What is the NCGP?

What are the requirements?

What are the goals of the project?

How can F4K help?

What is the role of the business community?

What is the NCGP?
The North Carolina Graduation Project, or NCGP, is a graduation requirement for every North Carolina student beginning with the class of 2010. The project is intended to be completed over the course of the student's high school career.

What are the requirements?
The four components of the NCGP are a research paper, a product, a portfolio and an oral presentation to be completed on a topic of the student's choosing.

What are the goals of the project?

·        Promotes the learning and practice of skills and knowledge that ensure students will be able to function successfully in higher education, the workforce and in life.

·        Gives students the opportunity to connect content knowledge, acquired skills and work habits to real world situations and issues.

·        Provides students the experience of integrating knowledge, skills and performance and committing to something for which they are passionate.

How can F4K help?
Through Futures for Kids, students have access to over 700 background-checked Career Coaches that can serve as e-mentors and assist them with their Grad Project. These conversations take place via an online discussion board and are automatically saved to their personalized F4K portfolio. They can also save documents, record work experiences and share information through their portfolio.

Click here to view a sample portfolio.

What is the role of the business community?
The business community's participation is essential to achieving the goals of the NCGP. Serving as a mentor is a great way to invest in our future workforce and help students develop the skills they will need to succeed outside of the classroom. F4K Career Coaches can double as NCGP e-mentors for students across the state, so that all students can have access to an expert in their field regardless of factors such as geographic location. Ready to sign up? Click here!

Schools will also be looking for members of the community to volunteer as evaluators for the students' oral presentations. For more information, contact a school in your area directly and ask to speak with the Graduation Project Coordinator or check with your local chamber of commerce.