PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone

If students are interested in the PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone, they should review the PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone Handbook, speak with their counselor and complete the PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone Application. Each high school has a Capstone Portfolio Advisor, who can answer questions and assist students with the Capstone Portfolio process:

Why the PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone

Students might choose the PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone to meet graduation Math and English competency requirements because it best aligns with their postsecondary goal(s). The Portfolio Capstone is a great way to show what a student knows and can do as it relates to their postsecondary goal(s), including skills in design, creating a website, presenting professionally, demonstrating workplace math ability, demonstrating ability in reading, writing and communicating, and showcasing Essential Skills like Interpersonal Skills, Task and Time Management, Career Awareness, Ethical use of Information and communication, Self Advocacy, and Leadership.

Digital portfolios are also becoming increasingly more common in college applications and admissions processes. A curated body of work in a high school student’s digital portfolio can capture a student’s strengths, abilities and passions in a way that a standardized test score cannot. As educator and principal Matt Renwick points out, “Some students may have difficulties showing their true strengths in traditional assessments but may be marvelous at expressing themselves through video, music, art, spoken word, design, coding, or creative writing — mediums that are easy to embed into a digital portfolio.” As cited in Campus Press’s “Complete Guide to Student Digital Portfolios”, digital portfolios “can also help students develop independence as they’re given the responsibility of shaping and maintaining their own space on the web. Students can be granted the autonomy to capture, curate, document, and share their learning. There’s a lot to be said for the power of choice and ownership to motivate students to improve. The overarching purpose of portfolios is to create a sense of personal ownership over one’s accomplishments, because ownership engenders feelings of pride, responsibility, and dedication.”

A digital portfolio is a versatile tool that can prove to be an asset to a student applying for jobs, scholarships and colleges.

PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone Quick Links

PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone - Digital Portfolio Google Site Template

Click this link to access the Google Site Template. Clicking this link will open a Google Drive folder with only one file inside it: “PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Google Site Template”. Students must right-click this file to bring up a menu, from which they will select “Make a Copy”. This will create an exact copy of the Google Site Template in the student’s Google Drive; the student is now the owner of the Copy and may edit the copy. After the student selects “Make a copy”, the copy of the template will automatically be saved in the student’s “My Drive” in Google Drive. The student is now the owner of the copy and may begin editing the copy.

PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone - Published Google Site Submission

When students have completed their PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone digital portfolio Google Site, students must submit the published URL link for their digital portfolio Google site on this form: PWR Essential Skills Portfolio Capstone: Google Site Digital Portfolio Link Submission