C. P. Syllabus

 

This course has two sections: E-portfolio and Professional Project.

 

Each student will submit a proposal to the culminating project committee for approval. The proposal will include:

          A timeline for completion of the culminating project including:

                   Job shadow dates

Community service dates

Rough and final draft submission dates

Meeting dates with mentors

          The occupation the student is going to research

          A community service plan

Contact information for each person/agency with which the student is working

 

         

The senior experience requirements are as follows:

          Each student will write a formal expository paper (“I” search paper).

                   The paper will include:

a. Information about the student’s career choice as researched in the electronic portfolio class

b. A narrative expression of the student’s job shadowing experience

c. A rationale for the career choice

d. A financial plan for the student’s continuing education

e. The financial and employment outlook for the student’s career choice

f. Appendices where appropriate

g. A community service component related to the career field

H. The paper shall be research-based, drawing upon a variety of sources, including the community experience.

 

                   The paper will be in MLA format using parenthetical notation

 

Each student will schedule two to three interviews with mentors in their field, and at least one job shadow.

 

The culminating project will be presented to a panel of educators, parents, school board representatives and community members.  In each presentation:

 

The student will use technology and/or media as a conduit to disseminate information.

The presentation must be thirty (30) minutes in length.

The presentation for culminating projects should meet the communication EALRs and S.T.E.P. requirements.

Student will discuss the research topic and its relationship to the community experience in context of his/her high school experience and post-high school plan.

The presentation must include a visual component. (A PowerPoint presentation will suffice)

There will be a question and answer period at the end of each student’s presentation.

 

 

Community Experience

 

The Community Experience component will be an active learning and/or service project that requires students to apply their school skills in real-life settings and, in so doing, helps them transition from high school. The experience needs to be tied to a career pathway and also to the research paper. It needs to be supervised by a community mentor and include at least 12 hours of work outside the school day. Students will develop a Community Experience Plan and, upon approval, may begin their work during the summer before their senior year. (Beginning summer 2005)

 

Parents/Volunteers

Tiger Mountain Community High School needs parents and community volunteers to be a partner in this endeavor. Teachers and staff in our high school have already been preparing students for this course. The details of the culminating project and communication standards will be explained in a parent/volunteer orientation.