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FEA Conference - Service Project Proposal Individual Competition

Overview

As future educators, you have the opportunity to make a major difference in your community! Participating in an FFEA chapter provides you with many opportunities to serve your community organizations, local schools, clubs, natural resources, etc.

In this individual competition, students will design a service project that benefits a local school of their choice and submit their service project proposal via PowerPoint slides.

This is your chance to share your enthusiasm for community service by designing a service-based project that can be implemented at some point in the future with your FFEA chapter.

Guidelines

Length: 10-15 slides; points will be deducted for PowerPoint presentations that do not meet the length requirement.
Include a title slide with the title of your project, your first name and last name, and your school name. This slide counts as one of the 10-15 slides.
The title slide should come first. After that, you determine the order in which you would like to present your project proposal to make the greatest impact on your audience.
Make sure to also include the following information in your PowerPoint presentations:
- Project proposal summary
- Purpose and objective(s) of the project
- Intended impact of the project on the local school
- Description of all activities included in your project
- Tentative timeline of the project
- Description of how you will involve FFEA chapter members in the project
- Outside research: provide evidence to support your rationale as to how this project can benefit the local school of your choice. Directly quoted or paraphrased information needs a citation (MLA or APA style are acceptable)
Include cited references on a Works Cited slide (MLA or APA style are acceptable) for your outside research. This slide counts as one of the 10-15 slides.
The project should be original, creative, relevant and realistic
Only one individual entry per chapter is allowed
This competition only includes the project proposal; students do not have to implement the project to compete
Any service project proposal with plagiarized elements will be automatically disqualified from the competition
Students must submit their completed PowerPoint presentation electronically by the competition deadline
A panel of ��ɫ��Ƶ judges will score the service project proposal using the rubric below

��ɫ��Ƶ Service Project Proposal Competition Rubric

Overall Score is out of 24 Points. Presentation should include 10-15 slides (earn 2 points), if not then 2 points deducted. Sources must be identified on a Works Cited slide in MLA or APA (earn 2 points), if not then or 2 points deducted.
Category	Accomplished - 4 points	Commendable - 3 points	Developing - 2 points	Needs Improvement - 1 point
Content	The content of the slides reflects professional-caliber thoroughness. The images and text are expertly designed to show the project proposal and research.	The content of the slides reflects studentlevel quality. The images and text show a commitment to sharing the project proposal and research.	The content of the slides reflects compliance. The images and text are used at a basic level, which is not effective for sharing the project proposal and research.	The content of the slides reflects an inconsistent focus. The images and text distract the audience from the project proposal and research.
Insight	The project reflects indepth understanding of how to provide a beneficial service to a local school. The depth of research and detailed proposal is apparent throughout the whole presentation.	The project offers useful ideas that provide some benefit to a local school. There is an adequate depth of research and proposal details evident in the presentation.	The project offers basic ideas that would have benefitted from more research and attention to detail. Insight is limited throughout the presentation.	The project offers ideas that are flawed or undeveloped. Insight is severely lacking throughout the presentation.
Research	The project proposal includes informed, evidence-based research to support the need for the project’s implementation at a local school. At least three well-chosen sources of information are included.	The project proposal uses informed, evidence-based research to support the need for the project’s implementation at a local school. At least two relevant sources of information are included.	The project proposal uses research that may be irrelevant or lacking to support the need for the project’s implementation at a local school. At least one source of information is included.	The project proposal makes limited or no connections to research to support the need for the project’s implementation at a local school.
Impact	The project idea is outstanding and will be highly successful in achieving the intended impact when implemented, including future positive impacts as well.	The project idea is commendable and will be somewhat successful in achieving the intended impact.	The project idea is a good idea but needs more development to achieve the intended impact.	The project idea needs more effort and development to achieve an impact.
Mechanics	Reflects a professional-quality presentation. Contains no errors in mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation, formatting, capitalization).	Reflects a commendable, student-level presentation with one or two errors in mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation, formatting, capitalization).	Reflects a presentation in need of some proofreading and/or revision. Contains three or four errors in mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation, formatting, capitalization).	Reflects a presentation in major need of revision. Contains five or more errors in mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation, formatting, capitalization).