Student Portfolios Documenting Your Past and Present & Planning For Your Future.

Student PortfoliosStudent Portfolios

Documenting Your Past and Present & Planning For Your Future

What is a Portfolio?What is a Portfolio?

an organized, purposeful collection of an organized, purposeful collection of student work student work

it displays knowledge, understanding, it displays knowledge, understanding, skills, accomplishments, interests, and skills, accomplishments, interests, and achievement over a specified time. achievement over a specified time.

it provides an overview of a student's it provides an overview of a student's abilities, and helps to determine the abilities, and helps to determine the strengths or weaknesses of the student. strengths or weaknesses of the student.

How Can A Portfolio Be Used?How Can A Portfolio Be Used?

to evaluate a students progress in a to evaluate a students progress in a particular class or with a particular skill particular class or with a particular skill

to apply for jobs to apply for jobs to apply to particular post-secondary to apply to particular post-secondary

programs (like an Art institute) programs (like an Art institute) as a keepsake of a students best work as a keepsake of a students best work

during high school during high school to document social and academic growth to document social and academic growth to encourage students to evaluate and to encourage students to evaluate and

reflect on their learning reflect on their learning


A Career PortfolioA Career Portfolio can be used in the job can be used in the job search and interview process as a creative search and interview process as a creative alternative to the standard resume and alternative to the standard resume and cover letter approach.cover letter approach.

Rather than simply listing your skills, Rather than simply listing your skills, activities, interests, education and activities, interests, education and experience, a Career Portfolio permits job-experience, a Career Portfolio permits job-seekers to better illustrate those aspects of seekers to better illustrate those aspects of themselves by including themselves by including concrete concrete examples examples such as: class papers, awards, such as: class papers, awards, writing samples, transcripts, photographs, writing samples, transcripts, photographs, certificates, etc.certificates, etc.

How Can A Portfolio Be Used?How Can A Portfolio Be Used? The Career Portfolio can also serve as a marketing The Career Portfolio can also serve as a marketing

tool, providing employers a preview of your tool, providing employers a preview of your performance as a potential employee performance as a potential employee

Markets your capabilities Markets your capabilities Documents the quality and quantity of your Documents the quality and quantity of your

professional development professional development Demonstrates prior work or learning experiences Demonstrates prior work or learning experiences Sets you apart from other candidates for the job Sets you apart from other candidates for the job

position position Illustrates proficiencies during or after an interview Illustrates proficiencies during or after an interview Establishes the habit of documenting your Establishes the habit of documenting your

accomplishments and results accomplishments and results Creates a personal data base Creates a personal data base


The Career Portfolio can also serve as a The Career Portfolio can also serve as a marketing tool, providing employers a preview marketing tool, providing employers a preview of your performance as a potential employee of your performance as a potential employee

Rather than simply listing your skills, Rather than simply listing your skills, activities, interests, education and activities, interests, education and experience, a Career Portfolio permits job-experience, a Career Portfolio permits job-seekers to better illustrate those aspects of seekers to better illustrate those aspects of themselves by including themselves by including concrete examples concrete examples such as: class papers, awards, writing such as: class papers, awards, writing samples, transcripts, photographs, samples, transcripts, photographs, certificates, etc.certificates, etc.

The Process – Starting Your The Process – Starting Your PortfolioPortfolio

Portfolios are student centered rather thanPortfolios are student centered rather than

teacher-created. Students need to …teacher-created. Students need to … keep their work on an on-going basis. keep their work on an on-going basis. students will select that which they feel students will select that which they feel

represents their best efforts and the represents their best efforts and the widest range of their abilities and skills. widest range of their abilities and skills.

reflect about why they have chosen their reflect about why they have chosen their samples and in doing so develop a criteria samples and in doing so develop a criteria for themselves with respect to what is for themselves with respect to what is "good" work."good" work.

Key Areas of Focus in Your Key Areas of Focus in Your PortfolioPortfolio

Career Goals – what have you Career Goals – what have you identified?identified?

Resume – is it up to date?Resume – is it up to date?Conference Board of Canada Conference Board of Canada

Employability Skills 2000+ - reviewing Employability Skills 2000+ - reviewing your skillsyour skills

Artifacts to be Included – certificates Artifacts to be Included – certificates etcetc

Contact InformationContact Information

WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO PRESENT WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO PRESENT

YOUR PORTFOLIO?YOUR PORTFOLIO? In an interviewIn an interview

To illustrate skills you are asked To illustrate skills you are asked to describeto describe

As concrete proof of your As concrete proof of your accomplishments as they relate to accomplishments as they relate to the opportunity at hand the opportunity at hand

Generally do not send with your Generally do not send with your application package unless application package unless requestedrequested

WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO PRESENT YOUR WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO PRESENT YOUR PORTFOLIO?PORTFOLIO? In a job performance evaluationIn a job performance evaluation

To remind the employer of your To remind the employer of your contributions and contributions and accomplishmentsaccomplishments

Some Final Portfolio Tips Some Final Portfolio Tips to Rememberto Remember

A portfolio is not a resume. A portfolio is not a resume. A portfolio may contain a resume. A portfolio may contain a resume. A portfolio may be large or small, a A portfolio may be large or small, a few pages to 20 or more. few pages to 20 or more.

A portfolio may contain colourful A portfolio may contain colourful graphics. graphics. Most people use the portfolio in Most people use the portfolio in interviews. They do not send them interviews. They do not send them out unannounced.out unannounced.

Conference Board of Canada Conference Board of Canada Employability Skills 2000+Employability Skills 2000+

Fundamental SkillsFundamental SkillsThe skills needed as a base for furtherdevelopment

Personal Management SkillsPersonal Management SkillsThe personal skills, attitudes and

behaviors that drive one’s potential for growth

Teamwork SkillsTeamwork SkillsThe skills and attributes needed to

contribute productively

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