Portfolio Handbook
11th Grade Portfolio
Qualities Pages
The main Projects Page of the website will be updated (if necessary) to better explain PBL (project-based learning) and the importance of the 5 Qualities in the student's own words. From here, the 5 quality pages will each be linked and described on its own page with updated personalized definitions written by the student.
Experience Page
Here, the student will update desrciptions of their after-school activities and interests. This page is an intro the student's "outside of school" persona, which will become more extensive in future years. Eventually, this page will discuss internship experiences and jobs.
This page should also include a link to the Resume page.
Summary & Deadlines
Students in 11th grade will assess their skills and growth up to this point in order to determine a more specific educational or career path.
Throughout the year, students will debrief on various endeavors and write 2 reflections per class (or only 1 for semester class), focusing on a learning endeavor(s) from that content area. For semester classes, the reflections will be revised within the semester so that the student already has a more complete draft for portfolio inclusion by the end of the semester. By March 4, students will choose which Reflection drafts will be included in their Portfolios and notify their elective/foreign language teachers (or any semester course teachers) of this decision.
Grade-Level Overview Page
For 11th graders, this page will include an introduction to the driving question's answer (above) as well as 5 "reflection sections" within the same piece of writing. These written sections will form the body of the essay, replacing the typical "entries" written in previous years.
In this respect, the lengthy reflection will serve as 1 extended "essay" reflection with 5 sections. Each section (focusing on 5 different courses, respectivecly) will be 1-3 paragraphs and include 1-2 artifacts per section. The classes represented in this essay will be the 4 core classes (including the Social Studies course from 1st semester, plus 1 elective course of the student's choice.
The 5 reflection sections will be assessed using the Reflection Rubric by each of the chosen content teachers, but the introduction and conclusion sections, as well as the overall website polish, will be assessed by the advisor.
"How am I better prepared for college and career as a result of my 11th grade year?"
Resume Page
As part of their Technical Reading & Writing course, students will create a professional resume highlighting work and internship experiences in addition to professional references.
The resume will have its own page of the website, featured as an additional "main page" tab at the top of the website along with the other 4 main pages. On this page, the resume will appear as both an embedded image for large viewing as well as an icon for downloading as a PDF.
This page and its content will be assessed by the Technical Reading & Writing teacher using the Resume Rubric.
