T.i.p. introduction
- 1. T. I . P. TUALATIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
- 2. PROJECT OVERVIEW You will use your understanding of psychology to identify, explore, and take action to better one problem that you believe our community or school is facing today.
- 3. YOUR PROJECT, YOUR PASSION, YOUR CHOICE • This will be a project that will be guided by your own viewpoints, passions, skills, and motivations. • You will identify a problem in our community, determine how it can be addressed, and take action to address it. • Think Globally, Act Locally • Think Locally, Act Individually
- 4. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS • Your Project must… • Address a problem you see in our community • Have a clear action plan and objective • Target an Authentic Audience • Entire community, group/team, or individual • Be documented via Bi-Weekly Blog Posts (6 in Total) • Be “creative” • Have action taken by May 25, 2016. • Be worked on and developed throughout the remainder of the school year.
- 5. WHAT HAS INSPIRED ME… • Deer Creek on Wheels • Black Girl in Suburbia
- 6. FUNNEL YOUR PASSIONS Books on Wheels Home Libraries Literacy Inequity
- 7. MR. BONICA’S PROJECT IDEAS • You should be creative and create a project that is unique to yourself. • Carry out a book drive for Books on Wheels. • Make a proposal to add a therapy dog in my classroom. • Redesign the layout of my classroom (living rooms). • Train my horse, Hank (The Tank), so that my nieces can ride him. • Start a yoga class as a PE elective for the 17-18 school year. • Teach “Team Leadership” Classes to captains of the track team. • Develop and give presentations about goal setting to my athletes. • Make a healthy cooking blog. • Create a native plants garden at Brown’s Ferry Park. • Make a promotional video for Tualatin XC.
- 8. PROJECT ASSESSMENT • Blog posts (30%) • Include an image and 150-300 words on the Past, Present, & future of your project. • Elevator Pitch (10%) • One minute explanation of the goals of your project. • Psychology Connections Paper (30%) • 500-600 word paper that explains how psychology justifies your actions and topic choice. • TIP Talk Speech (or) Project Summary Presentation symposium (30%) • 5 minute rehearsed/memorized speeches on your project.
- 9. UPCOMING TASKS • Next class we will participate in the “Bad Ideas Factory” and brainstorm possible projects. • Before leaving for Spring Break, you will submit a Project Proposal.