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Senior Inquiry Portfolio: Your portfolio will be a digital collection of items from your senior year that demonstrate or showcase your skills and accomplishments.
Directions: Your portfolio will be digitally uploaded to Career Cruising (see video directions). You will be able to select several additional items to digitally upload that relate the learning, growth, or career skills gained as a senior in Akron Public Schools. First, start with planning the documents that will go in your portfolio by clicking the What's in my portfolio? Outline on the right. Then, using Career Crusing, upload the documents to your My Links or My Items page in Career Cruising.
A rubric is included to guide your work.
Carefully read the Portfolio Choice Board below for required pieces of evidence.
Portfolio Menu Board
Important note regarding photos and documents: Please be sure to redact your personal information or that of other students with the exception of your name.
10 pieces of Required Portfolio Evidence:
- What’s in my Portfolio? Outline
- Proposal Assignment
- Product Assignment
Choose at least 7 more pieces of evidence from the suggested list below. Ask your teacher/mentor for approval of items not on this list. All portfolio items must be unique. For example, if you upload 7 Pay Stubs, they would only count as one item.
- Work photos or pay stubs
- Certificates of completion, attendance, skill
- Senior research papers
- Senior projects in science or technical classes
- Letters of reference
- Resume, cover letters, professional business correspondence
- Resume Builder Sources:
- Career Kids - This site does not require an account. Students simply input their information and click a few boxes to generate a resume. The resume that is created is basic, but this site is very easy to use.
- Resume Generator - Designed to be used by high school students. It contains written and audio tips to help students through the process.
- About.me - While this is not a traditional resume, it is a good place for students to create a positive digital footprint.
- VisualCV for Students - This site allows students to create a digital resume to share online. This site has lots of examples and ideas that students will find useful.
- Employer or volunteer grade sheet (linked on the right)
- College application copies
- Photos of work you’ve done
- Copy of test score results
- High scoring tests
- Extracurricular sports and clubs (brochures, pictures, videos, etc)
- Work log signed by mentor
- Employer/volunteer grade sheet
- Other class journals
- Senior classroom presentations
- A video, story, music, artwork, or poem you created
- Certifications
- Participation in school activities (committees, planning, plays, etc.)
- Completed job applications
Quick Guide Portfolio Evidence
What's in my Portfolio? Outline (Due February 15, 2018)
Portfolio Rubric (Due February 23, 2018)
Career Cruising Directions (Videos)
Ineligible Evidence
Personal entertainment activity such as movies tickets, concerts, sporting events, etc.
Letters, cards, photos that celebrate routine activities (birthdays, vacation photos, etc.)
Evidence may be deemed inappropriate due to language, bullying, subject content, or if it violates the student code of conduct.
Duplicates of the same evidence. For example, you may use pictures of you volunteering as evidence, but only one picture will count in the total.
If you have additional questions or concerns, first reach out to the assigned student mentor, senior counselor, and/or the principal of the high school. For appeals or additional questions, please email TheSeniorProject@apslearns.org and a team will review.
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