TheTheSenior Senior ProjectProject

A Voyage of A Voyage of DiscoveryDiscovery

Live ItLive It Learn It

Learn It

Love ItLove It

Live ItLive It It It will bewill be hard work hard work It It cancan be stressful be stressful

BUT . . .BUT . . . It It cancan be rewarding be rewarding You get to choose!!You get to choose!!

Learn ItLearn ItYou You willwill learn: learn:

OrganizationOrganization Time management skillsTime management skills Collaboration with a mentorCollaboration with a mentor Writing for different audiencesWriting for different audiences Real life lessonsReal life lessons Self discoverySelf discovery

Love ItLove It Opportunity or obligation?Opportunity or obligation? ““Have to” or “want to?”Have to” or “want to?” Easy or challenging?Easy or challenging?

It’s up to you - choice!!It’s up to you - choice!!

The Project TopicThe Project Topic Must include a “learning stretch” Must include a “learning stretch” Requires intellectual and emotional Requires intellectual and emotional

growthgrowth Explore:Explore:

Careers/Post-graduation plansCareers/Post-graduation plans Something you have never done – take a Something you have never done – take a

chance!chance! Something you have done, but want to Something you have done, but want to

take to a higher level – challenge take to a higher level – challenge yourself! yourself!

Senior Project Senior Project ComponentsComponents

The Four P’s:The Four P’s:1.1.PaperPaper2.2.ProductProduct3.3.PortfolioPortfolio4.4.PresentationPresentation

ResearchResearchPaperPaper

Paper connected to Senior Project topicPaper connected to Senior Project topic Research should enrich your field work Research should enrich your field work and vice versa and vice versa This is NOT a reportThis is NOT a report This is a research-based position paper: This is a research-based position paper:

Take a positionTake a position Support it with evidence from your Support it with evidence from your researchresearch

ResearchResearchPaperPaper

You know the structure from You know the structure from

your junior research paper your junior research paper The next steps start here…The next steps start here…

Senior ProjectSenior ProjectResearch Paper Research Paper

TopicTopicField Work and Field Work and

MentoringMentoring

Product Product

Knowledge from research Knowledge from research + Fieldwork and mentoring + Fieldwork and mentoring experiences experiences

Product that you createProduct that you createDetailed documentation of how you create the product, Detailed documentation of how you create the product, from start to finish, is required.from start to finish, is required.

Document the ProcessDocument the Process

Product = Evidence of Learning StretchProduct = Evidence of Learning Stretch

PortfolioPortfolio Documentation of the Documentation of the entire Senior Project entire Senior Project process, from choosing process, from choosing a a topic to the final topic to the final reflection, reflection, and all the steps in and all the steps in between. between.

Series of artifacts illustrating your Series of artifacts illustrating your journey. journey. Senior Project yearbook.Senior Project yearbook.

PresentationPresentation

Opportunity to showcase the Opportunity to showcase the knowledge knowledge gained through the Senior Project gained through the Senior Project experience experience Panel of judges comprised of Panel of judges comprised of teachers, teachers, staff, and community members. staff, and community members. This is your chance to shine!This is your chance to shine!

Preparing for the Preparing for the JourneyJourney

Use Brainstorming Use Brainstorming HandoutsHandouts

The ship sets sail on August 31The ship sets sail on August 31stst

BE PREPARED!!BE PREPARED!!

Project TopicProject Topic

Research Research PaperPaper

ProductProduct Seek MentorSeek Mentor

ResearchResearchPaperPaper

Product Product

PresentationPresentation

PortfolioPortfolio

GraduatioGraduation!n!

Put all the pieces together and you are one step closer to . . .