🗓️ Before Class: Teacher Prep
- Gather/set out: Final leave-behind, Showcase space and materials, Peer recognition ballots.
- Pull up today's slide deck (see 🖥️ Slide Deck below) so it's ready to project.
🧑🏫 Substitute Teacher Guide
A scripted, step-by-step runsheet for today's class -- hand this to anyone covering the room who doesn't know the daily routine.
- Day 1: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
- Day 2: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
- Day 3: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
🎯 Essential Question
- How do we send this class off the way four years of real work actually deserves?
📈 Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson (3 Days), students will be able to:
- Present their strongest work from across the full capstone phase at a year-end showcase.
- Recognize classmates' specific growth and contributions through a peer-nominated recognition activity.
- Complete logistics and a final reflection connecting their full journey in this program to what comes next.
📐 Standards Alignment
CDOS (Career Development & Occupational Studies)
- CDOS 1 — Career Development -- students will be able to explain the range of career choices, and identify personal interests, skills, and aptitudes that relate to those choices.
- CDOS 2 — Integrated Learning -- students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
- CDOS 3a — Universal Foundation Skills -- basic literacy, communication, and problem-solving skills required for a career.
- CDOS 3b — Career Majors -- knowledge and skills required for success within a specific career pathway (here, Digital Design).
📚 Key Vocabulary
- Legacy
- What you leave behind for the people and program that come after you.
- Peer Recognition
- Acknowledging a classmate's specific growth or contribution, not just a generic compliment.
🧰 Materials & Tools
- Final leave-behind
- Showcase space and materials
- Peer recognition ballots
🧠 Do Now (Warm-Up)
Of everyone in this room, who do you think has grown the most this year, and in what specific way?
📋 Main Workshop / Lesson Sequence
This lesson spans 3 Days. Suggested pacing:
| Day | Focus | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Prepare | Do Now (5 min, above). Independent prep (35 min): select and prepare your strongest pieces from this capstone phase for the showcase. |
| Day 2 | Showcase & Recognize | Showcase (30 min): present to a real audience. Peer recognition (10 min): nominate a classmate for specific, real growth this year. |
| Day 3 | Reflect & Send Off | Graduation logistics (10 min). Final written reflection (30 min): the full arc of this program, from Grade 9 onward, and one specific thing carried forward into what's next. |
✅ Assessment & Exit Ticket
Showcase presentation and final reflection assessed for genuine, specific evidence spanning the full capstone phase and the program overall.
Exit Ticket: If a 9th grader asked you what this whole program was actually for, what would you tell them?
📊 Pull up the anonymous Class Check-In for students to fill out before they go.
🧩 Differentiation & Accommodations
English Language Learners: model every step live, then check in one-on-one; provide translated materials and vocabulary support as needed. Students with IEPs: apply the accommodations and modifications listed in each student's plan (examples include extended time, graphic organizers, speech-to-text tools, chunked instructions, and visual schedules). Students with attention-related needs: break tasks into short, checklist-driven steps and provide brief movement or focus breaks. Students ready for a challenge: take on a leadership role critiquing peers' work, extend the project with a second iteration, or research how today's skill is used professionally in the field.
🔗 Resources & References
- None beyond this lesson's materials.