1. ArtsSmarts Saskatchewan Project Documentation Template Template Instructions Project Information Research Question Student Inquiry Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Project Statistics Financial Report Feedback

2. Template Instructions This PowerPoint template is designed for you to fill in as your project progresses. Enter text directly on each slide, and save to your hard drive. At the end of the project, you can send a copy, along with project documentary material (photographs, etc.), as your final report, on the memory stick provided to you or on a disk. Feel free to add new slides if you see the need for them. If your project includes schools with different questions, have each school fill out a separate template. They may be downloaded from the Arts Board website: www.artsboard.sk.ca. Slides 3 to 7 should be completed before the project begins, or preferably as a part of your planning meeting. Slide 8 is a mid-project reflection. Slides 9 to 11 should be completed as a summative activity. Slide 12 asks for final project statistics. Slide 13 is a financial report on the project. (If you would prefer to submit your own financial report form in Word, Excel, etc., please do so.) Slide 14 invites you to provide feedback on the template. You can create new slides for documentary photographs, etc., or send these in separate folders. Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

3. Project Information Project Contact Name: Project Dates: School: Teacher(s): Grades: Brief description of your project: Brief description of your artist: Community partners: Reflection Why have you chosen to participate in an ArtsSmarts project? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

4. Research Question You stated this on your application but you may wish to refine it as a result of further planning. Reflection Why/How did you choose that question? Would you now like to revise or refine that question? If so, what is the new question? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

5. Student Inquiry Questions These were stated on your application but you may wish to refine them as a result of your planning meeting: Reflection How do you see these student inquiry questions providing focus for your project? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

6. Curriculum Connections What are the curriculum expectations that your project addresses for: arts education? other subject areas? Reflection How do these curriculum expectations relate to your general research question and your student inquiry questions? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

7. Documentation Process How do you plan to document your project, and at what stages? What information do you need to answer your general research question (and specific questions, if you have them)? How will you gather that information? What methods or tools will you use? (E.g., photographs, journal writing, interviews, surveys, etc.) How will you keep track of your documentary material so you can reflect on it later? Who will be responsible for this? Who will help? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

8. Mid-Project Reflection How is your project documentation going? So far, what is your documentation telling you about your general question (and specific questions if you have them)? What student learning can you see evolving as the project progresses? Do you need or want to revise your research question(s) at this point? If so, record the new/revised questions? Do you need to revise/renew your methods for documenting the project? If so, what will you do differently? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

9. Reflect on Your Findings We recommend that you assemble a few different groups to reflect on your documentary material and discuss the findings. Depending on the project, this might include, students, teachers, artists, parents, community, etc. How did you reflect on your project? With whom? When you examine your documentary material, what does it tell you about what the students learned during the course of the project? When you examine your documentary material, what does it tell you about your general research question? Specific questions, if you have them? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

10. Tell Your Story Before How do you plan to tell your story to others, such as parents, community, etc.? (This might include an event for other students in the school, event for parents and community, display in the school, website display, etc.) After What response did you get when you told your story to others? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

11. Final Reflections Do you consider this project to be successful? Please explain. What surprises did you encounter (good or bad) in your project? How did you handle the surprises? If you were to participate in ArtsSmarts again, is there anything you would change the next time? What additional questions were raised that you would like to explore in the future? How well did the project cover the curriculum expectations? Describe any other learning that occurred. Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

12. Project Statistics How many artists were involved in your project? How many schools were included? How many students participated? How many teacher were involved? How many volunteers assisted? How many community organizations participated? How many businesses contributed in some way? Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

13. Financial Report RevenueExpenses Template Instructions Project Information General Research Question Specific Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Financial Report Feedback on This Template

14. Tell us: Whether this template is a useful tool for documenting and reporting How it could be better Template Instructions Project Information Research Question Student Inquiry Questions Curriculum Connections Documentation Process Mid-project Reflections Reflect on Your Findings Tell Your Story Final Reflections Project Statistics Financial Report Feedback