Work Experience & Portfolio Preparation

Portmarnock Community School

EVALUATION

– Initiative in finding a placement 10%– Full completion of diary 25%– Presentation of diary on due date 15%– Report from employer 30%– Oral presentation to class 20%

Your Tutor is responsible for this evaluation

Portmarnock Community School

Portfolio

• The Portfolio is the purposeful collection of your work

• To show your effort, progress and achievement in ten areas of learning

• You will select the pieces of your work that best show learning, not necessarily the best pieces

Portmarnock Community School

Portmarnock Community School

Content of Portfolio

• One exemplar piece of work from Five subjects you studied (5)

• Photographs and accounts of two school-organised activities that took place outside Portmarnock Community School (2)

• Reflection on one outside school activity that you undertook yourself (1)

• One reflection on an activity you volunteered for in school (1)

• One reflection on your experience of TY – a Written Report, a song, a poem, be inventive! (1)

Portmarnock Community School

Portmarnock Community School

Presentation of Portfolio

• A folder• With a table of contents• Use dividers for the ten pieces of work• Individualise it – but don’t make it “dazzling” –

you may need to show this folder elsewhere

Portmarnock Community School

Portfolio Interview

Portfolios submitted Friday May 2nd 2014

Interviews:

Wednesday – Wed 14th and Wed 21st May