What is a Career Portfolio?
A portfolio is a collection of work documenting a student’s skills, abilities, and achievements overtime. Portfolios also capture other aspects of a student’s life such as education and training, volunteer experience, or extra-curricular activities. Creating a digital portfolio can demonstrate a student’s employability skills and professional capabilities to help make him/her more attractive to colleges or employers.
2025 Career Portfolio Contest Handout
Purpose of the Contest:
To recognize students who have developed an outstanding Career Portfolio.
Promote college and career readiness in the Delaware Co. area.
Eligible Students:
Any 2025 graduate from Big Walnut, Buckeye Valley, Delaware Hayes, Olentangy, Olentangy Berlin, Olentangy Liberty, Olentangy Orange, Thomas Worthington, Worthington Kilbourne or Delaware Area Career Center.
Entry Format:
Students will create the Career Portfolio in a Google Slides or Canva document
Portfolio components need to be linked in Google Slides or Canva
A student entry must be submitted as a sharable link, with viewing rights for anyone with the link.
For the Delaware area contest, the top 5 entries from each high school should be sent/shared by your school counselor/contact to Lisa-Marie Reinhart at reinhartL@delawareareacc.org
A digital picture and parent/guardian contact information will be requested of each contest winner.
Award:
$250 cash scholarship, awarded to the Top 5 portfolio winners
Timeline:
March 14, 2025- Deadline for county contest submissions. (Top 5 from each high school)
March 17-28- Online Career Portfolio Contest Judging
April 1- Announcement of Contest Winners
TBD- Award Recognition will coincide with senior awards program at each school
Contest Judging:
The portfolios from each school will be judged by a 3-member committee comprised of local education, business, and community leaders. The judges will be provided information in advance about the Career Portfolios. Judges will evaluate the portfolios using a score sheet. Areas of the evaluation will include:
Introductory Letter & Table of Contents
Inclusion of appropriate Career Readiness Materials
Quality of Career Readiness Materials
Materials reflect growth, achievement, and/or goals for the future
Evidence of student's skills, abilities, and experiences
Evidence of career planning, goal setting, and employability
Evidence of soft skill development
Over-all Organization/ Format
Professional in appearance, quality, navigation, and use of multimedia
Correct grammar, spelling, word choice, etc.
For more information, please contact Lisa-Marie Reinhart at (740) 201-3218 or reinhartL@delawareareacc.org.