CHECK-IN Sessions
Check-In Session 1: In your initial check-in session with your supervisor, you should be prepared to discuss ideas you may have about what you would like to research in your chosen subject. Remember that this is a project you will be focussing on for more than a year, so choose wisely! You should leave this session with an agreement between you and your supervisor about the direction you now need to go to start your research.
Check-In Session 2: Come to this meeting with your supervisor with an update of what you may have found as far as some preliminary sources for your research and perhaps any initial direction changes. You should leave this meeting with an agreed understanding between you and your supervisor of a firm topic, preliminary research question and where to start gathering and and analysing qualified sources of information.
Check-In Session 3: This session is with your supervisor is held on the first day of school. You should be prepared to show your supervisor a completed draft copy of your extended essay. You have a little over a month to complete your final draft from this point.
From the EE Guide, “Between the first and second reflection session, students can engage in informal conversations with other people, such as subject teachers, the extended essay coordinator, the librarian or their supervisor. They must also ensure that they are progressing with their research plan.”
During this meeting, bring the resources you have collected, your research plan (where are you going, what do you need), any questions or concerns you may have about your current research. This meeting is to ensure that you are progressing with your research plan and on the right track.