North Grenville District High School Cooperative Education Department
A portfolio is a collection of purposefully selected items that you will gather during this course to illustrate your skills, values, abilities, and interests. These items will reflect the experiences you will have both in and out of school. Because you’re academic, personal management and teamwork skills will be developed during your experiences, you can use these selected items as tangible reminders and evidence as you plan your career path. It will enable you to keep track of what you do well and to identify areas that need strengthening.
Steps to creating your portfolio:
1. Materials
 portfolio
 labeled sections
2. Set-Up
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Cover Page: name, date, placement a) Table of Contents b) Exit Cover Letter, Exit Resume (email a copy to your teacher)
Update and revisit resume and cover letter from beginning of semester
(re-type your cover letter to your existing employer, showing your new experiences from the placement.) c) Employability Skills
List the skills that you have developed up to date (see handout #1 attached)
(very bottom of assignment) d) Volunteer Experience: (small photos(if possible), personal reflection, dates, location
Use paragraph form - for each volunteer experience e) Certificates and Awards (actual copies or photocopies, badges etc)
Examples : Coop certifications, Babysitting certificate, CPR, First-Aid, Swimming
Certificates, Passport to Safety, WHMIS etc…. f) Personal Goals and Achievements: (photographs, brochures, ticket stubs, etc)
List all school and non-school related activities in the last three years
*If in doubt about this section, simply write a short paragraph including the 5W’s about the interest g) Two Letters of Recommendation i) one from your co-op supervisor ii) one from an adult who knows you well (not a relative)

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Table of Contents
2.
Cover letter (No title or title page)
3.
Resume
4.
Employability Skills
5.
Volunteer Experience
6.
Certificates and Awards
(No title or title page)
(Include a title)
(Include a title)
(Include a title page)
7.
Personal Goals and Achievements (Include a title)
8.
Letters of Recommendation (No title or title page)
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Use 12pt size
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Use consistent font throughout all of your portfolio
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Single space all text
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Bold titles / headings
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Include borders on table of content and title pages
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Use spell check, grammar check and formal style writing (no short forms, slang etc)
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Have someone proof read your portfolio
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A portfolio is a professional presentation of you! Keep it professional!

North Grenville District High School Cooperative Education Department
Category Level 4
Knowledge
Thinking
-includes all items needed in the portfolio
-all items are organized as per instructions
-uses personal insight to assess his/her development of skills and career goals with a high degree of effectiveness
Communication -excellent demonstration of written communication skills
-excellent oral presentation to teacher
Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
-includes most items needed in the portfolio
-most items are organized as per instructions
-includes some items needed the portfolio
-some items are organized as per instructions
-portfolio contains limited number of items required
–few items are organized as per instructions
-uses personal insight to assess his/her development of skills and career goals with considerable effectiveness
-good demonstration of written communication skills
-good oral presentation to teacher
-uses personal insight to assess his/her development of skills and career goals with some effectiveness
-uses personal insight to assess his/her development of skills and career goals with limited effectiveness
-some demonstration of written communication skills
-some speaking skills demonstrated in oral presentation
-limited demonstration of written communication skills
-limited demonstration of speaking skills in oral presentation to teacher
Application -student shows a high level of ability to connect his/her portfolio with their own personal growth
-student shows considerable ability to connect his/her portfolio with their own personal growth
-student shows some ability to connect his/her portfolio with their own personal growth
-student show limited ablility to connect his/her portfolio with their own personal growth

b) List the skills that you have developed up to date....Must be computer generated
A. Specific skills related to your job : i) Skills you have mastered well: ii) Skills you need to improve on:
B. Learning Skills (Look under General Workplace Expectations) i) Skills you have developed well ii) Skills you need to improve on