Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Topic: Teaching for the Senior Project
Facilitator: Madelaine Kingsbury
Agenda:
· Review current requirements (suggestions for changes/additions)
· Review format (binder & on-line portfolio)
· Brainstorm: Vital skills needed for graduation that are missing
· Brainstorm: How to include more content areas in the project
§ Statistics, History, Social Implications
· How can we build research in lower grades and across content areas?
§ I-Search, Wikis, Collaboration, Presentations
· On-Line sources for research
· Concluding thoughts
Items for follow-up (from PD discussions):
1. How can special education students be better facilitated through the research process and have better access to technology?
2. Can we incorporate a community service component?
3. Con we incorporate mentoring, so that students have someone else to support them through the process besides their English teachers?
4. Does the school district have a recommended senior project format?
5. How can we incorporate a statistical analysis component into the project so that students are learning across the curriculum? How can math teachers be partners with English teachers?
6. How can we incorporate a career component into the project?
7. The portfolio introduction and the mission statement will be combined into one document. What will this now look like?
8. The Job Materials Self-Assessment and Research Paper Self-Assessments essays will be eliminated in order to devote more time to the teaching of the research paper and research process.
9. It was recommended that the reference/recommendation letters be eliminated from the project, as it is burdensome for teachers to write references that are (more often than not) inconsequential. What process, then, will be put into place for students who need references for colleges?
10. Ms. Mathis is willing to provide direct instruction to senior students on their PowerPoint presentations outside of traditional class time.
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