AFTER SCHOOL PROJECT PLANNING FORM

Name of Project: Summer Work Experience

Location/site: Grade/age Level: High School

Duration of project: 9 weeks / 27 hours / 1.5 hours x 2 days a week Facilitator:

Project Idea
Summary of the issue,
challenge, investigation, Youth will research employment opportunities, create a resume, and submit for summer job/internship interviews.
scenario, or problem:

Driving Question How can I prepare myself for and obtain a summer job?

Project Content or Cover letters, Resumes, Networking, Interviewing, Role Play, Professional Etiquette, Presentation and Appearance .
Subjects to be
learned:

21st Century Skills Collaboration X Career Skills: X

and Habits of Mind
to be taught. Communication
(Career Skills applicable for X Other:
Middle and High School
Models) Habits of Mind X
Presentation Audience:
Group: Dinner party for youth to discuss experiences and successes at securing a summer
Culminating job/internship. Parents:
Products and
Performances
School:

Community:
Individual success in securing a summer job/internship. Individual experience of going on Experts:
Individual: job/internship interviews.
Web:
Other: Employers X
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Activities to Aptitude test, real world experience in a professional setting.
generate student
interest
Project Journal/Learning Log Practice Presentations X
Assessment Ongoing
(Check all that will be Assessments Art/Visuals Notes
used) (Checkpoints
During Project) Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes Checklists X
Rough Drafts X Concept Maps

Other: Resume/Cover Letter X Other: Interview/Shadow a Professional X

Written Product(s): _Resume /Cover Letter___ X Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:
Project __________________________________________________
Rubric
(Final Oral Presentation Peer Evaluation X
Assessment)
Art Self-Evaluation

Reflection Other: Successful attainment of employment X

.

Debriefing Debriefing Form (required for second grade and up) X Focus Group
Methods (Individual,
(All debriefing must be Group, and/or Whole-Class Discussion Journal/Learning Log
documented) Whole Class)
Survey Other: Dinner Party Discussion X

Resources On-site people, facilities: Program staff, project facilitators, local professionals
Needed
Equipment: Computers

Materials: Newspapers, Aptitude Tests

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Community resources: Local agencies/employers

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 P R O J E C T C A L E N D A R
Project: Summer Work Experience Start Date:

M O N D A Y T U E S D A Y W E D N E S D A Y T H U R S D A Y F R I D A Y

PROJECT WEEK ONE

 Setting norms:  Develop task list.
create participant  Building groups:
contract. Snowball
 Introduce driving interviewing
question and activity / group
project outline. roles games.

PROJECT WEEK TWO

 Aptitude  Chat and chew
assessment: with local
What kinds of professional.
jobs suit you?  Continue
 Research job researching job
fields and fields and
position qualifications.
qualifications.

PROJECT WEEK THREE

 Research job  Research job
openings. openings.
 Schedule  Schedule
appointment to appointment to
interview local shadow a local
professional in professional.
desired field.

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PROJECT WEEK FOUR

 Resume and
cover letter  Conduct
building lessons. interview of local
Industry professional.
standards,
templates, etc.

PROJECT WEEK FIVE

 Draft resume.  Shadow a local
 Draft cover professional /
letter. observe a staff
 Professional meeting.
etiquette lesson.

PROJECT WEEK SIX

 Peer critique of  Final resumes.
resumes using  Final cover
the tuning letters.
protocol.
 Continue drafting
resumes/cover
letters.

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M O N D A Y T U E S D A Y W E D N E S D A Y T H U R S D A Y F R I D A Y

PROJECT WEEK SEVEN

 Continue final  Continue final
resumes and resumes and
cover letters. cover letters.
 Begin submitting  Continue
completed job submitting
applications completed job
applications.
 Peer mock
interviews.
PROJECT WEEK EIGHT
 Continue  Job interviews.
submitting
completed job
applications.

PROJECT WEEK NINE

 Job interviews.  Job interviews.
 Dinner party for  Debrief and
informal complete self
reflection. reflection form
(debrief form).

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