Course Requirements

Portfolio Requirements & College Applications for Class of 2017

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Portfolio Submission Deadlines

If you are a member of the Class of 2017 working towards your Global Competency Certificate, you must submit a completed portfolio by May 2, 2017. Your portfolio will be evaluated and returned to you by May 12, 2017. You will present your project at the Global Citizenship Program symposium on May 17, 2017.

Course Requirements & Global Competency Certificate

You will be awarded your Global Competency Certificate until the end of the year at the Global Citizenship Program Symposium. If you fail to fulfill all of the GCP requirements, you WILL NOT earn your Global Competency Certificate and your chosen college will be notified.

Portfolio Requirements

Portfolios must be bound or in a folder/cover. They will contain, in the following order:

  1. Cover page (including name, title, year of graduation, optional photo related to portfolio contents)
  2. Reflection Essay (typed, double spaced, 2-3 pages)
  3. Global Resume (typed)
  4. Global Academic Requirements form and updated copy of transcript.
  5. Travel Experience (or) Travel Equivalent Application form (with advisor’s signature)
  6. Photo Journal and/or representative written journal entries from your travel experience (3-5 pages). Photos must have explanatory captions.
  7. Global Exploration Project Approval form (with advisor’s signature)
  8. Signed service log
  9. Global Exploration Project or research paper
    1. If you completed a creative project that does not fit in the portfolio (a meal, a learned piece of music, artwork, video, etc.), you must submit a one-page reflection along with photographs or other documentation of your creative project

Portfolio Reflection Essay

Your reflection essay will thoughtfully explain how you have fulfilled the mission and expectations for the GCP Certificate Program. Although you do not have to comment on each expectation, you should be as specific as possible about ways in which the academic requirements, social and educational events, travel experience, and/or independent research have heightened your global awareness. You may also comment on how you hope to continue to develop your global citizenship skills after graduating from Milford High School. Be as specific as possible; this is a personal essay that should reflect your individual interests, skills, and passions.

Global Resume

The Global Resume is intended to provide an organized, professional summary of your academic and extracurricular experience as a member of the GCP Certificate Program. You may also include globally-related activities completed outside of GCP. This document should follow a format similar to the the sample found in this manual.