RESPONSIBILITIES OF A STUDENT

The Student is ultimately responsible for conceptualizing and developing the project and for completing the Senior Project within the prescribed schedule Responsibilities of the student include, but are not limited to, the following:

● The student is responsible for fulfilling all Senior Project requirements within 3-weeks. If a student has extraordinary circumstances that prevent Senior Project requirement fulfillment within 3-weeks, they should meet as early as possible with their Project Mentor

● The student is responsible for completing the Senior Project prior to graduation in order to receive a diploma

● The student is responsible for networking with faculty and locating a site supervisor (if applicable), preferably a Vistamar staffulty member or off-site community member.

● The student is responsible for choosing their topic or subject matter based upon their interests. It can include prior coursework experience, but may be an opportunity for exploration of new academic, professional, or artistic knowledge

● The student is responsible for constructing a research or project design appropriate for their topic or subject matter.

● The student must independently construct the research or project design, with support from the Project Mentor to determine the soundness and integrity of the design.

● The student is responsible for seeking out data or statistics to support their project goals and incorporate findings from their own or external peer-reviewed journals into their work when possible If appropriate, the student may need to work with their Project Mentor and relevant resources to learn how to use analytical tools or software.

● The student is responsible for proactively arranging the Community Presentation of their completed Senior Project in order to fulfill the Community Presentation requirement.

● The student is responsible for tracking the Senior Project Forms, securing signatures, and submitting signed forms by the deadlines

● The student is responsible for submitting their final Senior Project (written artifacts and documentation of community presentation) to the Life Planning Office by Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 11:59 pm [PT].

Responsibilities Of A Project Mentor

● The Project Mentor is responsible for helping the student understand and operationalize their research or project design, including: o Whether the proposed topic or subject matter are suitable for the field o Whether the research question responds to a gap/need and can be answered o Whether the project can be completed within the timeframe allotted o Whether essential question chosen is appropriate o Whether the student’s findings and conclusions can be reasonably drawn from quantitative or qualitative sources

● The Project Mentor is responsible for enthusiastically mentoring the student as they craft a research or project design appropriate for a novice researcher o Is the research or project design overly complicated or ambitious? o Can data/information be accessed or collected with relative ease? o Can data/information be accessed or collected within a reasonable timeframe?

● The Project Mentor is responsible for reviewing drafts of the Senior Project Proposals, Communications, and Written Artifacts, and for providing effective feedback for each draft within a reasonable timeframe

● The Project Mentor should conduct check-ins with students regularly throughout the duration of the Senior Project timeline.

● The Project Mentor should use the Senior Project Outcomes Rubric to provide structure for feedback and benchmarks for student performance and achievement

● The Project Mentor will complete comments on myVistamar for their group of students by May 30, 2023.