Your Portfolio

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Your Portfolio
This PowerPoint presentation is linked to my
web-site. There is also a Portfolio marking
Rubric on the site.
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WHAT IS A PORTFOLIO?

• Port to move
• Folio papers or artifacts
• A Personal and Career Portfolio is an organized
  collection of evidence that shows your
  accomplishments both in and out of school.
• A portfolio contains samples of your work that
  exhibit and reveal the quality and variety of
  your learning, your accomplishments, your skills,
  and your experiences.

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Is a portfolio the same as a résumé?

• A résumé is usually only 1 3 pages in length
  and is meant to summarize your accomplishments.
• A portfolio most often contains many pages and is
  meant to show evidence of a wide variety of your
  accomplishments.
• A résumé tells someone what you have
  accomplished.
• A portfolio shows someone what you have
  accomplished

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What evidence can be placed in a Portfolio?

• Evidence comes in many forms. You can include
  evidence of your skills, your talents, your
  achievements, your awards, your experiences, as
  well as your learning and employability skills.
  Be sure to include things you do both in school
  and away from school.
• Portfolio evidence is referred to as artifacts.
• Each artifact should be clearly labeled. The
  reader should know what each artifact proves
  about you.

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WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A
PORTFOLIO?

• 1. Continue to Gather Your EvidenceCollect the
  information and records (artifacts) that show
  your interests, involvements, and achievements.
• 2. Organize Your PortfolioArrange your evidence
  into three sections that will help someone else
  see what you have accomplished. The format will
  follow the Conference Board of Canadas
  Employability Skills Profile.
• 3. Assemble Your PortfolioFormat and compile
  your portfolio so it is easy for someone else to
  read and understand the information you have
  gathered.

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FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS
TEAMWORK SKILLS
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Identify Skills, Attitudes Behaviors for Life

• The Conference Board of Canada have identified
  employability skills needed in the 21st Century
• These skills are identified in the Employability
  Skills 2000 handout provided
• Review the Fundamental, Personal Management and
  Teamwork Skills needed to build and strengthen
  your portfolio.

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ORGANIZE YOUR PORTFOLIO

• Use the following three categories to help you
  organize your evidence
• Fundamental (Academic) Skills
• Personal-Management Skills
• Teamwork Skills
• Use clearly labeled dividers to separate each of
  these categories in your portfolio binder.

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CONTINUE TO GATHER YOUR EVIDENCE

• What evidence can be placed in a Portfolio?
• Evidence comes in many forms. You can include
  evidence of
• Your skills
• Your talents
• Your achievements
• Your awards
• Your experiences
• Your learning and employability skills
• Include things you do both in school
• and away from school.

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FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS

• Collect documentation of educational
  accomplishments to place in your portfolio and
  organize them under the following four headings
• Communication Skills
• Information Management
• Numerical Skills
• Thinking and Problem-solving Skills

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• Here are some examples for the Fundamental
  (Academic) section of your portfolio . . .

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FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS COMMUNICATE

• Charts created in a spreadsheet
• PowerPoint presentation (print it out)
• Public speaking certificate
• Debating certificate
• Model parliament certificate
• Subject tests/assignments
• Transcript/report card

• Samples of photography/artwork
• Samples of letters
• Email printouts
• Collages/displays
• Poetry/creative writing
• Verbal/written evidence of another language
• Keyboarding certificate
• Other???

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FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS Manage Information

• Research report
• Web quests
• Essays
• Subject tests/assignments
• Transcript/report card
• PowerPoint presentation (print-out)
• Information and evaluation of post-secondary
  opportunities
• Other???

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FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS Use Numbers

• Subject lab report
• Subject tests/assignments
• Spreadsheets
• Transcript/report card
• Financial reports
• Budget
• Cash flow projections
• Other???

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FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS Think Solve Problems

• Debating certificate
• Lab reports
• Subject tests/assignments
• Transcript/report card
• Letter of recommendation
• First Aid/CPR certificate
• Completed case studies
• Other???

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS

• Review your school, work, and community activity
  documents in your portfolio from last year
• Organize these documents to reflect each of the
  following areas
• Demonstration of positive attitudes and
  behaviours
• Responsibility
• Adaptability
• Continuous learning
• Work safety

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Here are some examples for the Personal
Management Skills section of your portfolio . . .
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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS Demonstrate Positive
Attitudes Behaviours

• Performance evaluations from work
• Letter/certificate for volunteerism
• Personal fitness schedule
• Letter from employer/ coach/teacher

• Attitude checklist
• Thank you letter
• Values inventory
• Attendance report/punctuality
• Academic achievement award (honours certificate)
• Other???

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLSBe responsible

• Attendance report
• Personal schedule
• Personal budget
• letter/certificate for volunteerism
• Performance evaluations from work
• Sample of cover letter
• Income tax return
• Other???

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLSBe Adaptable

• Group report
• Letter from employer/coach/teacher
• Participation in multi-cultural activity
• Evidence of improved assignment/project
• Evidence of a creative activity
• Other???

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLSLearn Continuously

• Interest/skills inventories
• Personal career plan
• Resume
• Transcript/report card
• Drivers, hunting, fishing, boating license
• Evidence of travel (photos, itineraries,
  passport)
• Evidence of other learned skills (sewing,
  cooking, art, music, gymnastics, mechanics,
  photography, etc.
• Other???

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLSWork Safely

• First Aid/CPR certificate
• Life guarding certificate
• Safety-related certificate
• Lab safety certification
• Other???

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TEAMWORK SKILLS

• Review your school, work, and community activity
  documents in your portfolio from last year
• Re-organize these documents to reflect
• Work with others
• Participation in projects and tasks

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Here are some examples for the Teamwork Skills
section of your portfolio . . .
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TEAMWORK SKILLSWork with Others

• Letter from employer/coach/teacher
• Group reports
• Awards/certificates for athletic teams
• Leadership certificate
• Document of participation in a team sport, drama
  or musical, band, choir, yearbook, student
  government, other clubs, peer tutoring/coaching
• Performance evaluation from work
• Membership in community organization
• Other???

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TEAMWORK SKILLSParticipate in Projects Tasks

• Newspaper clippings/photos
• Student government committee participation
• Workshop certificates
• Performance evaluation (music, drama,
  keyboarding, public speaking, etc.)
• evaluation of group project
• Other???

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EMPLOYABILITY CHECKLIST

• Complete the Employability Skills 2000 Checklist
  and place results in portfolio
• http//www.jobsetc.ca/toolbox/checklists/employabi
  lity.jsp?lange
• Use the 3 checklists provided to identify
  documents placed in your portfolio
• Reflect on areas that are need to be strengthened
  or that are missing
• Develop a goal-setting action plan to acquire the
  skills needed to strengthen your career portfolio
  over the coming year

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Portfolio

• Do I have a Cover Page for my portfolio? The
  cover page will be designed by you and must be
  representative of you. It will go on front
  pocket of your binder, or it will be the first
  page of your portfolio. It should showcase your
  interests, values, goals, visions etc. Use
  visuals and text to create a professional looking
  cover page that sets you apart from everyone
  else.
• A cover page should, minimally, include the
  following items
• your name (no course information)
• a title for your portfolio
• a visual
• Do I have a Table of Contents for my portfolio?
• A Table of Contents provides the reader with a
  guide to the sections and information you have
  included in your portfolio. It is prepared last
  and helps you organize your materials in a
  logical sequence that is easy to read and
  understand. Numbering your portfolio pages or
  colour coding the sections will help you to
  organize your table of contents. Every page
  of your portfolio should be labeled and
  numbered.

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CLM 11 Compulsory Items

• I have provided you with 3 pages of hand-outs to
  guide you.
• There are compulsory items that must be placed in
  your portfolio. These are things that you
  complete as part of the CLM 11 course. (i.e. job
  shadow evaluation)

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Update Your Portfolio

• As you learn and develop new skills, your
  Portfolio needs to be kept up-to-date. You will
  frequently update your portfolio by discarding
  outdated evidence and inserting new and better
  evidence as it is accumulated.
• Save your portfolio and update it as you go
  through high school. Most of you will require a
  portfolio at some point in your career. This is
  a good way to start building your professional
  career portfolio!