What are common mistakes schools make when implementing the Senior Project?
Perhaps one of the most common mistakes is not developing a long-term commitment or lasting vision. The commitment and vision need to be supported, revisited, tended, and nurtured. Good things grow from a well-tended garden. Sometimes the Senior Project is simply “planted” in the curriculum with minimum understanding. The full workload falls on just a few, staff engagement is limited, the administrative and school board interest and support dwindle once the program is implemented, and then the standards and expectations are hard to maintain or become weakened. Senior Project is a complex blend of performance-based and traditional teaching and learning. Because of this, the learning curve is high not only for the students but also for the adults. Unfortunately, some staff and/or administrators may operate under the assumption of controlled isolation believing that individual teaching assignments and/or new programs are unrelated to other disciplines, people or other jobs. These folks vi
