1. Proposed Courses for February 2, Mission Statement - Pequea Valley School District will create an environment that inspires each individual to excel.

3. Pequea Valley Secondary E-Portfolios A collection of artifacts that reflects students’ academic progress, personal development, and future plans.
Arlen Mummau, Amy Koberstein, Ed Lapp, Carolyn Pencheff,
Alicia Trescavage, and Rebecca Scheuer

4. What is an E-Portfolio?
An E-Portfolio uses electronic technologies to organize audio, video, text, and graphic examples of students’ academic progress, personal development, and future plans

5. Benefits of an E-Portfolio
Provides a means for students to:
Condense, update, and maintain important academic and personal information in a transportable format
Collect documents or other items from a course to preserve work and demonstrate understanding
Collect general information to be used on a resume or college/scholarship application
Maintain video files of sporting events, musical performances, etc. for preservation and presentation
Create a chronological record of academic and personal progress

6. Benefits of an E-Portfolio continued…
Provides a means for students to:
See the connection between curriculum and future career/college plans
Develop future plans through guided research and self reflection
Maintain a comprehensive secondary record of achievement for use in job interviews, college/scholarship interviews
Collect, select, reflect, and connect artifacts and learning to life beyond high school

7. Examples of E-Portfolio Artifacts
Writing assignments
Reflections on post- secondary school visits
Scholarship search
PSAT, ACT, SAT test results
Awards, honors
Work experience, leadership roles
Job shadowing
Letters of recommendation
Scholarship essay
Athletic video
Future plan – SMART goals
Career/college search
Audio of musical performance
Photos from Eagle Scout ceremony
Photographic examples of art work, wood work, etc.

8. Secondary E-Portfolio Guided Process
E-Portfolio mentors meet with students individually.
Take Career Cruising Assessments
Interest Inventory
Skills Inventory
Learning Styles
Choose 3 Careers
Develop SMART Goals
Review goals
Input extracurricular activities, awards, honors