Capstone Project Proposal Draft

Name of student: Brady Simonsen

Date: Friday, March 4th
Teacher: Ms. Lacroix
Capstone strand I have chosen is Occupation
Proposed title for my project: Job shadowing my firefighter dad

What is your inquiry question that interests you for further research? It should be a question that
connects with a purpose, passion or personalized area of interest for you. This is a question that
you cannot just google an answer for. Please see examples from your Capstone booklet.
My inquiry question is:

Is becoming a firefighter a physically and psychologically rewarding career?

Rationale/context: Detail your reasons for choosing this inquiry question. Explain WHY you are
choosing to investigate this topic as a major area of focus. How does this area of inquiry connect
to your passion(s), purpose? Why is it of personal interest to you?

I am choosing to investigate this topic as a major area of focus because I was always
interested in becoming a firefighter because of my dad and I feel like me job shadowing him
will give me a good sense of what it means to be a firefighter, also by interviewing the crew
and getting their thoughts.

Background: What background knowledge/connections/prior learning do you have in this

area of inquiry?

I have background knowledge and connections from my dad and him telling me about his job.
I’ve been to the hall several times and gained knowledge and information regarding his day to
day practices.

Career connections: What is your intended career area at this point in time? What
connections does this inquiry question have to your life, academic and/ or career goals?

My intended career area is to become a firefighter once I am 24 after a few years of being a
heavy duty mechanic. This job shadowing will have given me preexisting knowledge of the
job, whilst the heavy duty mechanics job would have given me the trades experience I need.

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Interdisciplinary and core competencies connections: What subject areas and core
competencies will be connected with your project? Outline and explain the connections.

The core competencies that will be connected are:

I take personal responsibility for my choices and actions.
- This is because I chose to base my capstone on something I am interested and
motivated about, and by choosing to job shadow my dad I saw as a perfect opportunity to see
some first-hand experience on if that’s a career I would be interested in.
I am aware of my community and environment and work independently and
corroboratively for the benefit of others.
- In order to become a firefighter, you must work collaboratively and put others before
yourself in order to benefit the community. Firefighters are heroes that display
tremendous acts of courage all the time. I believe I carry those strengths as well and
that’s a reason as to why I chose this capstone.
I can ask good quality questions, gather relevant information, and come up with well-
developed conclusions.
- I can come up with good quality questions to ask especially in a field full of experience.
I believe I will succeed in this area because I can use my skills of analyzing situations
and asking good quality questions.

Capstone Presentation medium: select one or more project mediums you wish to use to
present your project. Outline and give details about how you will present your project once
completed. You may use a combination of mediums.
o Electronic portfolio: Prezi or PPT
o Physical portfolio
o Website
o iMovie presentation
o YouTube channel

Electronic portfolio Prezi.

Description of my Capstone project. Specific Project Details of the Capstone Project: what
will you research, create, study, produce, solve, investigate? What product will be produced
at the end of this project for evaluation. Write a one-page description outlining your
proposal.

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Resources/ Technology/Skills: Make an assessment of the resources, technology and
skills you will need to be able to complete this project. What is your plan to be able to
access/learn all of the resources necessary to achieve completion of this project? Detail
your plans.

The only resources I will need is steel toe boots and my dad to give me the opportunity to
work with him. Everything including gear will be provided.

Mentors/Community Connections: What types of mentor(s)/community connections will

you need to help you complete your capstone project? How will your mentor(s) help you?
What is your plan to access the mentorship/community connections necessary for this
project?

The other firemen will be working with me and guiding me through my process of job
shadowing and getting a deeper understanding of what the occupation entails.

Project limitations: What are some project limitations and potential obstacles that you foresee
that might affect progress with your Capstone Project?

Being accepted by the head fire chief for permission to have this opportunity.

Other considerations: List and detail any other related information/ considerations about
your project that you feel should be included in your project proposal.

Will be completing four 12 hour shifts equaling 48 hours, or 8 hours past the minimum
amount.

References:

Attach a REFERENCE LIST. Your list should be written using correct APA formatting.
An example is provided on page 21 of your Capstone booklet.

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5951/teacchilmath.19.2.0072?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=firefig
hting&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dfirefighting%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_s
earch_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A9d37137a7253164bfab2e5706766d6ad
Firefighters to the Rescue. (2012). Teaching Children Mathematics, 19(2), 72–76.
https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.19.2.0072

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5951/teacchilmath.19.2.0072?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=firefig
hting&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dfirefighting%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_s
earch_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A9d37137a7253164bfab2e5706766d6ad
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26626006?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=firefighting&searchUri=%2F
action%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dfirefighting%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol
&refreqid=fastly-default%3A468e80acfd0ab397d383d85cc313f757&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

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