Employer Impact Awards Rubric: Impact in Inclusion and Belonging

Prompts (500-word maximum per prompt):

  1. Summarize the specific supports your organization offers to build inclusion and belonging for Waterloo co-op students during their work terms. Detail how these supports help students feel like valued team members working in a safe space.
  2. Describe how your organization advances or promotes inclusion and belonging for employees, clientele and the broader community. Detail student involvement in any of these initiatives.

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Prompts Scoring criteria 1-3 points 4-6 points 7-8 points 9-10 points
1. Summarize the specific supports your organization offers to build inclusion and belonging for Waterloo co-op students during their work terms. Detail how these supports help students feel like valued team members working in a safe space.

Did the entry include the following?

  • How recruitment, hiring, training and management practices provide access and inclusion for equity-deserving students.
  • Principles of equity embedded into the performance evaluation of co-op students.
  • Opportunities or activities the organization provides for students to build relationships that aid in their learning, wellness and continued development.
  • Projects or initiatives that co-op students led or supported related to advancing inclusion and belonging.
  • Any organizational changes made based on student input, action or experiences with regard to inclusion and belonging practices.
  • Measurable impact or results-based implementation of inclusion and belonging strategies.
 Provides minimal detail and few/no examples Provides some detail and adequate examples Provides adequate detail and good examples Provides excellent detail and strong, connected examples
2. Describe how your organization advances or promotes inclusion and belonging for employees, clientele and the broader community. Detail student involvement in any of these initiatives.

Did the entry describe the following?

  • Specific actions the organization does to advance, promote and communicate inclusion and belonging to the broader community.
  • How the organization embeds inclusion and belonging into other regular practices (e.g., conducting meetings, creating accessible documents, use of pronouns, provision of accommodations, etc.).
  • The organization’s practices to build capacity to advance inclusion and belonging for everyone.
 Provides minimal detail and few/no examples Provides some detail and adequate examples  Provides adequate detail and good examples  Provides excellent detail and strong, connected examples