Career%20Portfolios

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Career Portfolios

• C. Dixon

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What Is a Career Portfolio?

• A carefully selected collection of information
  that demonstrates a students talents, interests,
  abilities, achievements and experiences. It
  documents the development of education/career
  goals and ones successful transition from school
  to work.

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What Is the Purpose of a Career Portfolio?

• To promote career and educational planning among
  high school students that leads to satisfying
  career decisions

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Career Planning Goals

• Students will analyze skills and interests.
• Students will form a career identity.
• Students will plan for the future.

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Advantages for Students

• Provides for a smoother transition from school to
  work or postsecondary education
• Enables students to see evidence of their
  strengths and weaknesses
• Provides a vehicle for integrating various
  aspects of career development
• Clarifies career options and promotes planning
• Provides an opportunity for students to showcase
  achievement and awards

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Advantages for the School

• Aligns the school with national models of
  excellence
• Assists counselors and teachers in the advising
  process with students
• Assists counselors and teachers in developing
  students career awareness, exploration, and
  planning

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Advantages for the Community

• Helps prepare students for the work force
• Identifies parents, employers, and the community
  members as influential players in the career
  development process
• Enables students to showcase tangible evidence of
  their skills, accomplishments, and perspective to
  the job search
• Addresses the need for more positive work
  attitudes

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What Will Go in This Portfolio?

• Academic achievements
• Career interest inventories and aptitude results
• Career plans
• Exceptional skills
• Student awards and recognition

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What Will Go in This Portfolio?
(Continued)

• Extracurricular activities
• Community service records
• College or job resumes
• Letters of recommendation
• Personal statement
• Job record

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Who Will Manage the Career Portfolio?

• Students are primarily responsible for completing
  and updating their career portfolio.
• The portfolios can be stored in the guidance
  office or homerooms.
• Students, teachers, parents, and counselors will
  have access to the portfolios.

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How Can We Implement the Career Portfolio?

• Homeroom can be utilized for students to work on
  career related activities as well as to update
  and revise their portfolios on a regular
  systematic basis.
• Teachers can incorporate career related
  activities into their instructional program and
  have relevant information filed in students
  portfolios.

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How Will We Implement the Career Portfolio?
(Continued)

• The counselor can systematically teach career
  guidance lessons to all students in grades 9-12.

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