Gold Award Project Proposal Rubric Girl’s Name: Click here to enter the Girl Scout’s name Does Not Meet Standards
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Completion of two S/A Journeys OR Silver Award and one S/A Journey Gold Award Training
Project identifies a credible community need
Project identifies a root cause of that community need and plan addresses that root cause
Target audience is clearly identified and engaged in project
Research sources are cited and thoroughly investigated
Reviewer’s Name: Click here to enter the reviewer’s name Needs Improvement
Prerequisites Related question in proposal: Prerequisite chart ☐ Is not a registered Senior or Ambassador Girl Scout; not in grades 9–12 ☐ Has not completed two Senior/Ambassador Journeys or the Cadette Silver Award and one Senior/Ambassador Journey
Meets Standards ☐ Is a registered Girl Scout in grades 9–12 ☐ Has completed two Senior/Ambassador Journeys or the Cadette Silver Award and one Senior/Ambassador Journey
☐ Did not attend a council Gold Award Roundtable. Not required, but highly recommended.
☐ Attended council Gold Award Roundtable.
Step 1: Choose an issue Related questions in proposal: My Gold Award aims to address this issue ☐ Identified issue is based on Girl Scout’s interests only and not on credible community need or ☐ Identified issue is already being fulfilled by the community the Girl Scout intends to serve
☐ Identified issue is based on credible community need
Related question in proposal: The root cause of my issue is ☐ Did not identify root cause ☐ Identified root cause ☐ Project plan does not address it ☐ Project addresses an immediate need with a short-term/one-off solution
☐ Identified root cause ☐ Project plan shows well-constructed approach to address it
Related question in proposal: The target audience(s) for my Gold Award project is/are ☐ Target audience is part of the community ☐ Target audience is clearly identified members ☐ Target audience is not part of the community affected by the issue of the community affected by the issue affected by the issue ☐ Project plan marginally benefits the target ☐ Project plan engages appropriate community ☐ Project plan is designed FOR the target audience members in the solution and demonstrates audience versus WITH benefit to the target audience
Step 2: Investigate Related question in proposal: The reasons I selected my issue are ☐ No validation or research conducted to help ☐ Research is implied, but no sources provided shape project
☐ Some research has been conducted and 1–2 sources are referenced
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