Portfolio-Defense Student Workbook

Name: ______________________________________

Advisor: _____________________________________

Pathway: ____________________________________

Vision: All students will graduate as efficacious, worldly-wise, influential, and adaptable citizens prepared to succeed in their educational and career paths and to improve the quality of

life in their communities.

Mission: We build the capacity of educators and community to integrate rigorous student-driven

academics, career applied skills, work-based learning, and personalized supports.

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Part 1: Overview

A. Introduction

This portfolio-defense workbook is to help you understand how to design and implement your senior graduation portfolio and defense. The graduation portfolio and defense serve as capstones to measure your readiness to graduate high school and college, career, and life. The first step is to compile a portfolio of exemplar artifacts to demonstrate your academic competency, work readiness, and civic engagement. Afterwards, you will select key artifacts to make a public defense answering the question: How am I prepared for college, career, and life? The portfolio and defense process gives you multiple opportunities to reflect on your personal and academic growth and performance throughout the four years of high school in meeting both the pathway and district outcomes.

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B. District Graduate Profile and Pathway Outcomes The LAUSD Graduate Profile defines the knowledge, skills, and attributes that graduates should have and be able to demonstrate and show readiness for college, career, and life (Graduate Profile Infographic ). Your pathway has Pathway Outcomes aligned to the Graduate Profile and your industry sector. The purpose of the Graduate Profile and Pathway Outcomes are to ensure that students graduate with the skills needed to be college and career ready.

Define the Graduate Profile in your own words. What does it mean to be …?

Self-Advocates -

Adaptable -

Open-Minded and Principled -

Effective Communicators -

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What are your Pathway Outcomes? List them below, and define them in your own words.

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C. Student Responsibility You are responsible for documenting your work and progress throughout the four years of high school:

● Maintain a digital record of your graded work and achievements on Google Drive, flashdrive, and/or Schoology or other grading platforms

● Regularly reflect on your work and progress using the pathway outcomes and district graduate profile (see pages 10-15 for blank reflection templates)

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D. Teacher and Parent/Guardian Support Teachers will support you by doing the following:

● Assign portfolio-worthy assignments (e.g. performance assessments or projects) ● Give you constructive feedback to improve your artifacts ● Build in time for critique, revision, and reflection; you will most likely go through

several drafts of your artifacts Parents and guardians have the responsibility of understanding the general portfolio and defense process in order to encourage and support you. Specific ways your parent/guardian can support you are:

● Help you keep track of your work ● Listen to you while you practice your defense ● Be present on the day of the live defense

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The Graduate Profile defines the knowledge, skills and attributes students should have and be able to demonstrate to show their readiness for college, career, and life. Once established, the Graduate Profile becomes the basis for a local system of assessment and accountability that complements the exam-driven state and federal accountability systems and informs the district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

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Self-Advocates • Demonstrate awareness of a desired

career path along with the knowledge and skills for success

• Be resilient in achieving short and long term goals and deadlines

• Make appropriate use of personal, community and professional resources

Open-Minded and Principled • Appreciate the perspectives of others • Be critical consumers of information • Act in a productive manner to advance

personal ethics and beliefs

Adaptable • Apply critical and creative thinking

using knowledge and skills from a variety of disciplines

• Demonstrate a reflective, flexible and growth mindset toward challenges

• Welcome and apply constructive feedback for improvement

Effective Communicators • Use multiple mediums effectively • Collaborate productively to achieve

shared goals • Engage in purposeful interactions

LAUSD graduates will be:

LAUSD students will graduate with a personal and professional growth plan to capitalize on their strengths and address their areas of growth.

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Part 2: The Portfolio

A. Requirements for the Portfolio

The portfolio offers clear evidence that you have achieved the graduate profile and your school’s pathway outcomes. The portfolio consists of ten artifacts, each one selected by you to represent your readiness to graduate from high school. Your school may also have additional requirements for your senior portfolio. The Graduation Portfolio consists of three subsections totalling ten artifacts: Academic Preparedness, Work Readiness, and Personal Accomplishments. A complete portfolio artifact should include the student work and graded rubric. The Academic Preparedness artifacts should also include a student reflection. Use this Portfolio Checklist to help you keep track of your artifacts every year. * Note: Your pathway might modify your senior portfolio requirements below, particularly if this is the first or second year that your pathway is instituting the senior portfolio and defense.

Academic Preparedness

1. Analysis - Breaking down concepts or phenomena into their parts and explaining their

relationships between those parts

2. Argument - Advancing and supporting a position among competing positions

3. Problem Solving - Proposing and supporting a solution to a problem

Work Readiness

4. Professional Resume

5. Job Application

6. Mock Interview (artifact can be a rubric accompanied with a picture and/or reflection)

Personal Accomplishments

7. Growth Over Time - Select one of the Academic Preparedness competencies to

demonstrate your growth over time by comparing at least two artifacts in different years.

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8. Personal Statement - The personal statement is more than just an essay submitted to

colleges. It’s a reflection of you as a learner, your journey, and what this means for your future.

The personal statement can be replaced with one or more responses to the Personal Insight

Questions required for UC Admissions.

9. Community Engagement - Understanding and contributing towards the community

10. Pathway-Specific Student Accomplishment - Revealing accomplishments and future

promise.

Additional Pathway/School Requirements

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B. Documenting Your Work Hopefully, you have been building your pathway portfolio since the 9th grade. But if you haven’t, it’s not too late to start. First, collect your work on Google Drive. Second, create a digital portfolio using the platform identified by your school. However, Google Drive is not the same as a portfolio platform. A portfolio platform should allow you to select your best work that meets the required artifacts and create a shareable link highlighting select artifacts. Once all artifacts for the portfolio are selected, your advisory teacher is responsible for checking off the overall portfolio for completion. Video Resource: How to Create a Folder on Google Drive ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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C. Selecting “Portfolio-Worthy” Artifacts

How do you know if the artifact you select for your portfolio is the “right one?” Use this Portfolio Artifact Quality Criteria to determine if you should include an artifact in your portfolio.

Portfolio Artifact Quality Criteria Contextualizing the Artifact

❏ I worked on this artifact for more than one week, either in class or outside of class time.

❏ I played a significant role in creating this artifact (if it is part of a group project). ❏ I revised this artifact after receiving feedback to improve upon it. ❏ I was challenged when working on this artifact.

Analyzing the Artifact

❏ I am able to demonstrate my understanding of content standards through this artifact.

❏ I can explain what skills I learned or developed through this artifact, such as pathway learning outcomes or habits of mind.

Reflecting on the Artifact

❏ I can explain how this artifact connects to life outside of school and/or my future. ❏ I grew as a student and as an individual through this artifact.

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D. Reflecting on Your Work

Reflecting on your work is a crucial learning component of the senior portfolio and defense. Your academic content teacher should help you prepare the reflections for the Academic Preparedness artifacts. Use the Student Artifact Reflection to analyze your artifact and explain in detail how and why it demonstrates the selected competency. The reflection should be at least one-page, typed, double-spaced, and answer the following questions.

1. Introduce and contextualize the artifact. What was the task? How did you create it?

2. Analyze the artifact, explaining in detail how it represents a competency, whether analysis, problem solving, community engagement, etc.

3. Reflect on your understanding of that competency, how you have grown in it, and what progress you still need to make.

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Name: ________________________________ Advisor: ___________________

Senior Portfolio Checklist

Your graduation portfolio must include all ten artifacts. For each artifact:

● Identify the pathway outcome or district graduate profile that is met

● Include the following documents (student work, graded rubric, one-page reflection)

● Obtain approval to use the artifact from a teacher

Type of Artifact Title of Artifact Graduate Profile and/or Pathway Outcome

Grade Student Work

Graded Rubric

Artifact Reflection

Reviewer’s Approval

1. Analysis

2. Argument

3. Problem-Solving

4. Resume x

5. Job Application or Cover Letter

x

6. Mock Interview x

7. Growth Over Time

8. Personal Statement

x

9. Community Engagement

10. Pathway- Specific

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Type of Artifact (other Pathway requirements)

Title of Artifact Graduate Profile and/or Pathway

Outcome

Grade Student Work

Graded Rubric

Artifact Reflection

Reviewer’s Approval

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Name of Student: ______________________________________________ Advisor: _______________

Title of Artifact: _______________________________________________________________________

Student Artifact Reflection

* Use this template for collecting and organizing your thoughts so you can write a well

developed and detailed reflection.

Introduce and contextualize the artifact.

1. Describe the assignment/project:

a. What was the task that you were asked to do?

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b. What were the concepts that you were supposed to learn?

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c. What were the steps you took to complete the assignment?

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Analyze the artifact.

2. What category does this artifact represent (i.e. analysis, problem solving,

community engagement, etc.)?

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a. How do you define the category above?

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b. How does this category relate to your artifact?

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3. Which district graduate profile and/or pathway learning outcomes did you

demonstrate in this artifact? ______________________________________________

a. How do you define this outcome?

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b. How does this outcome relate to your artifact?

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4. Applying the knowledge and skills:

a. Describe how the knowledge and skills you acquired apply to life outside

of school.

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b. Describe how the knowledge and skills you acquired will help you with your

future plans.

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Reflect on your challenges and growth.

5. What were the challenges that you encountered?

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6. What were the strengths that you demonstrated?

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7. What do you still need to improve in the future?

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Name of Student: ______________________________________________ Advisor: _______________

Title of Artifact: _______________________________________________________________________

Student Artifact Reflection

* Use this template for collecting and organizing your thoughts so you can write a well

developed and detailed reflection.

Introduce and contextualize the artifact.

1. Describe the assignment/project:

a. What was the task that you were asked to do?

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b. What were the concepts that you were supposed to learn?

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c. What were the steps you took to complete the assignment?

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Analyze the artifact.

2. What category does this artifact represent (i.e. analysis, problem solving,

community engagement, etc.)?

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a. How do you define the category above?

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b. How does this category relate to your artifact?

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3. Which district graduate profile and/or pathway learning outcomes did you

demonstrate in this artifact? ______________________________________________

a. How do you define this outcome?

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b. How does this outcome relate to your artifact?

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4. Applying the knowledge and skills:

a. Describe how the knowledge and skills you acquired apply to life outside

of school.

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b. Describe how the knowledge and skills you acquired will help you with your

future plans.

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Reflect on your challenges and growth.

5. What were the challenges that you encountered?

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6. What were the strengths that you demonstrated?

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7. What do you still need to improve in the future?

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Name of Student: ______________________________________________ Advisor: _______________

Title of Artifact: _______________________________________________________________________

Student Artifact Reflection

* Use this template for collecting and organizing your thoughts so you can write a well

developed and detailed reflection.

Introduce and contextualize the artifact.

1. Describe the assignment/project:

a. What was the task that you were asked to do?

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b. What were the concepts that you were supposed to learn?

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c. What were the steps you took to complete the assignment?

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Analyze the artifact.

2. What category does this artifact represent (i.e. analysis, problem solving,

community engagement, etc.)?

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a. How do you define the category above?

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b. How does this category relate to your artifact?

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3. Which district graduate profile and/or pathway learning outcomes did you

demonstrate in this artifact? ______________________________________________

a. How do you define this outcome?

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b. How does this outcome relate to your artifact?

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4. Applying the knowledge and skills:

a. Describe how the knowledge and skills you acquired apply to life outside

of school.

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b. Describe how the knowledge and skills you acquired will help you with your

future plans.

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Reflect on your challenges and growth.

5. What were the challenges that you encountered?

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6. What were the strengths that you demonstrated?

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7. What do you still need to improve in the future?

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Part 3: The Defense

A. Requirements for the Senior Defense After you create your digital portfolio, you will defend parts of your portfolio before a panel of evaluators. This is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your ability to design a thoughtful and engaging presentation, confidently engage an audience for a sustained length of time, speak freely, and listen and respond to questions. You should personalize the presentation to make it representative of yourself.

What are your pathway senior defense requirements? List them below.

For each artifact, be sure to contextualize the artifact, explain what you learned in terms of content and skills, and reflect on which pathway outcomes you achieved through this artifact. Use the Senior Defense Presentation Template to help you plan out your presentation. A typical defense usually takes 30-45 minutes from the presentation through the Q & A and feedback. During this time, you will stand at the front of a room and make a presentation with supporting visual imagery.

TOTAL TIME FOR DEFENSE _______ minutes

Student presentation _______ minutes

Q & A with the panel _______ minutes

Panel deliberates _______ minutes

Feedback & wrap-up _______ minutes

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B. Preparing for the Defense

Create a backwards planning calendar of when your senior defense will take place and what you will need to do to be prepared.

When? What? Who Can Help?

PRESENT YOUR SENIOR DEFENSE IN FRONT OF EVALUATORS!

Practice #3 - Practice presenting your entire senior defense in front of peers.

Practice #2 - Practice presenting your entire defense in front of friends or a mirror.

Practice #1 - Practice presenting one part of your senior defense in front of friends or peers, and listen to their feedback.

Ask peers and your teacher for feedback on your visuals. Check that there are sufficient images, not too much text, and no grammar or spelling mistakes!

Create the visuals for the presentation (can be PowerPoint, Prezi, Ted Talk, or any format that represents you). Create notecards as needed.

Select the artifacts from your portfolio that you will use in your senior defense using the Portfolio Artifact Quality Criteria.

Create and submit your digital senior portfolio to your Advisor.

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The Importance of Critique and Feedback This might seem obvious, but practice for your senior defense. Secondly, listen to other people’s feedback and USE THE FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE YOUR PRESENTATION. Don’t take the feedback personally, but use this as a learning experience to become a more confident and stronger presenter. Your teacher/Advisor should provide you with structured opportunities during class time to practice your defense presentation and to receive feedback. Below are some ways you might practice your senior defense (or any class presentation).

1. Small Group Peer Feedback: Get into a small group of 3-5 peers. Use the Senior Defense Rubric for Peer Feedback to give feedback to your peers as you each take turn presenting to each other. Make sure everyone has an opportunity to present and receive feedback. Be sure that the feedback you provide is kind, specific, and actionable.

2. Presentation Rehearsal Reflection: Practice your presentation in front of the

mirror, an audience of stuffed animals, or by yourself in the dark - anything to help you rehearse your presentation as much as you can. Use the Presentation Rehearsal Reflection to reflect on your efforts and progress.

3. Mock Defense: Your Advisory teacher might schedule a mock defense, where

you may present one artifact from your defense in front of the class. Your teacher and peers will be able to provide you with feedback at this time.

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C. Defense Resubmissions

What happens if you don’t pass your senior defense? Passing the senior defense is a critical component to graduating high school, but it is also an important learning process. You will be asked to “resubmit” if you do not pass the defense. You will have a chance to make improvements to the presentation based on the feedback provided and with the support of a mentor teacher (i.e. Advisory teacher). Multiple resubmission opportunities will be given to you until the evaluators determine it as satisfactory. Although not passing may be disappointing, if you attend to the feedback and suggestions for improvement, it will be highly likely for you to pass on your second attempt. Most students who re-submit feel proud of the improvements they’ve made and ultimately view the whole thing as a valuable learning experience.

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Senior Defense (or some other title)

Your NameName of Advisor

Date

Introduction● Educational journey● Interests● Future goals● Include pictures to make this part interesting

and personable

Purpose of Senior Defense● What do you hope the audience will take

away from your senior defense?● How do your exemplars reveal your

educational journey?

Artifact 1 - Title (2-3 slides)● Include evidence of the exemplar (pictures of the artifact,

excerpts from written exemplar, graded rubrics, etc.)● The following are discussed and not necessarily written on

the slide:○ Briefly describe the exemplar○ Relate the artifact to a pathway outcome○ Explain how this exemplar demonstrates growth or

transformation○ Reflect on your growth and revision○ Connect this exemplar and/or the pathway outcomes to your

educational journey, goals, and/or purpose

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Artifact 1Every slide in the presentation serves to:● deepen the message you are trying to get

across● engage the audience in your presentation● exemplify principles of design

Artifact 2 - Title (2-3 slides)Same as Artifact 1

Artifact 3 - Title (2-3 slides)Same as Artifact 1

Conclusion● How does your senior defense demonstrate

your readiness to graduate? (re-state your purpose for this defense)

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Presenter Name: ___________________________________ Evaluator: _________________________________________

Senior Defense Rubric for Peer Feedback

SCORING DOMAIN EMERGING DEVELOPING PROFICIENT ADVANCED

Mastery of Knowledge

❏ Demonstrates detailed content knowledge through each artifact, including context of each artifact and purpose of the lesson

❏ Provides appropriate and consistent evidence to support the thesis and arguments about the contents of the portfolio

❏ Relates knowledge to the explanation of the world around him/her

Application of Knowledge

❏ Clearly connects and applies learning from one area of study or point of view to another

❏ Thoroughly demonstrates evidence of the use and application of two pathway learning outcomes

Meta-cognition ❏ Recognizes and discusses his/her growth, accomplishments and successes

❏ Honestly acknowledges areas where future growth and/or cognitive growth and development are needed and discusses a concrete plan/strategy to manage their needs

Presentation Skills

❏ Has clear and well-organized presentation (with beginning, middle and end, and utilizes appropriate transitions)

❏ Has a clear purpose and thesis ❏ Shows command of all presentation skills: body, posture, language, eye

contact, voice and timing ❏ Communicates clearly and uses effective language to convey a thesis,

ideas and opinions in defense of his/her learning ❏ Makes effective use of Digital and/or Visual elements to demonstrate his or

her learning

Questions and Comments

❏ Responds directly to questions and comments from members of the panel ❏ Uses evidence/examples to convincingly support answers to questions

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Presentation Rehearsal Reflection

Presenter Name: _____________________________________________________________________

Rehearsal Date: _____________________________

Presentation Reviewer(s): ______________________________________________________________

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1. Approximately how many times had you rehearsed your presentation (either alone or for

an audience) prior to this presentation rehearsal?

2. What are some of the overall strengths that your reviewers noted about this presentation

rehearsal? If this was not your first rehearsal with feedback, what progress have you

made since your last rehearsal?

3. What are some of the overall areas of needed improvement that your reviewers noted

about this presentation rehearsal? If this was not your first rehearsal with feedback, how

do your areas of needed improvement compare with past feedback?

4. What are the specific critical needs your reviewers noted, and what is your plan to

address these needs? (Be specific - what measurable action steps will you take?)

5. When is your next scheduled rehearsal? If you do not yet have one, what is your plan for

scheduling another rehearsal date?

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Presenter Name: _______________________________________

LAUSD Linked Learning Performance Assessment: Senior Graduation Portfolio Defense PASS RESUBMIT

SCORING DOMAIN EMERGING E/D DEVELOPING D/P PROFICIENT P/A ADVANCED

Mastery of Knowledge What does this student know?

● Demonstrates limited content knowledge through some artifacts AND/OR context of each artifact is missing

● Unable to communicate the purpose of the lesson

● Provides unreliable evidence to support the thesis and arguments about the contents of the portfolio

● Knowledge described is limited to the context of school

● Demonstrates detailed content knowledge through some artifacts AND/OR explains only some context of each artifact and purpose of the lesson

● Provides appropriate, but inconsistent evidence to support the thesis and arguments about the contents of the portfolio

● Somewhat relates knowledge to the explanation of the world around him/her

● Demonstrates detailed content knowledge through each artifact, including context of each artifact and purpose of the lesson

● Provides appropriate and consistent evidence to support the thesis and arguments about the contents of the portfolio

● Relates knowledge to the explanation of the world around him/her

● Demonstrates content knowledge through each artifact that goes beyond what was learned in class, including context of each artifact and purpose of the lesson

● Appropriate and consistent evidence is seamlessly interwoven into the presentation and defense to support the thesis and arguments about the contents of the portfolio

● Clearly relates knowledge to the explanation of the world around him/her

Application of Knowledge What can this student do?

● Does not connect or apply learning from one area of study or point of view to another

● Does not connect or apply learning to pathway learning outcomes

● Connects learning from one area of study or point of view to another without describing application or significance

● Thoroughly demonstrates evidence of the use and application of one pathway learning outcome

● Clearly connects and applies learning from one area of study or point of view to another

● Thoroughly demonstrates evidence of the use and application of two pathway learning outcomes

● Clearly connects and applies learning from one area of study to another and one point of view to another

● Thoroughly demonstrates evidence of the use and application of all pathway learning outcomes

Meta-cognition How reflective is this student?

● Does not allude to his/her growth, accomplishments and successes

● Somewhat acknowledges areas where future growth and/or cognitive growth and development are needed OR does not have a plan/strategy to manage their needs

● Briefly mentions his/her growth, accomplishments and successes

● Honestly acknowledges areas where future growth and/or cognitive growth and development are needed and has a superficial plan/strategy to manage their needs

● Recognizes and discusses his/her growth, accomplishments and successes

● Honestly acknowledges areas where future growth and/or cognitive growth and development are needed and discusses a concrete plan/strategy to manage their needs

● Recognition and discussion of his/her growth, accomplishments and successes are thoroughly interwoven into presentation and reflection of each artifact

● Honestly acknowledges areas where future growth and/or cognitive growth and development are needed and has evidence of a concrete plan/strategy to manage their needs

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SCORING DOMAIN EMERGING E/D DEVELOPING D/P PROFICIENT P/A ADVANCED

Presentation Skills What is the evidence that the student can give a formal presentation?

● A lack of organization makes it difficult to follow the presenter’s ideas

● Purpose and thesis is missing

● Makes minimal use of presentation skills: body, posture, language, eye contact, voice and timing

● Does not communicate clearly and uses language that is unsuited to the topic and audience

● Digital and/or Visual elements unrelated to or do not help clarify the presentation

● Inconsistencies in organization and limited use of transitions make it difficult to follow presenter’s ideas at times

● Purpose and thesis is unclear

● Makes partial use of presentation skills: body, posture, language, eye contact, voice and timing

● Uses language that is at times unsuited conveying a thesis, ideas and opinions in defense of his/her learning

● Occasionally refers to Digital and/or Visual elements to demonstrate his or her learning

● Has clear and well-organized presentation (with beginning, middle and end, and utilizes appropriate transitions)

● Has a clear purpose and thesis

● Shows command of all presentation skills: body, posture, language, eye contact, voice and timing

● Communicates clearly and uses effective language to convey a thesis, ideas and opinions in defense of his/her learning

● Makes effective use of Digital and/or Visual elements to demonstrate his or her learning

● Has clearly and logically organized presentation (with engaging introduction, logically sequenced body with effective transitions, and a clear and convincing conclusion)

● Has a clear and convincing purpose and thesis

● Shows consistent command of all presentation skills: body, posture, language, eye contact, voice and timing that keep the audience engaged

● Communicates clearly and uses sophisticated and varied language to convey a thesis, ideas and opinions in defense of his/her learning

● Consistently makes effective use of Digital and/or Visual elements throughout the defense to demonstrate his or her learning

Questions and Comments What is the evidence that the student can respond to spontaneous questions appropriately?

● Responds to questions without actually answering/addressing them

● Answers some questions from members of the panel without evidence/ examples

● Responds to questions and comments from members of the panel

● Some evidence/ examples given to support answers are unclear

● Responds directly to questions and comments from members of the panel

● Uses evidence/examples to convincingly support answers to questions

● Responds directly to questions and comments from members of the panel and shows spontaneous thinking skills by making sophisticated connections

● Uses evidence/examples from beyond the scope of the portfolio to convincingly support answers to questions

Pathway Learning Outcomes [list and describe your pathway learning outcomes in this space]

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