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= = =Planning Site for our Culminating Portfolio= =(intended to replace the current Culminating Project with implementation beginning with the 2010-2011 school year)=

=Please visit the Implementation Plan page. =

====The Culminating Portfolio is designed to serve as a record of what each student believes to be his best work during his high school career and also as a tool for each student's post-high-school and career planning. Each student will be responsible for planning the layout of his portfolio and should include photos, video, or anything else that will help the viewer understand that student's personality. The student will present his portfolio to a panel of teachers for evaluation during that student's senior year.====

It would extrememly nice of you to follow any additions that you make on this page with four tildes (ie. ~) so that we can know who is writing what. 1253190555

1. Now we need to explore university admissions and admissions into the schools of the universities to see what sort of items those different interests would like to see in an admissions portfolio. 2. Create a list of portfolio pieces for inclusion in a student's portfolio. 3. What pieces from the career portfolio need to be included? 1254159569

=Here are two SAMPLE PORTFOLIO sites that may be worth your investigation:=

A Sample Portfolio hosted at a wiki site Presentation on the Use of the Portfolio Above
I think we need to take a close look at the career planning portfolio checklist -[Dave]:


 * 1) The Checklist of Career Planning Activities
 * 2) The [|www.bridges.com] portfolio items
 * 3) A reflective writing that discusses at least two of that student's activities from the career planning activities. One item should be the portfolio items from [|www.bridges] com. This should be at least two paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 4) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

10th-Grade Year

 * 1) The I-Search research paper.
 * 2) The Resume
 * 3) A reflective writing that discusses at least four of that student's activities from the career planning activities for the year. One of the items discussed will be the subject of the I-Search paper. This should be at least four paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity, but in addition an introduction and a conclusion will always be good to include).
 * 4) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

11th-Grade Year

 * 1) Write a reflection on the process of Ethical Decision-Making Day as it relates to the student's perceptions.
 * 2) Write a reflection on three other areas on the Checklist of Career Planning Activities for grade 11. This should be at least three paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 3) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

12th-Grade Year
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 * 1) Individual Culminating Project
 * 2) Reflective essay on the student's individual project.
 * 3) Include any letters of recommendation that the student wishes to post.
 * 4) Update resume.
 * 5) Write a reflection on two other areas from the Checklist of Career Planning Activities for grade 12. This should be at least two paragraphs (one paragraph for each activity).
 * 6) A student may also include any other item which that student considers important.

Four-Year Piece
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 * Course Projects
 * 1) Each year the student should put at least one course project into the portfolio.
 * 2) Two additional projects from any school year should be placed into the portfolio.
 * 3) For each project the student should write a reflection that includes a rationale for including this particular project in the portfolio.
 * 4) One project from above to be expanded upon (with that couse teacher signing off that the project did go beyond the course project) OR a self-directed project. -- for 1-4 the student will include a rationale for each project included in the portfolio.
 * 5) The student will include any activities which fit into the categories for 6 and 7 and will then write a rationale for either 6 or 7.
 * 6) Service or Community Projects and/or volunteerism -- this should include a reflection.
 * 7) Extra-Curricular Activities. This should also include a reflection about what the student has learned and about how the various activities have impacted the student and maybe a discussion of favorite activities.

__Some Questions To Be Answered (if you have ideas for answers use colored print)__
How will the role of the regular classroom teacher change? I believe this would be a wonderful opportunity for teachers to encourage students to incorporate papers, projects, and/or reflections into the portfolio; if started early enough, the porfolio would then illustrate and demonstrate the growth of the student during his/her high school experience.Kwitmer

How will the role of the advisor change? ​I see the advisor as still guiding the student through the steps for completing an individual project; however, we would not stress that project as much as we do now (other than its being a required component for the beginning of the senior year and its defense being important as a part of the portfolio).1253190555

What are the implications for the senior presentations?

If we move to a portfolio, should the presentation/defense of that portfolio occur later in the senior year? What about at the beginning of the spring semester? I think the presentations should be changed to later in the school year. Many students do not have the ability to take a lot of electives until their senior year. They might complete some really relevant projects during this time that should be added to their portfolio. But we can't wait too long or it could be a mess to make sure all are compliant prior to graduation. I agree that after mid-terms would be a good time.moserjil

Would we keep the current Culminating Project booklet and add a portfolio booklet?

How will we train our staff?

How will we train our students?

Do we want students to begin this during their middle school years? Do we ask them to include a small number of things at the end of eighth grade or should it be an all high school project? Do we want our 9th-grade Computer Apps course to teach this or do we need all the 9th graders to be able to work on their portfolios from the opening of their high school career?

I think that we should probably ask the ninth graders to put one or two things from career development in their portfolios that they did in eighth grade with a very short reflection about those pieces. I think that logistically it may be difficult to have these started in middle school.1253190555

How to we provide resources for students to add digital material? Such as digital video cameras, digital still cameras or audio recording? Not enough resources here at school to "loan" out, nor do students currently have the ability to "check out" the limited resources we do have. cdipiano I do not think that this is a huge concern. If a student is going to add video or audio, it will probably be an individual decision, or it will come from a project in a class where the students had access to the technology that s/he would need. I think that there are enough digital cameras floating around that anyone who wanted to take a photo of a piece of artwork would certainly be able to do that. If we move to a portfolio, much of the responsiblilty will rest with the individual student. Our kids can get the technology that they want to use when they want to. 1253190555

Having a culminating portfolio is also a vehicle for us to meet our AFG goals and to monitor student service.
The list of ideas below was generated by Ken Witmer Career Pathways Planner--Info I-search Paper Interview Day Results Work Habits Survey Me Report—College Readiness Survey Ethical Decision Making Report Culminating Project Information--packet Résumé—10th and 12th Job shadowing experience Interest inventory survey—Choices?
 * List of Items for Electronic Portfolio **


 * __ English __**
 * Major papers for various classes
 * Projects
 * Children’s stories
 * Play scripts
 * Videos / Multimedia presentations
 * Dialectical journal
 * Theater lighting drawings
 * Collection of articles written for a publication
 * Collection of poetry


 * __ Social Studies __**
 * Research papers
 * Projects
 * Reflections of field trips
 * Genealogy Records
 * Self-analysis


 * __ Science __**
 * Science fair reports—grades 9-12
 * Fruit fly research
 * Major lab reports
 * Amusement park reflection
 * Webquests
 * Individual class projects
 * Wallops Island relection


 * __ Mathematics __**
 * Course-specific projects
 * Computer programs illustrating different programming languages
 * Real-world application of programming languages
 * __ World Languages __**
 * Word study—etymology
 * Field trip reflections
 * Individual class projects
 * Videos


 * __ Fine Arts __**
 * Portfolio—painting, sculpture, fibers, ceramics, graphic design
 * Various projects
 * Photographs


 * __ Business __**
 * Individual class projects
 * Sales strategies
 * Product development
 * Business plan
 * Field trip reflections
 * Various publishings (individual)
 * Multimedia presentations


 * __ Family and Consumer Science __**
 * Pictures of clothing
 * Patterns for clothing
 * Portfolio of creative crafts
 * Video of food preparation
 * Interior design projects

1. Health 2. Anatomy and Physiology
 * __ Health and Physical Education __**
 * Gym major reflections
 * Individual class projects

· Audio/ Video of recital · Original arrangements / compositions · Marching band reflection (9-12) · Reflections of mucical accomplishements—Districts, Regionals, States · Refelctions of musical trips (state-side or overseas)
 * __ Music __**


 * __ Technology Education __**
 * Various Projects
 * Metals
 * Wood
 * Wood carving
 * Photography portfolio
 * TV clips that the student directed / produced
 * Graphic design portfolio
 * CO2 race cars
 * CAD drawings
 * Mechanical drawings


 * __ Work-based Education __**
 * ASC projects
 * ASC reflections
 * YES program reflections
 * Career Intern Activities (log)
 * DO Log
 * DO reflections
 * WTP activities
 * WTP reflections


 * __ Miscellaneous __**
 * JROTC reflections of various activities
 * Safety Ed projects
 * Yearbook project reflections