PORTFOLIOS

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PORTFOLIOS

• Diversified Career Preparation
• The Academy of Irving ISD
• 2005

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Definition

• RESUME
• Usually 1-page
• Summary of what is done, learned, and interested
  in
• Might say like to help other people

• PORTFOLIO
• Group of documents
• Documents prove what resume says
• Might contain a letter from teacher thanking for
  spending time with a new student

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Why a Portfolio?

• High School Freshman/Sophomore
• Get to know self better
• Important learning tool
• High School Junior/Senior
• Interviews
• Decisions about education and career goals
• After High School
• Tool for marketing self to potential employers
• Meet with college admissions personnel

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Why a Portfolio?

• Portfolio shows
• What you have accomplished
• What your skills are
• What experiences you have had
• What you have done to improve yourself
• What your goals and values are
• What your school and career preferences are

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Benefits of a Portfolio

• Evaluates self and progression
• Important Grades do not show
• Everything about self
• Capabilities of understanding
• Capabilities of doing
• Activities out of school
• Builds self-confidence

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Setting goals may give you the courage to try to
achieve those goals.
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Portfolios Goals

• Set goals that are specific
• Set goals you can reach
• Set goals you can measure
• Set goals that are realistic
• Set a deadline for each step taken toward
  reaching goals

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Portfolios Goals

• Set long-range goals sometime in the future
• Set short-range goals reach soon
• Goals for lifes direction
• To always keep learning, even when no long a
  student
• To be number one in career
• To be the best possible

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Portfolios Goals

• Goals before creating portfolio
• See what needs to be done to reach goals
• Identify what might keep from reaching goals
• Think about way to deal with those things

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Portfolios Goals

• Goals for determining content
• What strengths and weaknesses are
• What values are
• What is wanted from career
• What skills and abilities are
• What is to be accomplished

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Most interviewers from college recruiters to
restaurant managers know what type person they
are looking for. Interviewers want information
that helps them make a decision.
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The Portfolio

• Different ways to make a portfolio
• Limited by creativity, time, and budget
• Master Portfolio
• Contains every piece of information about self
  and background
• Subset Portfolios
• Contain only information that applies to certain
  situations
• Pull documents from Master portfolio that
  matches qualities to need

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Methods of Organization

• Multiple Intelligences
• SCANS Skills
• Self-Exploration

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Multiple Intelligences
Methods of Organization
EXAMPLE
Photo of AwardWinning Project

• VISUAL/SPATIAL
• Visual skills
• Looking at objects and spaces
• VERBAL/LINGUISTIC
• Language skills
• Reading, writing, speaking, and listening
• MATHEMATICAL/LOGICAL
• Math skills
• Working with numbers and by solving problems

EXAMPLE
PublishedArticle
EXAMPLE
SAT MathScore
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Multiple Intelligences
Methods of Organization
EXAMPLE
Participation in Youth Recreation Program Letter

• BODILY/KINESTHETIC
• Physical skills
• Doing things and using body
• MUSICAL/RHYTHMIC
• Music and rhythm skills
• Using musical concepts, songs, patterns, and
  musical instruments
• INTRAPERSONAL
• Self-awareness skills
• Natural understanding of feelings, values, and
  ideas

EXAMPLE
Participation inChurch YouthChoir Letter
EXAMPLE
Photo withNursing HomeResident
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Multiple Intelligences
Methods of Organization
EXAMPLE
ProgramShowing Rolein a Musical

• INTERPERSONAL
• People skills
• Learn through natural ability to understand
  others working in group
• NATURALIST
• Outdoor skills
• Learn from outdoor activities, animals, field
  trips appreciate nature

EXAMPLE
Article aboutMembership inHikers Club
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Multiple Intelligences
Methods of Organization
EXAMPLE
Award for aNeighborhoodPolitical Survey

• EXISTENTIAL
• Mental visualization skills and high ideals
• Learn by looking at the big picture interested
  in world issues and in ethical conduct

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SCANS Skills
Methods of Organization
Secretarys Commission on Achieving Necessary
SkillsU.S. Secretary of Labor
EXAMPLE
SAT Scores

• BASIC
• Read, write, do mathematics, listen, and speak
• THINKING
• Think creatively, make decisions, solve
  problems, reason, and learn
• PERSONAL QUALITIES
• Responsible for self, maintain self-esteem, be
  sociable, and have integrity and honesty

EXAMPLE
Speech ClubAward
EXAMPLE
Participation asYouth ChoirLeader Letter
If you dont have these skills, interviewers may
not consider you!
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Self-Exploration
Methods of Organization
birth certificate health records picture ID
social security passport drivers license
work permit non-citizen paperssurvey/test/asses
sment results

• Personal Information
• Values
• Introduction Personal Reflections

family life is like education - social group
membershipslife experiences involvement in
public/community serviceleadership roles
church charitable organizations
self discovery about self while assembling
portfoliocareer education goals major
interests special abilitiesautobiographical
short summary
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Self-Exploration
Methods of Organization

• Accomplishments Job History
• Skills and Attributes
• Education Training

resume description of paid/unpaid
jobsname/address of organizations supervisors
namesjob evaluations references letters of
recommendation
formal/informal training job, school,
hobby/interestsintangible qualities
communicate well work on team projectslearn
quickly follow instructions accept criticism
- creative
high school transcript course descriptions
information about completed projectsseminars/wor
kshops completed
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Self-Exploration
Methods of Organization

• Peoples Opinions

positive, written statements about
school/work/communityactivities
awards/certificates
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Portfolio Supplies

• Original documents (clean, clear photocopies
  will work)
• Place in transparent plastic cover (sheet
  protection)
• Separators/labels to divide sections (type
  labels)
• 3-ring binder, not too large or too small
  (large materials may require artist-type case)

• Copies of documents
• Sheet protectors
• Section dividers
• Labels
• 3-ring binder
• Cover sheet
• Briefcase

PAPER PORTFOLIO
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Portfolio Supplies

• Cover sheet (computer generated or original
  design not too wild)
• Name
• Address
• E-mail address
• Telephone number
• During interview, place items in briefcase for
  easy access
• All visuals should look appealing and be in color
• Clean off any smudges/handprints

• Copies of documents
• Sheet protectors
• Section dividers
• Labels
• 3-ring binder
• Cover sheet
• Briefcase

PAPER PORTFOLIO
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Portfolio E-Supplies

• Electronic version of resume
• Scan documents (proofread everything)
• CD (cannot change after distribution)
• Web site
• Web-creation software (50)
• Domain name, URL (50/3-years)
• Web hosting service (10/month)

• Not expensive
• Update easily
• Contact others fast
• Wider public touch

ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO
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An electronic portfolio will not get you a job,
but it might get you an interview.
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Portfolio The Interview

• Before Interview
• Describe one skill or accomplishment
• Describe problem or need faced
• Describe action taken to solve problem or meet
  need
• Describe results

Preparation Preparation Preparation
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Your portfolio is a marketing too. And YOU are
what is being marketed.
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Create a Portfolio
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Create a Portfolio

• PAPER

• ELECTRONIC

Create a self-exploration portfolio using the
guidelines and information presented.
Create an electronic self-exploration portfolio
(PowerPoint, etc.) using the guidelines and
information presented.
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Portfolios

• Diversified Career Preparation