Student Name Senior Presentation Culminating Senior Project Title

Student Name Senior Presentation: Culminating Senior Project (Title) & Portfolio

Requirements n n Binder – clean, organized… Presentation Board – organized, purposeful… n n n Academics & Awards Culminating Project n Future Plans Visual Presentation – organized, purposeful… n n n Glogster Power Point n Windows Movie. Maker Prezi Be careful of backgrounds Include ONLY images relevant & appropriate to your project/presentation

Presentation n This is your opportunity to show the community and school what you have accomplished and that you are ready to graduate. n n Prepared to be a contributing member of society You only get ONE chance to make a good first impression… n Statistics show that it takes up to 10 future positive interactions to change a negative first impression

Presentation Put a SMILE on your face even if you are nervous n Keep the presentation POSITIVE n Focus on your accomplishments – avoid negatives n n n Most people are not aware of mistakes other people make – don’t draw attention to your previous mistakes Being prepared will reduce your anxiety

Presentation n PLAN AHEAD – Be Professional n Professional dress Wash & iron your clothes… They SHOULD NOT look like they came from under your bed, the back of your closet, wadded up, or from between your mattresses… n You want to look clean, fresh, prepared, confident, relaxed… n Professional language n Professionalism = Confident, Prepared Remember, you only get ONE first impression… n n

Presentation n Be prepared! Practice! Do not READ your notes or the screen – Face & talk/present to your audience. n The more interesting you make your presentation, the higher the score you will receive YEAH!!! n You want to leave your audience asking questions – tell them just enough to make them curious

Presentation n Presentation background/layout n n n n Should be consistent – reflects professional attitude Should also reflect your personality/interests Use photographs and graphics only as necessary Can find cool backgrounds on Internet (don’t waste a lot of time on this, however) Can customize background if you want – what ever you decide, be consistent Use consistent transitions – more professional DO NOT use sounds for transitions

Scoring n REVIEW the scoring guide/rubric…Handout KNOW HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED!

Scoring Minimal Meets Standards Exceptional • Reflection occurs on several different levels • Service Learning experiences are analyzed by student and related to evaluator • Main ideas fairly presented • Goal statement vague • Analysis of the project • How it applies to student’s day-today life • Main ideas established (consistent throughout) • States goal(s) clearly 1. Introduction to Project • Purpose of Presentation • Goals of project and reflection • Interesting Opening • No stated goals • Student’s reflections occur occasionally and focuses only on what happened 2. Application of Learning • Self Discovery • Main ideas and points supported by interesting & appropriate details • A minimal amount • Shows and • Experiences of change was supports change in change and evident throughout attitudes and demonstrates the project actions growth (learning) • Not aware of • Aware of ethical throughout the ethical change behavior and project • Only participated exhibits proper • Aware of ethical because it was choices behavior and required integrates it into daily life

Scoring Minimal Meets Standards Exceptional • Poor • Missing (0) • Good • Positive • Energetic • Makes good (positive) impression • Complete summary • Prepared • Good knowledge of the project • Positive • Energetic/Enthusia stic • Mastery of presentation • Answers questions easily and confidently 3. Conclusion • Summarizes • Recommendations 4. Q&A • Not prepared • Quality of • Does not know student’s responses material • Knowledge and information about project

Scoring Minimal Meets Standards Exceptional 5. Speech Techniques • Eye Contact • Poise & delivery • Cool, Confident, Composed • Volume • Attitude (+/-) • Very little eye contact • Reading presentation • Little or no poise • Poor delivery • Unorganized • Some eye contact • Relates to not cards • Showed some poise • Average delivery • Organized • Makes excellent eye contact • Showed consistent poise • Excellent delivery – loud/clear • Well organized speech • No note cards prepared 6. Language Usage • Transitions • Style • Poor word choice • Over usage of slang • Poor grammar • Negative… • Some slang • Some incorrect word choices • Appropriate word choices (mostly) • Good grammar usage • Excellent word choice • No slang • Positive presentation

Scoring Minimal Meets Standards Exceptional 7. Visuals • Appearance • Creativity • Little or no visual aids • Presentation difficult to read (Font? Size? Colors? ) • Major errors (typos…proofread carefully!) • Easy to read • Good integration of visuals into presentation • Very few errors • Excellent visuals • Excellent integration of visuals • No errors 8. Dress • Neatness • Preparedness • Professional • Informal dress • No thought given to attire • Casually attired • Very appropriate Comments on the project: Please give feedback in your evaluation of the student’s presentation. This is crucial in helping student to understand their strengths and weaknesses.

Be Prepared Review & KNOW HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED! Keep presentation positive n Professional = Responsible = NO excuses n

Be Prepared Review Your Notes… n n n Review your notes, practice to see if presentation flows – get help if you need it – DON’T be embarrassed to ask for help – we are here to help YOU! Use the Notes section (PPT) – print out NOTES to practice Proofread PRESENTATION & notes carefully Have someone else look over your presentation for spelling and grammatical errors Practice – Practice!!!!

Portfolio n n n Academics Arts & Awards Citizenship n n n Employability Future Plans Mentorship BEFORE you begin, PLAN… Decide what you will include in your presentation… • GATHER all of your materials and schedule a time to scan in documents, images, etc. • Best time to scan is during 2 nd, 4 th & 7 th periods • Take digital photos of larger projects – upload to folder • PLANNING AHEAD and BEING PREPARED will save you considerable time and will help you feel more organized and in control

Portfolio n n n Academics Arts & Awards Citizenship n n n Employability Future Plans Mentorship BEFORE you begin, PLAN… Decide where you want to start…Academics? Future Plans? • ACADEMICS paves the way if you’re not sure… and provides logical flow • FUTURE PLANS can be a good jumping off point – focus presentation around your future and explain courses taken and choices made…

Portfolio n n n Academics Arts & Awards Citizenship n n n Employability Future Plans Mentorship BEFORE you begin, PLAN… Decide where you will integrate and present your portfolio and board… • WHAT is the logical place to integrate each of them into your presentation? • PLANNING will help your presentation flow and appear more organized = higher score

Academics n Class Schedule n n DO NOT read this – this should be relative information that shows you are making progress towards your goals Can use this opportunity to highlight your best work/favorite assignment/class(es)…. n n Why? What did you learn? Transcripts n n This should be in your portfolio, but you don’t need to share/show during your presentation Can include a SMALL image of your transcript in presentation

Arts & Awards n n n Projects Certificates Awards n n Academic Sports Scholarships WASL/HSPE Certificate(s), EOC or SAT/ACT Scores

Citizenship n Leadership & Volunteer Activities n Community service hours and activities Where and what did you did? Why did you choose this? n What was your favorite activity? Why? n n Voter’s registration (optional) n These show you are a productive member of society – that you see a need and step up to fill that need: perform civic duties, help others, help in your community, belong to your community

Employability From your portfolio n References n Letters of recommendation n DO NOT read these Resume Sample application

Future Plans n Personal Statement n n DON’T read this – paraphrase, summarize… Future Goals n n n 5 th year plan Where do you plan to be in 5 years, 10 years and beyond Should probably NOT include personal things like marriage…. CAN include desire to travel, etc.

Culminating Project n MAJOR part of your presentation n n Tell about it Who/where you did your project/mentorship What did you do? What did you learn – good and bad What you liked/didn’t like n n This is where you can state that you changed your future plans because of your mentorship – not exactly what you want to do… and why… Visuals!!!! Need photos to document… Visuals always draw your audience in

Closing Notes n n Close with your future plans – everything you have shared leads up to your future Reminds your Restate your goals audience what you Summarize your presentation shared with them Ask your audience if they have any questions – be prepared to answer them. Remember you made them curious { n The sign of a good presentation is for your audience to have questions – even if you go over your time

Dress for Success n n n Dress professionally – if your chosen career wears professional clothes – dress the part (Dressing for success); if your chosen career wears a hard hat, bring one and dress as you would on the job – in CLEAN clothes Avoid perfumes/colognes – can be too strong in close quarters. If you have piercings/tattoos, cover them up – this is like a job interview

Final Notes n n Before you start, set up a separate folder for presentation and documents/files Back up your presentation – save often and have at least 2 working copies (server and USB) of presentation and at least 1 previous copy n n Consider saving your work as drafts w/dates so you always have a back up should something happen… Plan for the unexpected… We can always delete drafts – takes less time (& stress) than recreating

Final Notes n Don’t sweat the small stuff, prepare and practice – If you are organized your presentation will be smooth, you will appear informed, poised, prepared, and professional earning higher marks

Reminders n We need your baby photos and class photos for slide show IMMEDIATELY n Due no later than April 30 Different photo for video? n Wallet (school-appropriate head and shoulders) for wall n Biography information (cards) for graduation n