Implementation+Plan

=With school year 2010-2011 implementation of the Culminating Portfolio will begin [working draft]. =

==The Culminating Portfolio is designed to serve as a record of what each student believes to be his best work during his high school career and also as a tool for each student's post-high-school and career planning. The portfolio is also designed to be more equitable from student to student than the current Culminating Project system. Each student will be responsible for planning the layout of his portfolio and should include photos, video, or anything else that will help the viewer understand that student's personality. The student will present his portfolio to a panel of teachers for evaluation during that student's senior year. Each student will also have control over who will be able to view his portfolio and will have to invite any teachers who may be checking on certain pieces of the portfolio as a part of a class. Each student will also be able to invite admissions counselors and potential employers to view his portfolio.==

===This plan is designed to be the most effective method for monitoring all students and their progress through the final implementation stages. Each student's working portfolio will become that student's "project checklist" to replace current forms such as "Tentative Project Proposal," "Project Proposal," "Self Reflection," etc.===

__Class of 2011__
====Students who will be graduating in 2011 will continue with the Culminating Project as it should already be underway. Those students will proceed with all the steps and procedures that graduating students of the 2010 class used.====

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Any student graduating in the year 2012 will create an online portfolio. Those students will include the following items in their portfolios: ======

From their 10th-Grade Year

 * 1) The I-Search research paper.
 * 2) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important from that school year.

11th-Grade Year

 * 1) Write a reflection on the process of Ethical Decision-Making Day as it relates to the student's perceptions.
 * 2) Write a reflection on three other areas on the Checklist of Career Planning Activities for grade 11. This should be at least three paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 3) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

12th-Grade Year.

 * 1) Include any letters of recommendation that the student wishes to post.
 * 2) Update resume.
 * 3) Write a reflection on two other areas on the Checklist of Career Planning Activities for grade 12. This should be at least two paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 4) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

Cumulative Items

 * Course Projects
 * 1) The Checklist of Career Planning Activities--the Career Planning Checklist will be a working document within the portfolio.
 * 2) The student should put at least one course project into the portfolio from his junior year and his senior year.
 * 3) One additional project from any school year should be placed into the portfolio.
 * 4) For each project the student should write a reflection that includes a rationale for including this particular project in the portfolio.
 * 5) One project from above to be expanded upon (with that couse teacher signing off that the project did go beyond the course project) OR a self-directed project (from the Tentative Culminating Project Proposal)*
 * 6) For 1-4 the student will include a rationale for each project included in the portfolio.
 * 7) Service or Community Projects and/or volunteerism -- this should include a reflection.
 * 8) Extra-Curricular Activities. This should also include a reflection about what the student has learned and about how the various activities have impacted the student and maybe a discussion of favorite activities.
 * This is a total of three projects as long as one of them is an expanded project or four projects if the student is doing a self-directed project (the student is always permitted to include more if he or she wishes).


 * __Variations__:** While most of the reflection pieces should be written, the student should create at least one video rationale and one written rationale/reflection. He or she may also elect to create a podcast rationale/reflection. Each student should focus on using those techniques which seem more comfortable for him or her and try to play to his or her talents.

__Class of 2013__
Any student graduating in the year 2013 will create an online portfolio. Those students will include the following items in their portfolios:

10th-Grade Year

 * 1) A listing of the career families that were recommended by either [|www.bridges.com] or the PLAN Test
 * 2) The I-Search research paper.
 * 3) The Resume
 * 4) A reflective writing that discusses at least four of that student's activities from the career planning activities for the year. One of the items discussed will be the subject of the I-Search paper. This should be at least four paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity, but in addition an introduction and a conclusion will always be good to include).
 * 5) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

11th-Grade Year

 * 1) Write a reflection on the process of Ethical Decision-Making Day as it relates to the student's perceptions.
 * 2) Write a reflection on three other areas on the Checklist of Career Planning Activities for grade 11. This should be at least three paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 3) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

12th-Grade Year.

 * 1) Include any letters of recommendation that the student wishes to post.
 * 2) Update resume.
 * 3) Write a reflection on two other areas on the Checklist of Career Planning Activities for grade 12. This should be at least two paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 4) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

Four-Year Piece --Cumulative Items

 * Course Projects
 * 1) The Checklist of Career Planning Activities--the Career Planning Checklist will be a working document within the portfolio.
 * 2) The student should put at least one course project into the portfolio from his sophomore year, his junior year, and his senior year.
 * 3) Two additional projects from any school year should be placed into the portfolio.
 * 4) For each project the student should write a reflection that includes a rationale for including this particular project in the portfolio.
 * 5) One project from above to be expanded upon (with that couse teacher signing off that the project did go beyond the course project) OR a self-directed project (a subject area teacher must sign off for either choice).*
 * 6) For 1-4 the student will include a rationale for each project included in the portfolio.
 * 7) The student will include any activities which fit into the categories for 6 and 7 and will then write a rationale for either 6 or 7.
 * 8) Service or Community Projects and/or volunteerism -- this should include a reflection.
 * 9) Extra-Curricular Activities. This should also include a reflection about what the student has learned and about how the various activities have impacted the student and maybe a discussion of favorite activities.
 * This is a total of five projects as long as one of them is an expanded project or six projects if the student is doing a self-directed project (the student is always permitted to include more if he or she wishes).


 * __Variations__:** While most of the reflection pieces should be written, the student should create at least one video rationale and one written rationale/reflection. He or she may also elect to create a podcast rationale/reflection. Each student should focus on using those techniques which seem more comfortable for him or her and try to play to his or her talents.

__Class of 2014__
Any student graduating after the year 2013 will create an online culminating portfolio. Those students will include the following items in their portfolios:

9th-Grade Year

 * 1) The [|www.bridges.com] portfolio items
 * 2) A reflective writing that discusses at least two of that student's activities from the career planning activities. One item should be the portfolio items from [|www.bridges] com. This should be at least two paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 3) All items discussed in the reflection should be placed in the portfolio.
 * 4) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

10th-Grade Year

 * 1) A listing of the career families that were recommended by either [|www.bridges.com] or the PLAN Test
 * 2) The I-Search research paper.
 * 3) The Resume
 * 4) A reflective writing that discusses at least four of that student's activities from the career planning activities for the year. One of the items discussed will be the subject of the I-Search paper. This should be at least four paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity, but in addition an introduction and a conclusion will always be good to include).
 * 5) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

11th-Grade Year

 * 1) Write a reflection on the process of Ethical Decision-Making Day as it relates to the student's perceptions.
 * 2) Write a reflection on three other areas on the Checklist of Career Planning Activities for grade 11. This should be at least three paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 3) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

12th-Grade Year.

 * 1) Include any letters of recommendation that the student wishes to post.
 * 2) Update resume.
 * 3) Write a reflection on two other areas on the Checklist of Career Planning Activities for grade 12. This should be at least two paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 4) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

Four-Year Piece --Cumulative Items

 * Course Projects
 * 1) The Checklist of Career Planning Activities--the Career Planning Checklist will be a working document within the portfolio.
 * 2) Each year the student should put at least one course project into the portfolio.
 * 3) Two additional projects from any school year should be placed into the portfolio.
 * 4) For each project the student should write a reflection that includes a rationale for including this particular project in the portfolio.
 * 5) One project from above to be expanded upon (with that couse teacher signing off that the project did go beyond the course project) OR a self-directed project (a subject area teacher must sign off for either choice).*
 * 6) For 1-4 the student will include a rationale for each project included in the portfolio.
 * 7) The student will include any activities which fit into the categories for 6 and 7 and will then write a rationale for either 6 or 7.
 * 8) Service or Community Projects and/or volunteerism -- this should include a reflection.
 * 9) Extra-Curricular Activities. This should also include a reflection about what the student has learned and about how the various activities have impacted the student and maybe a discussion of favorite activities.
 * This is a total of six projects as long as one of them is an expanded project or seven projects if the student is doing a self-directed project (the student is always permitted to include more if he or she wishes).


 * __Variations__:** While most of the reflection pieces should be written, the student should create at least one video rationale and one written rationale/reflection. He or she may also elect to create a podcast rationale/reflection. Each student should focus on using those techniques which seem more comfortable for him or her and try to play to his or her talents.