Senior Project: A Culture Week

  • Beginning

    First day of school and assignment of the Senior Project in connection to my Cadet Teaching course.
  • Meeting my Class

    First day with the class that I've been assigned for Cadet Teaching. Additionally this class will be part of my Senior Project and its teacher my community consultant.
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    Project Planning and Forming Letter of Intent

    Over this time period I met with my community consultant at various times and formed the basis of my project idea, the Culture Week for the class I was assigned. In conjunction to that I began to write the letter of intent for the Senior Project staff.
  • Letter of Intent

    Final copy of my letter of intent was turned in today.
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    Preparation for Project

    In this interval of time, I worked with my electronic portfolio and lessons plans for my Senior Project. Additionally, I finalized my guest speakers and began to assign times, and I determined the actual week for the project.
  • Project Checkpoint

    My teacher for the High School portion of Cadet Teaching checks the various items we need to be working on for our projects, primarily our electronic portfolio.
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    Finalizing Lesson Plans

    During this time period, I worked on primarily finishing the little details of my lesson plans and working out the fine details with my guest speakers. I also got some work done on the other parts of my project, including community service and the electronic portfolio.
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    Senior Project Week

    In this week, I and the guest speakers with me, went through the cultural lessons for the class that I worked with in conjunction with my Cadet Teaching class.
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    Final Preparations and Reflections

    After finishing my Senior Project, I spent the rest of my time finishing portfolios, collecting my pictures, preparing a power point, and relfecting on the actual week itself. Additionally, I finished the last of my community service. Finally, I have requested and am collecting evaluations of my project.
  • Senior Project Presentation

    The day that I present the full report of my project to a board of my High School teachers.