Sanderson High School Graduation Project

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Sanderson High School Graduation Project
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What is the Graduation Project?

• It is a school-wide responsibility patterned
  after the Senior Project designed by UNC-G (1997)
• It is an integral component of the North Carolina
  high school exit standards
• It is a performance based exit assessment
• It fosters skills to be mastered prior to the
  senior year
• It utilizes skills present in the North Carolina
  Standard Course of Study and the Six Key Elements
  for twenty-first century learning
• Implementation for the graduating class of 2010

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What does the Graduation Project develop and what
are the reasons for it?

• Student interests/getting to know yourself
• Time management/planning
• Life skills/working skills
• Process development
• Making connections
• Confidence building

• Reflection
• Communication skills
• Computer knowledge
• Advocates responsibility for learning
• Employment skills
• Research and language skills
• Encourages student-centered, life-long learning

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What are the Key Components of the Graduation
Project?

• Commonly referred to as The Four Ps
• The Paper- a research-based paper written on an
  approved topic of student choice
• The Presentation-To a panel of community and
  faculty members
• The Portfolio- Reflects the Graduation Project
  process
• The Product-Requiring 15 hours of work
• Product can take one of three approaches
• Career-oriented approach
• Hobby/Self-fulfilled Approach
• Altruistic/Humanitarian Approach

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Key Components of the Graduation Project
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• Rubrics provided by North Carolina Department of
  Public Instruction
• Graduation Project components (The Four Ps)
  will be scored locally using the state adopted
  rubrics
• Students who fail any component of the
  Graduation Project must master the failed
  component prior to graduation. Students will
  receive interventions/remediation on the failed
  component prior to resubmitting to a committee.

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What are the values of the Graduation Project?

• It is authentic
• It is project-based
• It is practical
• It is service learning
• It is student-centered
• It is cumulative
• It is rigorous

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Who is on the Graduation Project Steering
Committee?

• Elizabeth Battle, Administrative Contact
• Traci Claiborne, Career Center Coordinator
• Cindi Crabtree, English, Graduation Project
  Coordinator
• Nikki Deal, Social Studies
• Sherrie Dixon, Foreign Language
• Alicia Ellington, Special Programs
• Jennifer Elmo, Science

• Donna Hitchings, Media Specialist
• Bill Mefford, Computer Programming, SHS Webmaster
• Jill Oliver, Academy of Finance
• Ange Pearson, Art
• Connie Schlimme, Math
• Mariah Thorpe, English
• Kristen VanDyke, Social Studies
• Brooke Worth, ESL
• Brenda Young, Guidance

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Resources of

• www.ncpublicschools.org/graduationproject (Link
  for NC Graduation Project)
• http//seniorproject.net (Link for Graduation
  Project)
• www.ncpublicschools.org/graduationproject (Link
  for NC High School Exit Standards)
• http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcenturyskills.
  org (Link for 21st Century Learning)
• http//www.21stcenturyskills.org (Link for 21st
  Century Learning)
• http//www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id98 (Link
  for the Big 6-For the Essential Question)
• http//www.big6turbotools.com (Link for the Big
  6-For the Essential Question)
• http//www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/index.php?pag
  eresearchProcess (Links for Research)