Project Citizen State Showcase Registration

 

Showcase Registration (Part I):

Part I Registration (Due by February 5, 2010)

Showcase Registration (Part II):

Part II Portfolio Registration (Due by April 16, 2010)
Please fill out one form for each portfolio (limit 2 per district)

All portfolios/binders must be hand-delivered to KIDS Consortium:

in Auburn, by 4:00p.m. on April 30, 2010 or they will not be at the state house in time to be judged. They can also be delivered to Maine DOE. If you need help with this requirement, please contact us.

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Criteria

1. The Oral Hearings: Each team has 4 minutes per panel to present (16 minutes total). Panelists have 7 minutes to ask questions and offer concise feedback after the presentation is heard. Positive comments and constructive suggestions will be encouraged. One group will receive special recognition.
   Oral Hearing Rubric
2. The Portfolio Judging: A process to select one exemplary portfolio to represent Maine at the Annual Project Citizen National Showcase. In Maine, portfolios will be judged without students present.
   Portfolio Guidelines and Rubric
   All portfolios/binders must be hand-delivered to KIDS Consortium office, in Auburn, by 4:00pm on April 30, 2010 - otherwise, they will not be judged. They can also be delivered to Maine DOE. If you need help with this requirement, please contact us. Note: the national culminating event is held in conjunction with the annual staff meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Only portfolio materials attend the National Showcase, not students.
3. Portfolio Eligibility for State Showcase (Binder and Panels): The documentation binder consists of five sections (separated by a different color tab), in a single three-ring binder no larger than 2” thick.
   • Explaining the Problem
   • Examining Alternative Policies to Deal with the Problem
   • Proposing a Public Policy to Deal with the Problem
   • Developing an Action Plan
   • Reflecting On Your Learning Experience
   Include, overall table of contents and a table of contents for each section, and the most important information gathered for each section which best documents or gives evidence of their research.
4. Display panels: Four panels equivalent to poster board or foam-core, no larger than 32" x 40" - Each panel includes a written summary (also included in binder) of the required topics:
   • Panel 1 - no more than two typed double spaced pages
   • Panel 2 - no more than one double spaced page for each alternative policy/solution
   • Panel 3 - no more than two double spaced pages for the policy selected
   • Panel 4 - one double spaced typed page describing action plan and implementation if appropriate
   • Graphic illustrations for the section
   • A bibliography of the sources used to gather information for that section

   Overview of the Project Citizen process

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