How to make a How to make a “giveaway portfolio”“giveaway portfolio”

Creating professional quality Creating professional quality self-promotional materialsself-promotional materials

What is a Giveaway What is a Giveaway Portfolio?Portfolio?Folder with print out of resume and other material

CD that has electronic materials (documents, audio recordings, videos, etc.)

The Giveaway Portfolio has two items:

Why?Why?

Gives potential employers access to a Gives potential employers access to a lot of information about youlot of information about you

Allows you to stand out as a job Allows you to stand out as a job applicantapplicant

Demonstrates your ability to use Demonstrates your ability to use technologytechnology

Demonstrates your teaching abilitiesDemonstrates your teaching abilities It is designed to be inexpensive to It is designed to be inexpensive to

create so you can give it away at all create so you can give it away at all your job interviewsyour job interviews

What goes in a Giveaway What goes in a Giveaway Portfolio?Portfolio?

Printed material:Resume with contact informationBusiness card with contact information

Possibly:Philosophy of EducationTranscriptsLetters of recommendation

Don’t fill it up too much with printed material. Be selective.

CDCD

The CD is where you can be really creative. Here are some possibilities:•Papers your wrote (research papers, handbooks, etc.)•Video of you teaching•Audio recording of musical performance•Letters of recommendation (scanned)•Transcripts (scanned)•Examples of student work (scanned)•Lesson plans you created and taught•Photos of you working with students•Powerpoint about you as a teacher•Video about you as a teacher

The purpose of this material is to give a potential employer information about you. Think about this as you select materials.

General information about General information about printprint

Remember that most administrators Remember that most administrators are middle-aged and they need are middle-aged and they need larger rather than smaller print. Do larger rather than smaller print. Do not use less than 12 point type.not use less than 12 point type.

The idea behind having some print The idea behind having some print items in the portfolio is that some items in the portfolio is that some administrators will never look at the administrators will never look at the CD. CD.

General information about all General information about all items in the Giveaway Portfolioitems in the Giveaway Portfolio Be sure your contact information is Be sure your contact information is

on all items that are in your portfolio on all items that are in your portfolio (CD, business card, resume). You (CD, business card, resume). You never know when items might never know when items might become separated. Contact become separated. Contact information includes permanently information includes permanently good telephone number and e-mail good telephone number and e-mail address.address.

Internet TrapsInternet Traps

Make sure the e-mail that you share Make sure the e-mail that you share with potential employers is professional with potential employers is professional in nature. in nature. Hotlips@someisp.comHotlips@someisp.com is not is not a professional e-mail. Create a new a professional e-mail. Create a new screen name for yourself and check it screen name for yourself and check it often.often.

Some savvy potential employers will Some savvy potential employers will Google your name and/or e-mail. Clean Google your name and/or e-mail. Clean up your blogs accordingly BEFORE you up your blogs accordingly BEFORE you start to apply for jobs.start to apply for jobs.

Resume TipsResume Tips Put your licensure on your resume. If you Put your licensure on your resume. If you

don’t have it yet, put “Anticipated, [date].”don’t have it yet, put “Anticipated, [date].” It is a commonly stated myth that resumes It is a commonly stated myth that resumes

for college students should be only one for college students should be only one page in length. If you have legitimate, page in length. If you have legitimate, necessary material for a longer resume, by necessary material for a longer resume, by all means, use it.all means, use it.

Microsoft Word resume templates are Microsoft Word resume templates are beautiful but they were probably designed beautiful but they were probably designed by a 20 year old with eagle-like eyesight. by a 20 year old with eagle-like eyesight. They frequently use very small fonts. Be They frequently use very small fonts. Be sure to use 12 point type in your resume.sure to use 12 point type in your resume.

Resume TipsResume Tips

Don’t exaggerate—it will catch up Don’t exaggerate—it will catch up with you. Sometimes this sort of with you. Sometimes this sort of thing catches up with people on the thing catches up with people on the 6 o’clock news (very publicly). 6 o’clock news (very publicly).

If you are describing a job you have If you are describing a job you have held, use strong verbs: organized, held, use strong verbs: organized, created, trained, led, facilitated, etc.created, trained, led, facilitated, etc.

CD tipsCD tips

Be sure you use programs that are widely Be sure you use programs that are widely available so your files will open on most available so your files will open on most computers: Microsoft word, Adobe Acrobat, computers: Microsoft word, Adobe Acrobat, etc. etc.

Make sure you are not creating a CD that has Make sure you are not creating a CD that has a virus—that is a sure way to not get hired.a virus—that is a sure way to not get hired.

Scan letters of recommendation, transcripts, Scan letters of recommendation, transcripts, Praxis scores, student work, as if it were a Praxis scores, student work, as if it were a photograph so that the resulting file looks like photograph so that the resulting file looks like the original.the original.

CD TipsCD Tips

Consider creating a powerpoint that Consider creating a powerpoint that organizes the materials so that a potential organizes the materials so that a potential employer can understand what they mean employer can understand what they mean in relation to you. in relation to you.

Be sure the file names of the materials on Be sure the file names of the materials on your CD would be clear to another person.your CD would be clear to another person.

Consider organizing your materials in Consider organizing your materials in relation to Capital U. Ed. Dept. goals or relation to Capital U. Ed. Dept. goals or Praxis domains. If you use Capital U. Praxis domains. If you use Capital U. goals, be sure to create a document that goals, be sure to create a document that lets employers know what these are.lets employers know what these are.