Lauren Pasquarella Daley, PhD Sr Asst Director of Graduate Services Career Resource Center

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Creating Your Portfolio

• Lauren Pasquarella Daley, PhDSr Asst Director of
  Graduate ServicesCareer Resource Center

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Agenda

• What is a portfolio?
• What is its purpose?
• Content Suggestions
• Putting it all together

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What Is A Portfolio?

• A story about who you are and what you value in
  your career
• A representation of professional knowledge and
  goals
• Your philosophy about your past, present, and
  future work
• Beliefs about yourself and your outlook on life
  in your industry
• Evidence of organizational match

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Goals of the Portfolio

• Summarize and demonstrate knowledge
• Showcase your qualifications for the position to
  which you are applying
• Teaching illustrate learning/teaching
  philosophy
• Research
• Service

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Why Use a Portfolio?

• It can assist you in/with
• Displaying your expertise, creativity, and/or
  technological ability during a job search.
• During personnel/promotion decisions.
• Prepare for interviews
• Improving your teaching/job performance.
• Maintaining vision for your career.

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Content Suggestions

• Title page
• Name
• Education area and level
• Contact information
• Table of contents
• Resume or CV
• Statement of Teaching/Learning Philosophy

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Content Suggestions

• Personal statement describing goals for the next
  5 years
• Teaching
• Research
• Service

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Content Suggestions

• Samples of professional work
• Internships, Practica, and Research
• Coursework
• Volunteer experiences
• Special projects or skills

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Concrete Examples

• Sample lesson plans, course syllabi, and/or WebCT
  or Blackboard pages
• Pictures of internship experiences
• Listing of coursework
• Class papers or projects
• Invitations to teach from outside agencies

• Presented papers or workshops on relevant topics
• Flyers
• Links to relevant information or organizations
• Samples of certificates
• Teaching evaluations
• Supervisor comments
• Testimonials from students

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More Content Ideas

• Letters of reference
• Professional memberships
• Personal interests section
• Check for appropriateness

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Putting it All Together

• Methods of Organizing Your Materials
• Traditional three-ring portfolio case
• Electronic Portfolio

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Traditional Portfolio
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Organizing your Materials

• Place materials in sheet protectors place
  papers on both sides of protectors.
• Use extra-wide page tabs to separate sections.
• Print on quality paper, when possible.
• Use color paper, when appropriate.
• Use blank business card paper to create exhibit
  cards for work samples.

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Advantages

• Specialized IT knowledge is not needed
• Easily accessible if/when internet capabilities
  are not functioning
• Contents are easily interchanged for different
  job positions
• Conforms to tactile preferences

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Disadvantages

• Must carry or mail to employers
• Size limitations
• Less effective in displaying technical skills
• Difficult to retrieve if lost or misplaced

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Electronic Portfolios
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Advantages

• Information can be easily stored and shared
• No size limitations
• Can be enhanced through music, pictures, graphics
  and video
• Easily modified or updated
• Displays technology skills

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Disadvantages

• Limited by technological expertise of author
• Technological compatibility
• PowerPoint based web pages work best with IE
• Requires Internet access by viewer

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Sample HTML Based Portfolios

• http//wbarratt.indstate.edu/
• http//www.richland.cc.il.us/staff/sblahnik/
• http//www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/academic/ccut/portfoli
  os/kelly/
• http//www.msu.edu/user/costabil/academic/portfoli
  o/port_contents.htm
• http//www.physics.uci.edu/jeff/teach.html
• http//www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/academic/ccut/portfoli
  os/gleason/portfolio/
• http//www.public.asu.edu/dgilfill/materials.shtm
  l

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Resources

• CIRCA
• UF Computing Web page
• http//www.it.ufl.edu/
• Templates and Tutorials
• http//www.coe.ufl.edu/school/portfolio/index.htm
• Creative HTML Design by Linda Weinman
• Clip Art Universe
• http//www.nzwwa.com/mirror/clipart/
• Web Clip Art
• http//webclipart.about.com/internet/webclipart/

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Final Checklist

• Clear and easy to follow table of contents
• Use of pictures/images/sound to enhance content
• Overall design is professional and creative
• Suggested content areas represented
• Information is grammatically correct
• Links/contents are checked for accuracy

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Questions