Senior Career Search Presentation

Presenters Name: __________________________

Career of Choice: ______________________
Directions: Please circle the words that you feel best define the performance of this student. You may circle items in
more than one box. For example, the student may speak loudly (4) and say um (1) a million times.
Nonverbal Skills
Eye Contact

Presence

Verbal Skills
Enthusiasm

Volume and Clarity

Content
Organization

Subject Matter

4
Holds attention of
entire audience with
the use of direct eye
contact; seldom looks
at notes or screen
Is relaxed, self
confident and
movements help
audience visualize

3
Consistent use of
eye contact with
audience, but still
uses notes and looks
at screen
Makes minor
mistakes but
recovers quickly,
movements help
presenter speak
clearly

2
Minimal use of
eye contact with
audience, mostly
reads from notes or
from screen
Mildly tense, has
trouble recovering
from mistakes
or uses very
few gestures or
movement

1
No eye contact with
audience, read entire
speech from notes or
screen

Demonstrates a
strong positive
feeling about the
topic during entire
speech
Uses loud, clear
voice and correct
pronunciation of
words; easy to
understand speech

Occasionally shows
a positive feelings
about the topic
during most of the
speech
Uses clear voice,
pronounces most
words correctly

Shows some interest

in the topic during
the speech but may
be negative

Shows no interest in
the topic

Uses a soft voice,

pronounces many
words incorrectly

Mumbles, uses: um,

yeah, whatever, you
know, or speaks too
softly to be heard

Information is
presented in a logical
interesting sequence
that is easy to follow.

Information is
presented in a
logical way that is
easy to follow.

Information is not in
order, which makes
it difficult to follow.

Information about
career goal is very
clear; speaker
demonstrates full
knowledge by
elaboration during
speech and answering
questions at end.

Information about
career goal is
clear; speaker
demonstrates
knowledge by
giving some details
during speech and
answering basic
questions at end.

Information about
career goal is
unclear; speaker is
uncomfortable with
the information and
can only answer
basic questions
about the subject.

Audience cannot
understand speech
because there is no
organization of the
content.
Information about
career goal is not
explained; speaker
does not elaborate
and cannot answer
any questions about
the subject.

Nervousness is
obvious and makes
no gestures during
speechrefers
to visual aid after
speech is over

Check one to assess time limit and visual aid:

_____ YES! Student spoke for 3 to 5 minutes.

_____ No. Students speech was too long or too short.

_____ YES! The poster was helpful to content/

presentation.

_____ No, the poster was not helpful to content /

presentation.

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