Bethel Public Schools Culminating Project Requirements

Bethel Public Schools Culminating Project Requirements

Culminating Project Packet

Class of 2014

Student Name:______

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Bethel Public Schools

Culminating Project Requirements

Step 1:Written Proposal due mid October, 2013Page 3

Step 2:Action Plan due end of first semester,2014Page 4

(Community Connection Hours Completed)

Step 3:PaperPage 5

First Draft due mid February, 2014

Revised and edited draft due mid March, 2014

Final copy due end of April,2014

Step 4: Senior PresentationPage 7

May, 2014

Name:______

Date:______

 Step 1: Written Proposal due mid October, 2013

Please list your personal, educational and career goals.
What activity will you do for your community connection hours?
Describe how your community connection hours will relate to your personal, educational and career goals.

Student Signature______Date______

Parent Signature______Date______

Name:______

Date:______

 Step 2: Action Plan due by end of first semester, 2014

Your 10 hours of Community Connections must be completed by end of first semester, 2014

Community Connection or
job shadow Contact Name, Address & Phone / Community Connection or
job Shadow
Responsibilities / Schedule of Community Connections Hours
10 hours minimum

Community Connection Supervisor Signature(s) stating volunteer hours were completed

X______Date______

Step 3: Paper

When your community connection hours have been completed, you will need to write a Culminating Project Paper as outlined below.

Goals:

  • Demonstrate the ability to write a professional, reflective essay.
  • Define growth of learning in relation to community service over your entire high school career.

Audience:

  • Your audience is your Careers Class teacher, parents, administrators, or community members who will be attending your Student Led Conference.

Format:

  • 12-point font, Times New Roman, Double-Spaced, 1 inch margins
  • 3-5 pages, 3 FULL pages minimum

Task:

  • Write a 3-5 page reflective paper on how your community service has impacted your post-secondary plan. Be sure to include:
  • a description of your community service experiences and how these experiences have impacted you and the community, (give three examples and elaborate).
  • an analysis of how the community service experience relates to your post-secondary plan, (give three ways and elaborate) and
  • a meaningful link between experiences and self, (give three meaningful links or three ways it was meaningful).

Due Dates:

Mid February – First Draft of your paper is DUE

Mid March – Revised & Edited Copy is DUE

End of April – FINAL copy of your paper is DUE

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PAPER RUBRIC SCORING:

Excellent / Good / Fair-Redo / Poor
Community Connection / Provides a solid description of the community service experience; contains detail and elaboration that explains how experience was beneficial to the community. / Provides an adequate description of the community service experience; contains minimal detail or elaboration that explains how experience was beneficial to the community. / Provides a weak description of the community service experience; contains no detail or elaboration that explains how experience was beneficial to the community. / Provides an unclear description of the community service experience; contains no detail or elaboration that explains how experience was beneficial to the community
Career Connection / Provides a solid analysis of how the community service experience connects to post-secondary plan. Has sufficient detail or elaboration. / Provides an adequate analysis of how the community service experience connects to post-secondary plan; Has basic detail or elaboration. / Provides a weak analysis of how the community service experience connects to post-secondary plan; lacks sufficient detail or elaboration. / Provides an unclear analysis of how the community service experience connects to post-secondary plan; no detail or elaboration.
Personal Connection / Provides a meaningful link between experiences and self; includes a variety of examples that show how community service has helped guide future plans. / Provides an adequate link between experiences and self; includes few examples that show how community service has helped guide future plans. / Provides a weak link between experiences and self; includes minimal examples that show how community service has helped guide future plans. / Provides no link between experiences and self; does not show how community service has helped guide future plans.
Conventions / Paper has definite introduction, body, and conclusion. Few to no spelling/grammar errors. Well-written sentences, varying in length and structure. Overall, nicely written and flows well. / Paper has basic introduction, body, and conclusion. Some spelling/grammar errors but does not distract from paper. Basic sentence structure/length. Overall, adequately written. / Paper has simple introduction, body, and conclusion. Simple sentence structure/length. Spelling and grammar errors distract from piece. Overall, difficult to read. / Paper has no clear introduction, body, and conclusion. Spelling and grammar errors distract from piece. Short choppy sentences prevent flow of paper.

Student:______Date:______

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Step 4: Senior Presentation – May 2014

Your Senior presentation will take place during student-led conferences in May, 2013. In your 15-20 minute presentation, you must include a multi-media component (PowerPoint, video, poster board, demonstration, etc.) During your presentation, you will discuss your growth and goals in the following areas: (Use the questions below to help guide your presentation).

  • Social
  • How are friends and family influencing you in making quality decisions?
  • What have you learned from your friends and family?
  • How will that affect your future decisions?
  • What can you do better?
  • What activities/clubs are you involved in currently and how are they helping you prepare for your future?
  • Academic Growth/Goals
  • Have you met your academic goals and what have you done to get there?
  • How will what you have learned academically help you in your post high school life?
  • In what areas do you need to improve?
  • In what areas are your strengths?
  • Experiences/Skills
  • What have you gained from your experiences?
  • How have you broadened your experiences?
  • How have you improved your skills?
  • How will you take this with you?
  • Career
  • What is your career path?
  • What are your ideas and plans to get there?
  • Community
  • How can you help the community? And how can you continue to help the community?
  • Community Service: how do your hours relate to your career? Contribution to society?
  • How does your chosen career path influence society?

Presentation Evaluation

You will be evaluated in the following areas:

  • Presentation Skills (8 points possible)
  • This includes voice, eye contact, posture, dress, and preparedness
  • Quality of Presentation(8 points possible)
  • This includes originality and creativity of your multimedia presentation, content and organization of presentation, and time.

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