Career E-Portfolio UbD Lesson Plan

Stage 1 Desired Results Content Standard(s): CTAE-FS-10 - Career Development: Learners plan and manage academic-career plans and employment relations. Understanding (s)/goals Essential Question(s): Students will understand that creating and How is a career e-portfolio maintaining a career e-portfolio will assist beneficial? in the employment process by allowing How can a career e-portfolio assist them to better communicate their in career development and education, work experience, employment? accomplishments, skills, and interests. How is a career e-portfolio best organized for presentation? Student objectives (outcomes): Students will be able to: Define what a career e-portfolio is. Identify the types of information employers want to see in a candidates career e-portfolio. Stage 2 Assessment Evidence Performance Task(s): Other Evidence: Students will compose a letter of Students will complete an informal introduction, resume, cover, brag verbal 5 question quiz to review sheet, autobiographical incident concepts learned about career eessay post-secondary plans, and portfolios. (see below) Expected School Wide Learning Portfolio rubric for formal Results Essay (ESLR). assessment. (see below) Students will include certificates, scholarship information, awards, report card copies, letter of recommendations, Post-Secondary Applications, proof of filing FAFSA, four pieces of quality work with a reflection, service learning project, and copy of job application in their e-portfolios. Students will create a My Journey Slide Rocket presentation Students will compile all required items in personal career e-portfolio to be used for career preparation, job search and life after high school.

Stage 3 Learning Plan Learning Activities: Teacher Led:

Begin a class discussion by asking students to define what is meant by the term career portfolio. After students give their answers, explain that a career portfolio is designed to make it easy for a person to display his or her best work and accomplishments A career portfolio will include all of a persons accomplishments, experiences, and activities. The portfolio will stay with students for their entire career. Students should add to it regularly as they master certain skills relevant to their career objectives. The finished product will provide others with a comprehensive profile of the student and his or her abilities. Show students an example of a career portfolio. After students have seen a sample career portfolio, explain a career portfolio details a persons life, but it focuses on events that are relevant to a career and is created for professional use. A portfolio is for someone else to see and learn about a person professionally.

A career portfolio is many pages long and gives employers detailed information about a person. A career portfolio also contains pictures and graphics, original documentation, and certificates that prove a persons qualifications to an employer. A resume tells an employer about an individual while a career portfolio

shows an employer.
Student Centered: Each student should prepare an electronic career portfolio using a free online electronic portfolio hosting site: o o o Prezi http://prezi.com/ Online zooming presentation tool Wix http://www.wix.com/create/website Website creator Yola https://www.yola.com/ Website creator

Resource site for students to utilize:

o https://sites.google.com/site/nahsseniorportfolio/home
Items to include in complete e-portfolio (follow up activities):

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Section 1: Letter of Introduction to the readers of the portfolio Section 2: My certificates, scholarships, awards, and report card copies Section 3: Resume Section 4: Brag Sheet Section 5: Letters of Recommendation Section 6: Autobiographical Incident Essay Section 7: Post-Secondary Plan Section 8: ESLR Essay Section 9: UC, CSU, private, community college or post-secondary program application/s

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Section 10: Proof of Filing FASFA Section 11: Four pieces of my quality work with a reflection Section 12: Service Learning Project Section 13: Job Application Section 14: My Journey Slide Rocket Presentation

Rubric for Scoring Career E-Portfolio

Criteria
Overall Presentatio n

Unsatisfactory
The student does not present the portfolio in appropriate form.

Satisfactory
The student provides a notebook with the students name in plain view. Career items are provided but not in order by section or sections are missing. No table of contents is included. The letter was not in appropriate business letter format, contained numerous spelling and grammar errors, or did not go into enough depth of his or her interests, goals, and experiences. The student presented an incomplete typewritten resume using inconsistent format or a resume that exceeded one page. The student was able to partially describe education and experience. The student is able to provide at least 1 letter of recommendation from a nonfamily member.

Excellent
The student provides a notebook with the students name in plain view; all items are provided in correct order by sections, all pages are neat, clean, and three-hole punched. A table of contents is included. The student provides a letter discussing the students interests, goals and experience. The letter is in appropriate format and contains no more than 2 spelling and grammar errors. The student presented a complete, neat, typewritten resume, which described education and experience in professional language. The format was consistent and did not exceed one page. The student includes 3 letters of recommendation from non-family members. The student is also able to provide an additional list of employers/personal references with contact information. The student explains all of his or her awards and achievements, including a description of each award and how they accomplished their achievements. The student explains all of his or her work experience, including a list of responsibilities, tasks completed, and skills learned The student provides a complete list of leadership experience, including specific examples of what the student did to be a leader. The student provides a complete list of extracurricular activities, including clubs, sports, and hobbies. The student also explains what each activity entails. The student provides a complete list of their skills, including technology skills and any certification they have. The student is able to provide at least 3 samples of his/her best work, which highlight his/her abilities and/or interests. The student will also include CD-ROMs, videos, and other multimedia formats. The samples are appropriate to share with a potential employer. The student provides a letter thanking the employer for the interview opportunity. The letter also reminds the employer of the students skills. The letter is in appropriate format and contains no more than 2 spelling and grammar errors. There are pictures and visual aids throughout the portfolio, and the ones provided are both relevant and appropriate.

Cover Letter

The student did not present a cover letter.

Resume

The student did not present a complete resume in appropriate format.

References

Awards and Achievemen ts Work Experience

The student is not able to provide a letter of recommendation or the name of an employer or a personal reference from non-family members. The student does not list any of his or her awards or achievements The student does not provide any example work experience. The student provides no examples of his or her leadership experience. The student does not provide any extracurricular activities. The student does not provide any skills. The student is not able to provide a sampling of his or her best work.

The student briefly mentions his or her awards but does not explain what they were for, or the list is incomplete. The student briefly mentions his or her work experience but does not go into enough depth, or the students list of experience is incomplete. The student provides a list of leadership experiences, but does not go into detail. The student provides a partial list of extracurricular activities, including clubs, sports, and hobbies. The student provides a partial list of their skills. The student is able to provide at least one sample of his /her best work, which highlights his/her, abilities and/or interests. The samples are appropriate to share with a potential employer. The letter was not in appropriate business letter format, contained numerous spelling and grammar errors, or did not adequately thank the employer for the opportunity to interview with them. There are only 1 or 2 pictures or visual aids, or the ones provided are not relevant or appropriate.

Leadership Experience Extracurricu lar Activities

Special Skills Examples of Work

Follow-up Letter

The student is not able to present a follow-up letter.

Visual Aids/ Photograph y

There are no pictures or visual aids in the portfolio.

Career E-portfolio: Quiz

Question 1: Career portfolios are becoming common in high schools, ________, and workforce development. College Question 2: They are more in-depth than a ________, which is used to summarize the above in one or two pages. Rsum Question 3: For example, ________ can use portfolios in addition to a resume in order to showcase their best work and highlight challenging projects. Programmer Question 4: Career portfolios are used to plan, organize and document education, work samples and ________. Skill Question 5: People use career portfolios to apply to jobs, apply to ________ or training programs, get a higher salary, show transferable skills, and to track personal development. College