Slides for P3 for ISACS

Published on Oct 15, 2018

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Personal Passion Projects

What an Experience!

What would YOU study, learn, create, or do if time/money was no object?

Roycemore School

Beth Shutters
Director of Curriculum & Innovation

Photo by Teemu008

January Short Term

Since 1972
For more about JST, visit https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jst.

JST Group Projects

  • Pottery Handbuilding
  • Global Awareness
  • Yoga
  • Museum Madness
  • French Cooking
  • International Travel
For more about JST, visit https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jst.

JST Independent Projects

  • Studies in CRISPR
  • Jumping into Math
  • Glass Blowing
  • Internships
  • Building a 3D Printer
  • "Group" Independent Projects
For more about JST, visit https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jst. A list of many more projects can be found here: https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jstprojects.

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For more about JST, visit https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jst.

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Our Upper School students fill out a Google Form for their group or independent project. Using Autocrat, a version of their form is emailed to the student, advisor, and project director. The JST committee (made up of students and faculty) then approve the contract, or ask for more information.

JST Portfolios

  • Journal
  • Digital Artifact
  • Written report from project director
  • Goes on transcript
  • JST Share
For more about JST, visit https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jst. A list of many more projects can be found here: https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jstprojects.

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For more about JST, visit https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jst. A list of many more projects can be found here: https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jstprojects.

Link to Video: https://youtu.be/tvSKVl7y-0g

Students invest in themselves and begin their journey of life-long learning!

For more about JST, visit https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jst. A list of many more projects can be found here: https://www.roycemoreschool.org/jstprojects.

Personal Passion Projects

Since 2017

theme days slides

Hands-On, Thematic Learning

  • LS Theme Week
  • LS Thematic Units
  • MS Theme Days
  • MS Creative Arts
  • US January Short Term

slides from last week

30 circles, etc.

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Choosing a Passion

easier said than done

Thrively

Thrively: Kids Activities and Strength Assessment

Can I work with ...??

This isn't my passion anymore!

You're killing my passion with all this paperwork!

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"Shark Tank" style pitches

research proposal screenshot

Finding Mentors

Finding Mentors

  • Parent newsletters
  • Alumni newsletters & social media posts
  • Personal connections
  • Mentor interest form

Mentor Guidelines

Experience Week

January 22-25, 2019

Planning for Experience Week

  • Personal emails to parents from advisor
  • Schedule & Parent Contract
  • Mini Field Trips
  • Workshops

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Here is a copy of our schedule for Experience Week: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Xbc2Ccc9TuWfgAnA7Bf-xGOlnEBUZVlVtHYSRj...

kickoff slideshow

The Garage at NU

Places Kids Went

  • Art classes
  • Shopping
  • To Lower School classes
  • Mentor workplaces
  • Museums
  • Trips - Disney World, Seattle
  • Recording studios
  • Northwestern
  • Animal shelters

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In-School Activities

  • Guest Speakers
  • Better Presentations
  • Mindset
  • Brain Breaks
  • Daily Reflections
  • Work Time & Expo Planning
  • JST Visits

P3 Expo

sharing our projects

Presentation Types

  • Scheduled oral presentations/music
  • Poster sessions
  • Art gallery
  • Sales

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Tale of Icarus

music

Virtual Sharing

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Evaluating P3

rubric & self-evaluations

Evaluating P3

what WE learned

I took a lot of advice from my coach and mentor.

I needed to remind myself Experience Week is still school.

P3

PARENT Passion Project

How might you apply these ideas to your learning environment?

This Year

Design Thinking & Reimagining Roycemore