisations by phone or other
means of communication. You cannot make contact till you have completed a proposal for
your project. You will need to have rough drafted your proposal by hand, typed it up and
presented it as a post on our Community Helpers’ blog.

Checklist:
Item Can be achieved (TICK IF YES)
There are no more than 4 in my group
We can work together effectively
We have a project to organise and run in
these sessions across the semester
We have joined the class blog and WTMD
ning to write about and promote our
community action.

STUDENT NAME/S: __________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
My/Our project is about: (You need to clearly explain your project rationale;
what you are doing and how you are helping a community. You will need to write
at least two paragraphs: 5-6 sentences).

What will I/we need to do to get our project up and running?

We need to get permission to do the following. Who do we contact and how do we
approach them?:

Our plan for the next five weeks is to (insert dates as you plan):

Dates Plan of action

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Problems we may encounter and how we might overcome them:

Yr 9 – Semester One
NAL-E Community Helpers Assessment Sheet

Domain Dimension 5.75 5.5 5.25 5 4.75 Not

A B C C D Shown
Interpersonal Building social Student designs Student designs Student designs Student designs Student makes
Development relationships project/s project/s project/s some project/s connections with
activities and activities and activities and activities and others to address
and implements them implements them implements them make a community
by making by making by making connections with issue/need/role
Working in connections with connections with connections with others towards in some way.
teams others. They others. They others. They assisting and/or
follow correct follow correct follow the promoting their
procedures and procedures and correct cause.
guidelines to guidelines to procedures and
deal with others deal with others guidelines to
and manage and manage deal with others.
changes to plan changes to plans
efficiently and calmly.
calmly.
Personal Managing Student is highly Student is Student is Student revises Student listens to
Learning personal motivated and motivated and motivated and their behaviour suggestions to
learning manages their manages their manages their and study habits adapt behaviour
learning learning with a learning with to achieve and study habits
independently. high degree of some degree of learning goals to achieve
They are flexible independence. independence. more learning goals.
in their planning They use They experiment independently. They use
of their resilience, with various They employ positive self talk
community help positive self talk management solution-focused and give and
project/s and solution- strategies such as problem solving seek help to
adaptable focused problem resilience, that involves revise and adapt
behaviour and solving to positive self talk planning ahead action plans to
study habits to develop their and solution- and accessing develop their
address community help focused problem some resources community help
challenges and project/s. solving to to help develop project/s.
changing project develop their their community
requirements. community help help project/s.
project/s.
Civics and Community Student uses Student uses Student uses Student uses Student uses
Citizenship engagement project/s project/s project/s project/s project/s
opportunity to opportunity to opportunity to opportunity to opportunity to
identify a identify a identify a identify a identify a
community community community community community
issue/need/role. issue/need/role. issue/need/role. issue/need/role. issue/need/role.
They are open- They have a They have a They hold a They exhibit a
minded but very strong but open strong viewpoint viewpoint about viewpoint on the
clear about their viewpoint about about their topic the topic and act topic and have
viewpoint on the their topic. and they help in upon making the ideas about how
topic. They are They are highly a way that shows ideas they have to take action to
highly visible visible active them to be to help happen. help.
active citizens citizens as they visible active
and take full implement their citizens.
responsibility for community help
implementing project.
their community
help project.
Thinking Reflection, Student uses Student uses Student uses Student uses Student
evaluating and class discussion, class discussion, class discussion, class discussion, discusses and
metacognition the blog and the the blog and the the blog and the the blog and the keeps written
ning to discuss ning to discuss ning to discuss ning to discuss records of their
and keep written and keep written and keep written and keep written project/s
records of their records of their records of their records of their development in
community help community help community help community help class and on the
activities. They activities. They activities. They activities. They blog. They hand
hand in a hand in a hand in a hand in a in a limited
response to their detailed and detailed response reasonable response to their
NAL-E personal thoughtful to their NAL-E response to their NAL-E personal
reflection task response to their personal NAL-E personal reflection task.
that takes into NAL-E personal reflection task. reflection task.
consideration reflection task.
every
requirement.