Student Name

Student Name

Senior Presentation:

Culminating Senior Project (Title) & Portfolio

Requirements Binder – clean, organized… Presentation Board – organized, purposeful…

Academics & Awards Culminating Project

Visual Presentation – organized, purposeful… Power Point Prezi Be careful of backgrounds Include ONLY images relevant & appropriate to

your project/presentation

Glogster Windows MovieMaker

Future Plans

Presentation This is your opportunity to show the community

and school what you have accomplished and that you are ready to graduate. Prepared to be a contributing member of society

You only get ONE chance to make a good first impression… 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 Keep the presentation POSITIVE Focus on your accomplishments – avoid

negatives 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 PLAN AHEAD – Be Professional

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…

You want to look clean, fresh, prepared, confident, relaxed…

Professional language Professionalism = Confident, Prepared

Remember, you only get ONE first impression…

Presentation Be prepared! Practice! Do not READ

your notes or the screen – Face & talk/present to your audience.

The more interesting you make your presentation, the higher the score you will receive YEAH!!!

You want to leave your audience asking questions – tell them just enough to make them curious

Presentation Presentation background/layout

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 REVIEW the scoring guide/rubric…Handout

KNOW HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED!

ScoringMinimal Meets Standards Exceptional

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

• 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-to-day life

• Main ideas established (consistent throughout)

• States goal(s) clearly

2. Application of Learning• Self Discovery• Main ideas and

points supported by interesting & appropriate details

• A minimal amount of change was evident throughout the project

• Not aware of ethical change

• Only participated because it was required

• Shows and supports change in attitudes and actions

• Aware of ethical behavior and exhibits proper choices

• Experiences change and demonstrates growth (learning) throughout the project

• Aware of ethical behavior and integrates it into daily life


3. Conclusion• Summarizes• Recommendations

• Poor• Missing (0)

• Good • Positive• Energetic• Makes good

(positive) impression

• Complete summary

4. Q&A• Quality of

student’s responses

• Knowledge and information about project

• Not prepared• Does not know

material

• Prepared• Good knowledge

of the project

• Positive• Energetic/

Enthusiastic• Mastery of

presentation• Answers questions

easily and confidently


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


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 Professional = Responsible = NO excuses

Be Prepared

Review Your Notes… 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 – Practice!!!!

Portfolio Academics Arts & Awards Citizenship

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 2nd, 4th & 7th 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



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…



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 Class Schedule

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)….

Why? What did you learn?

Transcripts 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

Projects Certificates Awards

Academic Sports Scholarships

WASL/HSPE Certificate(s), EOC or SAT/ACT Scores

Citizenship

Leadership & Volunteer Activities Community service hours and activities

Where and what did you did? Why did you choose this? What was your favorite activity? Why?

Voter’s registration (optional) 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

EmployabilityFrom your portfolio References Letters of recommendation

DO NOT read these Resume Sample application

Future Plans Personal Statement

DON’T read this – paraphrase, summarize… Future Goals

5th 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 MAJOR part of your presentation

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

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 Close with your future plans – everything you

have shared leads up to your future Restate your goals Summarize your presentation Ask your audience if they have any questions

– be prepared to answer them. Remember you made them curious The sign of a good presentation is for your

audience to have questions – even if you go over your time

Reminds your audience what you shared with them{

Dress for Success

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 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 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 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 We need your baby photos and class

photos for slide show

IMMEDIATELY Due no later than April 30

Different photo for video? Wallet (school-appropriate head and

shoulders) for wall Biography information (cards) for graduation

Documents

Student Name