1. Personal Career Portfolios
Ms. Lapointe
Career Counsellor

2. Definition Port – to move Folio – papers or artifacts
A portable collection of papers/artifacts presented in a variety of formats
Hardcopy, electronic and web based.

3. What is a Career Portfolio?
Like a Wallet:
it is a place where you keep your prized possession and what is important to you.
Documentation that describes you and your capabilities.
Prove that you possess the skills and abilities.

4. Why should you bother making a portfolio?
Personal development – Self Assessment
Skill Development
Career exploration
Further education and training
For marks/Class requirement

5. continued Workplace Career Development Life long process
Demonstrate concrete proof of skills and learning
Self-evaluation tool Essential tool for the new worker
Marketing and self-promotional tool
Assist in transition
Credit (class and grad)
Tool used to track and record learning experiences (skills, jobs, school, life)
Interviews

6. A Portfolio Can Help Answer These Questions:
Self
What do I want to do next?
What are my strengths?
What am I proud of?
What am I interested in?
Hopes, Dreams, Goals!
Employer/other:
Tell me about yourself?
Why should we hire you?
Why do you think you are qualified for this job?
Why should we grant you a scholarship/award?

7. Steps involved in developing a PCP
Collect
Select
Reflect
TIME and EFFORT – take pride in this opportunity!

8. What should you do first?
Listen to this presentation and follow the instructions
Binder, sheet protectors, dividers that work
Then COLLECT

9. What should you collect?
Transcript
Attendance record
Resume
Certificate from school
Letters of recommendation
An essay, report or article
TOKW
Picture of a team you were on
A poem, quote, book that represents a value or belief that is important to you
A picture of a project or plaque
List of skills and how they were achieved
Brief description of courses taken
Short and long term goals
Report cards
Personal Career Development Plan
Personal Interest Inventories
Documentation of membership in a club
Extracurricular awards (swimming, scouts, etc)
Picture or video of a completed report
First Aid/Babysitting/etc.
Picture of family
Trophies, badges, crests, certificates
Training
Participation in an ethnic or cultural organization
Faith development
Strengths
Abilities

10. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS Grade 9
Title page (Personal Career Portfolio)
Table of Contents
need an INTRODUCATION section among others
Volunteer section for practicum
Professional & Neat
look good no spelling errors
Letter of Reference
Career Development Plan Sheet
Graduation Checklist
2 school projects
TOKW
Goals
Values
Skills

11. Reflect
Reflection is a lifelong process. It helps you look at what you have done, analyze your results, measure your successes and adjust your conduct in the future. You did this naturally when you were a small child discovering how the world worked.
Reflect part allows you to ask yourself questions about the learning connected to the portfolio item. For example:
What have I learned?
What have I noticed
What would I do differently?
What strengths and weaknesses are shown in this item?
How does what I am doing affect my future choices?

12. Reflection continued
For most items included in your portfolio you will need to provide a reflection/justification.
Why did you include it? Why is it important?
What did you learn?

13. SKILLS Handout conference board of Canada and skills sheet
Destination 2020
Strength sheet
SKILLS: Job Specific, Transferable, Self Management

14. How to create your own sheets?
Microsoft publisher
Clip art/borders/colours
Word

15. Portfolio Plan Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Career Guidance 90
Grade 10
Christian Ethics 10
Grade 11
English 20 or Christian Ethics 20
Grade 12
Christian Ethics 30
GRADUATION!!!!!!!!!!!

16. Things to remember: Order Minimum of twenty items
Continuous project (don’t lose it and continue to develop your portfolio)

17. Vanier Portfolio Plan Grade 10 Resume/Cover Letter, My Story Grade 11
Career Report
Electronic Portfolio
Grade 12
Actual Interview with Portfolio
The Beginning/Your Future
Work force, post-secondary education, personal and professional development

18. Samples and Websites
Pursueonline
Math Curriculum Information

19. ROOM 221 Christa.lapointe@htcsd.ca
THANK YOU
ROOM 221