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PLP Kickoff: The challenges below will give you only the slides needed for each step of the PLP.
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Challenge 1: Getting Started
Challenge 1: Getting Started
Challenge #1: Complete your profile slide and add pictures to your title slides.
Returning students: Revise/update your profile slide, tagline, or title slides as needed. Please help new students by sharing what these look like. You can also consider adding a story (directions here) or a recommendation (directions here).
Materials:
Writing a Compelling Tagline! Worksheet (make a copy)
Exemplars
Title Slides: Connection, Proficiency
Self check:
I have created a Profile Slide with a profile picture and background picture
I have added a photo to each of my four Title Slides (Identity, Connection, Direction, and Proficiency)
I have shared my portfolio with my Advisor
Challenge 2: WRITING A SUMMARY STATEMENT
Challenge 2: WRITING A SUMMARY STATEMENT
Challenge #2: Create your summary slide, featuring your summary statement. A summary statement is 3 - 5 sentences summing up your top skills, interests, and goals.
Returning students: Revise/update your summary slide as needed. Please help new students by sharing what this looks like. You can also consider adding a story (directions here) or a recommendation (directions here).
Seniors: You should make sure your portfolio is updated/complete and upload it to Scoir (directions here). This, along with your completed "Brag Sheet" form, is required for letters of recommendation!
Materials:
Exemplars
Self check:
I have created a Summary Slide with 3-5 sentences reflecting my top skills, interests, and/or goals.
I have completed an Activity Slide with 6 activity areas each with a representative picture, title of activity, and short description
Challenge 3: Adding a Story (Repeated Quarterly)
Challenge 3: Adding a Story (Repeated Quarterly)
Challenge #3: Stories let others know who you are, what and how you learn, your interests, and everything else about you. Stories are opportunities to reflect on your experiences, using them to think about the person you are and would like to become.
Returning students: Please incorporate these new story slides into your existing portfolio as you go, organizing them under the correct title slide for the appropriate element of story (Identity, Connection, Direction, or Proficiency).
Materials:
Self check:
My story features an artifact or evidence of an experience, accomplishment, or activity (photo, video, link, pdf, etc.)
My story is at least 4 sentences long, including...
At least 2 sentences describing the experience (what happened)
At least 2 sentences explaining what made the experience meaningful, including how it fit with one of the 4 elements of story—Identity, Connection, Direction, and Proficiency (use the Story Questions to respond)
Challenge 4: RISE ReflectionS #1 & 2
Challenge 4: RISE ReflectionS #1 & 2
Challenge #4 (2 reflections!): RISE stands for Reflective Interest-based Student Experiences. So it makes sense that we ask you to reflect about your experiences. These reflections will constitute your last portfolio entries of the year, so make it count!
Returning students: Please incorporate these new reflection slides into your existing portfolio under the RISE title slide.
Materials:
Self check:
I completed 2 reflections, each including
An artifact or evidence from your RISE (photo, video, link, pdf, etc.)
At least 4 sentences:
At least 2 sentences describing the experience (what happened)
At least 2 sentences explaining what you now know, understand, or have experienced as a result of participating
Goal-Setting
Goal-Setting
Setting goals provides direction and purpose, helping you stay focused and motivated. It allows you to track your progress, build confidence, and develop a sense of accomplishment as you achieve milestones along the way.
Materials:
Self check:
I read or watched at least one of the resources on goal setting.
I chose one or more of the goal-setting activities and completed it.
I added some artifact of this process to your portfolio, explaining on why I chose this goal setting activity and what you took away from the process.
ADding Recommendations
ADding Recommendations
Adding recommendations communicates important information about you to admission officers, internship coordinators, scholarship committees, and employers looking for youth with the work ethic and skills to succeed at the next level.
Materials:
UPLOADING YOUR PLP PORTFOLIO TO SCOIR
UPLOADING YOUR PLP PORTFOLIO TO SCOIR
Scoir is the platform the Direction Center uses to help you explore colleges, submit and track applications, and request letters of recommendation from teachers and counselors. You must have an updated, complete PLP uploaded in Scoir before teachers will write letters of recommendation for you!
Materials:
Senior Exit Experience
Senior Exit Experience
The Senior Exit Experience is an opportunity demonstrate your learning and growth over your time at CVU. It serves as a way for you to reflect on your journey, celebrate your accomplishments, and share your story with peers, advisors, and invited guests.
Materials:
Exit Experience Checklist (links to several other helpful documents within!)
Self check:
I crafted a polished slideshow with all the following:
Minimum 2 introductory slides
Minimum 4 story slides, one for each element of story
Minimum 4 reflection slides, one for each element of story
Minimum 10 total slides
I shared my presentation with my advisor before Presentation Day
I presented to an audience of my advisor, co-advisor, advisee peers, and invited guests
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