[CASL-L] Capstone

[Nancy Carlson]

Hi Tenley,
At Farmington High School we have year-long Capstone classes. The students
who take the classes are mostly juniors and seniors.  Although we have had
several sophomores take a capstone class, we discourage it. Education
Interns is a 1/2 year. As for grading students receive E for exceeds, M for
meets and NY for not yet.  We have created a pacing guide for students and
teachers so they know what the expectations are each semester. The students
create a design plan, track their progress through a digital portfolio in
which they write reflections using prompts provided, mid-year presentation
in the form of an ignite is presented to their Capstone peers and a final
presentation to an audience. I am a member of the steering committee and
I also help with the Career Capstone class.  I agree with Casey it is a
great way to integrate research into the senior year and then to map
backward.  We originally designed the Capstone program for seniors to give
the seniors to make the senior year more meaningful and to give students
the opportunity to create their own Custom Capstone centered around their
interest
There we have teachers who teach the classes, but the FTE comes out of the
department's budget.
https://sites.google.com/a/fpsct.org/fhs-capstone/

Below is a link to our Program of Study where you can see what classes are
offered. If the class does not have the enrollment it does not run that
year.
https://www.fpsct.org/uploaded/FHS/FHS_Documents/Program_of_Studies/2017-18_Program_of_Studies_3.10.17_(Website).pdf

Let me know if you have any other questions.
Nancy

Nancy M. Carlson
Farmington High School
Farmington, CT  06032
carlsonn at fpsct.org
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On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 11:45 AM tenley stoltz <
tenley.stoltz at somers.k12.ct.us> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I asked my principal about Capstone projects today, and I think I opened
> up a gigantic can of worms.  Now I'm looking for advice on how other school
> districts handle it.  If your school has a Capstone I'd love any
> information you'd be willing to share.  I'm looking for specific on the
> following:
>
> * What grade level is it done in?
> * Half year or full year?
> * Does it count as a grade?
> * What is your role with the project as an LMS?
> * How are teachers involved?
> * How is it presented at the end? (small group, science fair-style,
> community event?...)
>
> Feel free to email me off list.  I appreciate your help!
> Tenley
>
> --
> Tenley Stoltz
> Library Media Specialist
> Somers High School
>
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