RI Diploma System: Exhibition Toolkit Step 10 Action 6

Schools must monitor student progress at every step along the way to successful completion of an exhibition. From the selection of a topic through the final evaluation, students, parents, advisors, and mentors should be made aware of project deadlines and of the status of individual student's progress. Schools should designate those adults who will be responsible for monitoring students and devise a communications system that keeps the appropriate people apprised of student progress. Schools should develop reporting forms or find ways to include exhibition progress updates in existing reporting strategies.

Things to Consider

Early on in the process parents should be informed about project timelines. The importance of these timelines – and all associated consequences for missing deadlines – should be part of the earliest communications. Information should be communicated in a systematic and consistent manner so that adults will know when to expect such communications and when to seek the information if it has not been forthcoming.

Tools

Senior Project Calendar

This is one example of an exhibition timeline used by Barrington High School for their senior project. You can modify it to meet the needs of your school.

Senior Project/Exhibition Timeline: Bow High School

This is one example of an exhibition timeline that is used by Bow High School in Bow, NH as part of the senior project. It can be modified to meet the needs of your school.

Visit www.bownet.org/bhs/Senior%20Project.htm for current information and details about senior projects at Bow High School.

Senior Project Timeline: North Providence High School

This is one example of an exhibition timeline that is used by North Providence High School as part of the senior project. It can be modified to meet the needs of your school.

Visit www.northprovidencehighschool.com for current information and details on exhibitions at North Providence High School.

Capstone Advisor Timeline

This timeline was developed by the Rhode Island Skills Commissions. It can be used as an aid for people who serve as advisors to students completing exhibitions for capstone projects. It can be modified to meet the needs of your school but should not be adopted in its entirety.

Exhibition Signoff Sheet

This is an example of the exhibition signoff sheet to be used at the completion of a project. This document was developed by the Rhode Island Skills Commission and is the final signoff sheet for a capstone project, including final scores. It can be modified to meet the needs of your school but should not be adopted in its entirety.