ECTA Senior Capstone

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Phase 2 - Build Part I

Gathering Supplies

Turn a promising proposal into a workable supply, tool, space, safety, and permission plan.

Open this when

Use It At The Right Moment

  • List every material, tool, software account, space, adult approval, and outside contact needed.
  • Mark each item as already available, needs school support, needs donation, needs purchase, or needs permission.
  • Save receipts, screenshots, safety notes, approvals, and sponsor communication as evidence.

Save as you go

Do Not Lose The Evidence

  • Teacher or mentor feedback that changes the next step.
  • Approvals, screenshots, photos, receipts, or notes tied to this task.
  • One sentence explaining what changed after you used this page.

Keep in the loop

Adults Who Can Help

  • Student project owner
  • Senior program teacher
  • Mentor, family member, or sponsor when this task touches their support

Student moves

What To Do First

  1. List every material, tool, software account, space, adult approval, and outside contact needed.
  2. Mark each item as already available, needs school support, needs donation, needs purchase, or needs permission.
  3. Save receipts, screenshots, safety notes, approvals, and sponsor communication as evidence.
  4. Build a fallback plan for expensive, delayed, unavailable, or unsafe items.

Teacher and mentor checks

How Adults Can Support This Page

  1. Review supply, safety, cost, space, and outside-contact needs before the build phase starts.
  2. Ask for a fallback plan when an item is expensive, delayed, unsafe, or unavailable.
  3. Point students back to evidence saving so receipts, approvals, photos, and safety notes do not disappear.

Supply Map

A strong supply plan shows the item, source, cost, deadline, adult approval, and why it matters.

Safety And Permission

Projects involving tools, food, patients, children, client data, money, transportation, or public partners need early adult review.

Fallbacks

If an item falls through, the project should still have a smaller safe version that proves the same CTE skill.