Maximum: 8
In the personal project, students should be able to:
i. State a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal.
ii. State an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product.
iii. Present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
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Achievement level |
Descriptor |
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0 |
The student does not achieve a standard described by any of the descriptors below. |
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1-2 |
The student: i. states a learning goal ii. states their intended product iii. presents a plan that is superficial or that is not focused on a product. |
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3-4 |
The student: i. states a learning goal and outlines the connection between personal interest(s) and that goal ii. states their intended product and presents basic success criteria for the product iii. presents a plan for achieving the product and some of its associated success criteria |
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5-6 |
The student: i. states a learning goal and describes the connection between personal interest(s) and that goal ii. states their intended product and presents multiple appropriate success criteria for the product iii. presents a detailed plan for achieving the product and most of its associated success criteria. |
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7-8 |
The student: i. states a learning goal and explains the connection between personal interest(s) and that goal ii. states their intended product and presents multiple appropriate, detailed success criteria for the product iii. presents a detailed plan for achieving the product and all of its associated success criteria. |
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Planning can also be done in the form of a calendar, whether it is physical (printed calendar pages, a printed planner or daytimer) or digitial (Google Calendar, Notion, or any other platform that works for you).
The success criteria, developed by the student, measure the degree of excellence to which the product aspires or the terms under which the product can be judged to have been successful.
❖ The success criteria must be testable, measurable and observable.
❖ The success criteria must evaluate the product.
❖ The success criteria must evaluate the impact on the student or the community.
You can use ACCESS FM to help you develop your success criteria.
You can view examples of using the acronym, ACCESS FM, at the website of Lenny Dutton, "The Excited Educator." Dutton demonstrates how her students use ACCESS FM for "analysing existing products, (and also for creating their design specifications and evaluating their product)."
You do not have to have success criteria for each of these elements. You might decide that only 5 or 6 of them are relevant to your project. That's okay. This is simply a tool to get you thinking about the various elements of your product you need to consider and possibly research in order to understand what success will look like.
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