Project+Supervisor++role

 The Persona l Project is just that – a project about something personal – something that the student is interested in. The Personal Project is a significant body of work produced over an extended period of time (approximately 9 months). **The final product is assessed in three parts: a) The Process Journal b) the Creation or Product which will be displayed at the presentation c) a Written Report of the project which analyses and reflects upon the whole process. **Students will need to think of and develop a project of their own choosing. It should be something they will be able to maintain interest in and something quite specific. For example:
 * What is the Personal Project? **


 * **Realistic Project ** || **Unrealistic Project** ||
 * A student who has studied the piano for a number of years decides to write and interpret a musical score for parts of a school play. || A student decides to learn to play the piano as a personal project. ||

Whatever type of personal project the student decides on, it should: Ø  Have a clear and achievable goal Ø  Be focused on ONE **Area of Interaction plus at least 3 ATLs. ** Ø  Allow students to express a truly personal message Ø  Be the result of the students initiative, creativity and ability to organize and plan Ø <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Reflect their special interests, hobbies, special abilities, or concerns about particular issues Ø <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Deal with a topic or area to which they are committed Ø <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Be entirely their own work – authenticity is very important and students may be required to sign a document stating that the personal project is their own work **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What type personal project can they do? **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Depending on the goal, a student might choose one of the following types of projects: Ø <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> An original work of art Ø <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> A written piece of work Ø <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> A piece of literary fiction Ø <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> An original science experiment Ø <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> An invention or specially designed object or system <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">As a supervisor will be expected to: Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Advise throughout the project Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Meet students on a regular basis Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Ensure students are aware of deadlines Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Not necessarily be an expert in what your student wants to do but should be able to guide in the right direction Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Check the development of the process journal Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Look at a draft of the written presentation and suggest ways students might improve Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mark each of the three parts of the Personal Project Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Help students adhere to deadlines by being readily available, and devise alternate ways of meeting (such as by email correspondence ) if your or the student’s schedules don’t match up very well Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Take an active interest in what they are doing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Role of Supervisor **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">What’s Involved? **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__Meetings with students__** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">With the exception of certain homeroomtimes the project is completed in the students’ own time. However, we ask that **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">supervisors meet on a regular basis with their student **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> (a minimum of twice a month).

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__Monitoring the Process Journal__** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">During your regular meetings with students we ask that you **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">check their process journal **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This is written and/or visual documentation of the project: the investigating, planning, developing, creating and evaluating. This year students will be required to display the process journal during the Final presentation. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students are expected to make regular entries in their journal. Entries can be personal and should be an expression of successes, exasperation, problems, changes and so on. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The journal should also be the place where students keep all resource and bibliographical information (for later use in the written presentation). **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Please ask the student to keep their initial goal in mind at all times and be aware of looming deadlines. **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__ Marking a Draft and final Written Presentation according to the criteria __** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will produce a written presentation of their project. The written presentation must not exceed 4000 words, **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">except in the case of a literary project **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">. Documentation of the project (photographs etc.) at all stages will need to be combined with the written statement. The students’ treatment of the Areas of Interaction is extremely important. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Their analysis and reflection is extremely important.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__Monitoring the students’ Critical Analysis on one Area of Interaction__** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students must explore their idea through ONE of the Areas of Interaction (Health and Social Education, Environment, Human Ingenuity //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">, //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Community and Service).

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This means, that an Area of Interaction MUST be central to the project. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students are required to incorporate and elaborate upon the ATL skills they have learnt and used in their project: (organizational skills, collaborative skills, communication skills, information literacy, problem solving and thinking skills and reflection). **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will have to explain approach they took in completing their project and what skills they have used throughout and why (criteria A & C). **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will need to develop and consider guiding questions for each AOI and explore them in relation to their project. **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__Keeping students aware of deadlines__** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students are expected to meet all deadlines, as stated in the timeline. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students are expected to attend all student-supervisor meetings. ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Unless there are extenuating circumstances failure to meet these deadlines may result in penalty in accordance with EMWS’s discipline policy. Please contact the coordinator if a student misses meetings or deadlines without prior arrangement. Your professional discretion is also appreciated.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__ Internal Standardization __** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Initial marking will take place by supervisors. This marking will then be checked by a standardizing team; supervisors may then have to adjust marks according to the team’s marking

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Above all the most important thing is please make sure that student should have a proper bibliography(MLA style) at the end of their essay. ** A quick look at few example of MLA style (Bibliography format) ** MLA STYLE GUIDE ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**A Works Cited is a list of sources used in researching an essay or project. Even if you put the information in your own words, you must cite your sources. The examples below are in MLA style which RBKIA recommends. Although the Works Cited appears at the end of your essay/project, you will need to keep track of your sources from the time you begin your research( use reseach log templete or process journal).**
 * ** Type of Reference ** || ** References ** || ** Citations in Text ** ||
 * ** BOOKS ** || **// General Format //**
 * Lastname, Firstname. //Title of Book.// Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Date. Medium of Publication. ** || **// General Format //**
 * (Author surname, Page number). ** ||
 * ** Book **
 * One author ** || ** Jackson, Matthew. //The Korean War.// 2nd ed. London: Penguin Classics, 1981. Print. ** || ** (Jackson 354). ** ||
 * ** Book with two authors ** || ** Flannery, Sam, and Diana Baker. //In Code: A Mathematical Journey//. London: Profile Books, 2000. Print. ** || ** (Flannery and Baker 79). ** ||
 * ** Edited book ** || ** Burley, Jonathon, and Jan Harris, eds. //A Companion to Genetics.// Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002. Print. ** || ** (Burley and Harris 153). ** ||
 * ** Article in a reference book ** || ** “Crusades.” //The World Book Encyclopedia.// 2006. Print. ** || ** (“Crusades” 1159). ** ||
 * ** Corporate Author or Organization ** || ** American Diabetic Association. //Diabetes in Children.// New York: McMillan, 2005. Print. ** || ** (American Diabetic Association 96). ** ||
 * ** INTERNET SOURCES ** ||  ||   ||
 * ** YouTube Video ** || ** Journeymanpictures. “South Africa: Sowing the **
 * Seeds of Hunger.” //YouTube//. Journeymanpictures, 8 January 2008. Web. 14 October 2010. < ** [] ** >. ** || ** (Journeymanpictures). ** ||
 * ** Audio Podcast ** || ** “Carrie Fisher.” //Mornings with Margaret Throsby.// Classic FM. ABC, Sydney. 18 Oct. 2010. //ABC Classic FM.// Web. 14 Oct. 2010. **
 * < ** [] ** .> ** || ** (“Carrie Fisher”). ** ||
 * ** Electronic Image ** || ** Manet, Edouard. Bullfight. 1865. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. //The Getty//. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. < ** [|http://www.gettyedu/art/gettyguide/][|artMakerDetails?maker=2952] ** >. ** || ** (Manet). ** ||
 * ** Chapter/Section of a Web Document or Online Book Chapter ** || ** Holtzclaw, Theresa. "Transpiration." //PH School - The Biology Place//. Pearson Education, 2010. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. < ** [][|labbench/lab9/intro.html>.] || ** (Holtzclaw). ** ||
 * ** Web Page **
 * No author ** || ** "Albert Einstein." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Dec. 2010. Web. 29 Dec. 2010. < ** [] ** >. ** || ** (“Albert Einstein”). ** ||
 * ** D **** ATABASE SOURCES ** ||  ||   ||
 * ** Article from a magazine: Global Issues in Context database ** || ** Theil, Stefan. “A Green Retreat.” //Newsweek International// 19 July 2010: 22-24. //Global Issues in Context.// Web. 19 Oct. 2010. ** || ** (Theil 22-24). ** ||
 * ** Article from Encyclopedia Britannica database ** || ** "Arizona." //Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition//. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2010. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. ** || ** (“Arizona”). **
 * ** Magazine Article from Questia Database ** || ** Jordan, Stuart. "The Global Warming Crisis." //The Humanist// (Nov.-Dec. 2005): 23+. //Questia Online Library//. Web. 20 Oct. 2010. ** || ** (Jordon 23+). ** ||
 * ** Magazine Article from Questia Database ** || ** Jordan, Stuart. "The Global Warming Crisis." //The Humanist// (Nov.-Dec. 2005): 23+. //Questia Online Library//. Web. 20 Oct. 2010. ** || ** (Jordon 23+). ** ||

Courtesy to Qatar academy and Ecole Mondiale personal project guide