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 * MPTP Community Education Project Guide **

What is the Community Education Project?
 * The Community Education Project is a necessary component of the Capstone process. The Capstone Project cannot be completed until you have successfully completed and documented an Community Education Project.
 * There are **__two major components__** of the Community Education Project.
 * 1) The Community Education Project must attempt to improve a community in some way. There are may different kinds of communities. A community can be geographical, cultural, or social. The community should extend outside of the school and consist or more than people whom you already know.
 * 2) Through the Community Education Project, you must also share your expertise regarding your research topic. Your research and Community Education Project must be closely related. You Community Education project should inform as well as benefit a community.

What kinds of Community Education Projects have other students completed?
 * Here are some examples of past Community Education Projects:
 * Organizing a music festival featuring local musicians with guides to starting a successful, regional band.
 * Working with people with disabilities and teaching them how to use dance as a daily form of exercise.
 * Running a resume workshop and practice interviews at the Latin American Community center in Hartford.
 * Creating a school-wide peer mediation program for middle and high school students.
 * Starting a girls club for high school freshman that focuses on self-confidence and personal responsibility.
 * Creating and screening a documentary to dispel the misconceptions about Hartford.


 * There are no limitations on the kids of Community Education Projects that you can do. Work with your Capstone Coordinator to explore your options.

 How do I get started, and what do I do once I'm done?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">You are responsible for planning and executing your Community Education Project. Once your idea has been approved in your revised proposal, you should start planning immediately.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Once you have completed your Community Education Project, you must complete the Community Education Documentation. This verifies that you have completed the project. This must be completed and turned in before you will be allowed to give your Capstone Presentation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Click here to for the Community Education Documentation form.]