Tip #1 : Look at your Project Steps and break them into 5 areas of focus and write reports for each of those areas. Or take your Learning Skills and discuss each of those in a progress report.

WHAT? During the project phase of the Senior Project you must keep up-to-date progress reports of the effort, results and time you have spent working on your project. Progress reports describe work completed and tasks planned for your Senior Project throughout the term by:

• Describing specifically and precisely what tasks have been completed during the recent weeks.


• Noting work that you plan to do prior to the next progress report.


• Reviewing any problems that you have experienced and how you have handled them.


• Reflecting on the time you have spent on your project.

In basic terms, a progress report indicates how much you have completed in your Senior Project. Tracking your progress is an important part of documentation. Each progress report builds upon the previous and allows you to document all the work that you have accomplished. Progress reports also provide you with the opportunity to document the skills and learning elements of your project as you progress through the numerous stages.

REQUIREMENTS:

FORMAT –All progress reports are 12 pt. single-spaced with the exception of the reflective journal, which is double-spaced.

1. Identify the exact dates and times covered by the report.


2. Describe the step in the project and provide any background information necessary.


3. Organize information under the following headings:
• Work Completed


• Work Scheduled


• Problems Encountered
4. Reflective Journal (at least 1/2 a page, double-spaced)

The journal should be anecdotal and reflective. You must include this portion within the progress report. The journal is the place to discuss your progress and personal experiences of what you have chosen, your fears about what seems difficult, your observations about how you learn best, and the similarities or differences between the picture in your mind when you started and how your project is turning out.

Tip #2 For the best results give specific, accurate descriptions of tasks completed and work scheduled

1. A minimum of five progress reports are required in the portfolio, they should be word-processed.


2. Please include your name, teacher and date at the top of each progress report.


3. The best progress reports and journals reflect a serious commitment to your project, some personal insight into your own strengths and weaknesses, honesty about your successes and failures, and some larger perspectives on the relationship between your project and life in general.


4. Your progress reports will be evaluated based upon completeness, insight and presentation.

All project hours should be accounted for within your progress reports.