Project Design Template
Duration:
Project Title:
Lifetime
Career Portfolio Demonstration
Academy focus:
Grade Level:
Career Specific
Grade level Outcome(s):
Project
Summary of the issue, challenge,
investigation, scenario, or problem:
Challenge high school seniors to demonstrate their career portfolio
during their Senior Exit Graduation Project (example)
Driving Question
Subject Areas
to Be Included
Science
Career
&Technical Ed
English
Arts &
Humanities
Mathematics
Social &
Political
Sciences
How will you demonstrate your career portfolio during your Senior Exit Graduation Project ?
Essential question(s) per subject
Academic Rigor
Key concepts and related topics to be targeted by this project
Key assignment(s)
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Internship
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Which 21st century skills is taught and assessed? (CCR)
Collaboration
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Self and resource management
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Communication
Other
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Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
Use of technology to solve problem
Other
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Other
Time management
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Other
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Authenticity
What makes the project, problem and/or
question meaningful to the students?
Sustainability planning for life.
Where in the real world is the project/problem tackled by adults?
Career portfolios are used in adult career interviews and promotion processes.
What type of audience might be appropriate for
students to display/present their work to?
Younger students, potential employers, parents,
students, citizens, everyone
Active Exploration (WBL)
What field based activities are required of students to successfully complete this project? (interview, job shadow, survey, data collection, etc…)
34 hour minimum work-based learning expereince directly relative to students interest in a career field.
Applied Learning
What do students actually do to demonstrate learning (organize an event, create a documentary, etc…)?
1.
News Documentary (Examples)
2.
Video Documentary / Pre-Recorded Presentation (Examples)
What roles do adults, beside the teachers play in this project?
Intern & reflective practitioner
Adult connection
How do students connect with these adults?
Intern with professionals and summative assessed by adult professionals from the
larger community.
Assessments
Formative
Assessments
(During Project)
Quizzes/Tests
Journal/Learning & Time Log
Summative
Assessments
(End of Project)
Practice Presentations
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Notes
Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes
Checklists
Rough Drafts
Concept Maps
Online Tests/Exams
Other:
Written Product(s), with rubric:
Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with
rubric:_
Oral Presentation, with rubric
Peer Evaluation
Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test
Self-Evaluation
Essay Test
Senior Exit Project Rubric
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News Report
Content
Exemplary (4)
Accomplished (3)
Content is accurate and up-todate, uses a consistent tone,
and has no grammatical or
spelling errors. All content is
written for the web with clear,
concise language.
Content is accurate and up-to- Content is mostly accurate and up- Content is inaccurate and
date and uses a consistent tone, to-date but does not use a
inconsistent, contains many
but it has a few grammatical or consistent tone. Content has a
grammatical or spelling
spelling errors. Most of the
number of grammatical or spelling errors, and is not at all clear
content is written with clear,
errors and is neither very clear nor or concise.
concise language.
concise.
Graphics and Media Graphics, multimedia, and fonts
are relevant, tasteful, and
effective in supporting the site.
All elements are in the proper
format, tagged appropriately,
and optimized for the web.
Visual Design
Technical Skill
Acquisition
Evidence,
Examples, and
Explanations
TBD
Needs Attention (1)
Too many or too few graphics,
multimedia, and fonts are used.
Some elements are not relevant or
not used tastefully to effectively
support the site. Some elements
are not in the proper format, not
tagged appropriately, or not
optimized for the web.
Graphics and multimedia
are missing, irrelevant, or
distracting to the site.
Elements are not in the
proper format, not tagged,
or not optimized for the
web.
Look and feel of website is
Look and feel of website is
Look and feel of website is
visually appealing, professional, visually appealing and
somewhat appealing but not
and consistent throughout. Much professional, but not consistent professional looking or consistent.
time and effort went into the
throughout. Time and effort went Not much effort went into the
planning and design, and the
into the planning and design,
planning and design, and the site
site clearly represents the
and the site somewhat
does not represent the client.
client’s color scheme and
represents the client’s color
branding.
scheme and branding.
Look and feel of website is
not at all appealing or
professional. Little effort
went into the planning and
design, and the site does
not represent the client.
All of the research,
evidence, and information
provided is specific,
accurate, and relevant and
shows how the individual
has gained skills needed to
gain entry level technical
employment.
Evidence, examples,
and information
provided is specific,
accurate, and relevant
and shows how the
individual has gained
skills needed to gain
entry level technical
employment.
TBD
Graphics, multimedia, and fonts
are relevant and used tastefully.
They support the site quite
effectively. Most elements are in
the proper format, tagged
appropriately, and optimized for
the web.
Developing (2)
Most of the research,
evidence, and information
provided is specific,
accurate, and relevant and
shows how the individual
has gained skills needed to
gain entry level technical
employment.
TBD
Some of the research,
evidence, and information
provided is specific, accurate,
and relevant and shows how
the individual has gained skills
needed to gain entry level
technical employment.
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Sciences
Support the inquiry based learning
process and application of the scientific
investigative approach
during project development. Research
scientific education requirements
needed for specific careers.
Social &
Political
Sciences
Technical &
Career Prep
Identify career options .
Career Prep- Resume writing, dress, behavior /
Info-graphic development. /
Technical training certification needed for entry
level employment. /SCAS certification support for
NAF Track certified hiring.
Demonstrate how you are
prepared to enter into post
secondary
education/certification
training/entry level
employment in support of
your career plan.
Survival
School Wide Cross Curricular
Integrated Project Proposal
Discuss ethical issues
Brainstorming
relative to
education public policy.
(Community Connection - Create Chamber of Commerce &
political leadership deliberation event, see slide 3)
Based on research findings, what are the cultural and economic
impacts relative to general education vs. workforce training
models of public education systems nationally and internationally?
Based on research findings, discuss cultural impacts relative to
democratic governments vs. non democratic societies regarding
the quality of civil systems design and implementation ?
English
Graduation
Project
Math
Identify credible statistical data to support
student delivery/thesis. Identify correlations
and generate graphical data to support claims or
counter claims. Create mathematical expressions
that communicate solutions to real problems.