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4/12

SENIOR PROJECT PROPOSAL

Student name: Mart Joshua Lopez School Mentor: Candace Chun Community Mentor & Organization: Justin Orbistondo - Pacific Sleep Tech Class of:
2014

Category (check one): x Career-related: Based on a students interest in a particular career field Service learning: Based on a students interest in solving a social issue. Personal interest: Based on a students interest in learning something that he or she has always wanted to learn. Pathway (check one): x Personal Action Plan: Focus on personal growth; must share gained knowledge so as to affect community (e.g., publish your findings or present to a group). Focused Community Action Plan: Take action within a smaller community. Community Action Plan: Taking action in a larger community.

Description Topic
Displaying the effectiveness career exploration via job shadowing a professional. By shadowing a Polysomnographic Technician at Pacific Sleep Tech, this give me better insight to the pros and cons of the career because I'll see it first hand. How effective is career exploration (especially via job shadowing)? If I shadow a Polysomnographic Technician, I will learn to appreciate and have a greater knowledge of the responsibili -ties because I experienced the job first hand. My goal is to explore the area of job shadowing and its effective -ness with choosing a future career so it may be integrated in future career exploration programs.

SP Board Comments

Initial if Pass

Thesis statement EQ

Hypothesis
(What you plan to do and what results you expect)

Goal
(what you are trying to achieve) *Same as p. 2

Significance/ relevance to society Literature Review

Name & Brief Description of Current Programs
(2 minimum)

Many students waste time, money, and effort due to indecisiveness after graduating. Allowing yourself to be aware of what you want to do, will save you time money, effort.
*Attach Worksheet #3. You may submit the Worksheet #3 that you completed in 11th grade English class, if the sources are still relevant to your topic. Must be complete, with at least 3 sources. 1.Sleep Center Hawaii -- Company that provides sleep apnea 2. Pacific Sleep Tech -- Company that provides sleep apnea 3. Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition -- Local Organization part of Department
of Health's Child Services for those needing help with sleep care to those in Hawaii. care to those in Hawaii.

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Description

SP Board Comments

Initial if Pass

Action Statement
Goal of your My goal is to explore the area of job shadowing and its effective plan (must be -ness with choosing a future career so it may be integrated in measurable) future career exploration programs. *Same as p. 1 Decribe what I plan to go to Pacific Sleep Tech every Friday for a month you plan to to shadow a technician, journal my experiences and thoughts. do Thoughts such as "ah-ha" moments, things I liked, disliked, and use these experiences to create a more informed opinion on a on potential career for me. This will then be presented to an audience, showing the effectiveness of forms of career exploration. Where will Pacific Sleep Tech and presented in school. you do it? When will it take place?
Every Friday starting October

Who will be My model technician, the patient, and I. Also, it will be presented the audience to underclassmen in the school. and/or participants? How are you I will be contributing to the encouragement of career exploration contributing to and the component of job shadowing to students. the betterment
of a community?

Data Collection
Data collection tools Method of analysis
1. Notebook/journal 2. Work log 3. Pretest/PostTest Compare pre and post test answers.

How will you By comparing the amount of knowledge before and after the measure project success? Product(s) you will create: Give Description & Purpose
Video - To show some procedures learned Powerpoint - For presentation purposes Website - To organize information about career in a more visually appealing and engaging manner.

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SENIOR PROJECT PROPOSAL Student name: Jane Doe Class of: School Mentor: Ms. Lillian Lumiere Community Mentor & Organization: Mr. Earl Grey -- Recycle Now Hawaii 2013

Category (check one): Career-related: Based on a students interest in a particular career field X Service learning: Based on a students interest in solving a social issue. Personal interest: Based on a students interest in learning something that he or she has always wanted to learn. Pathway (check one): Personal Action Plan: Focus on personal growth; must share gained knowledge so as to affect community (e.g., publish your findings or present to a group). X Focused Community Action Plan: Take action within a smaller community. Community Action Plan: Taking action in a larger community.

Sample Proposal
Topic Hawaiis overcrowded landfills

SP Board Comments

Initial if Pass

Thesis statement EQ

Hawaii residents need to recycle more to prevent the landfills from overfilling. How can Hawaii residents solve the problem of overcrowded landfills? If I educate my neighbors on the importance of recycling and on what can be recycled, I will reduce the amount of trash they produce each week. My goal is to reduce the amount of trash produced each week by my neighbors.
Overcrowded landfills are a serious environmental problem in Hawaii. Recycling is one way in which residents can reduce the amount of trash they produce, thus lessening the area needed for landfills. This, in turn, will help to preserve the beauty of Hawaiis land. 1. Recycle Now Hawaii= a non-profit organization on Maui that provides free public educational services about recycling 2. Save Our Earth Recycling Club (HBB High School)=a high school club that recycles paper waste from all classrooms and does presentations every year at the community rec center

Hypothesis
(What you plan to do and what results you expect)

Goal
(what you are trying to achieve) *Same as p. 2

Significance/ relevance to society

Name & Brief Description of Current Programs
(2 minimum)

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Sample Proposal
Action Statement
Goal of your plan (must be
measurable) *Same as p. 1

To reduce the amount of trash produced each week by my neighbors

I will ask my neighbors to participate in this project. I will educate them on the importance of recycling and show them what items can be recycled and how easy it is to recycle. I will also give them a brochure to remind them of what to recycle and when the city recycling days are. I will give them specific trash bags to use so that I can measure how much trash each family produces each week before and after my presentation.

Decribe what you plan to do

Where will you do it? When will it take place? Who will be the audience or participants?
How are you contributing to the betterment of a community?

In my neighborhood (King Street, Honolulu)

From August 1 to August 30, 2012

Six households in my neighborhood

By teaching and encouraging people how to recycle, I can help reduce the amount of trash they produce. If I encourage them to spread the word then hopefully more people will join in the recycling effort. This will lessen the volume of trash in our landfills and, ultimately, help to preserve the beauty of Hawaiis land.

Data Collection
Data collection tools Method of analysis 1. Participants log sheets 2. Specific-sized trash bags (to accurately measure trash) Participants will keep logs of their trash volume from August 1 to August 30. I will analyze how many bags of trash each family produces (as recorded on their logs) each week. I will compare the number of bags of trash each family produced before my presentation to the number of bags they produced after the presentation. If the amount of trash is reduced by at least 20% each week (average per family), then I will consider my program to be successful.
Powerpoint presentation to educate neighbors about recycling Brochure to remind neighbors what items can be recycled Log sheets--for families to record their weekly trash

How will you measure success?

Product(s) you will create: Give Description & Purpose