General Guidelines for Instructors A copy of the student packet is available in the workroom for copying. However, please encourage students to use Pioneer’s website to access forms.
Encourage and guide students to use various sources found on the Internet for their research.
Remind students to take pictures of their products in progress as they need these as evidence of their work.
Students as wells as instructors need to see rubrics. Instructors are free to weight rubrics’ points as they need.
Stick as close to the timeline as possible, checking it not only for dates, but also for responsibilities.
Students may work in pairs for their products, but their research papers must be completed separately. Presentations may then be conducted as a pair with each student responsible for 6-8 minutes of the presentation time (total time for pair presentation: 12-16 minutes).
Encourage students to use business/industry as sources for information, and if possible for their type of program, to have “customers” to make products problem-based.
The research component of the paper (1st half of the paper) should be 3-5 pages of typed text (exceptions may be made for special needs students). The 3-5 pages of typed text do NOT include: title page, graphic pages, and reference page(s).
The product analysis component of the paper (2nd half of the paper) should be 2-3 pages of typed text.
Remind students there are experts available within our building—science, math, government teachers as well as administrators and classified staff can be helpful and be sources of information for students.
This is a team effort. We should all be working together to make this process educational and streamlined for students.
Have fun with the senior project and show a positive attitude with the students. Our attitude helps the students’ attitudes. When we encourage them, they are less overwhelmed and frustrated.
If you have any questions, check with one of the senior project team members: Mary Cosker, Mike Millward, Dena Kirby, Vickie Hunt, Dave Such, Darin Beal, Dawn Roberts, Jenifer Stewart or Katie Fiske.
Revised: 4/25/2018