Portfolio Development Part 1
Introduction
Graduate-school portfolios may be utilized for a variety of purposes, including as career or professional portfolios, assessment portfolios, or developmental portfolios. The portfolio developed for this course will combine elements of a professional portfolio and an assessment portfolio, allowing students an opportunity to create an electronic portfolio demonstrating their mastery of each of the program learning outcomes as well as prepare necessary documents for future career opportunities in their current field or others.
Instructions
This week you will begin to compile and build your professional portfolio. UtilizingFoliobegin to build your online portfolio that will serve as a repository of information as well as a professional presence. Folio is available by accessing your account on your Canvas Dashboard page.
If you are not familiar with Folio, review the following resources:
Then, begin the process of creating your professional portfolio by setting up the site and adding headings that reflect each of the program learning outcomes for your specific degree. Review your program'slearning outcomes
Download learning outcomes.
Create and add to your portfolio some of the important career-portfolio elements as described below.
- Personal Introduction: Who are you? Describe in one paragraph your strengths, interests, and experiences that make you a unique and valuable employee. This might look much like the introduction used on LinkedIn. This would be an appropriate place to use pictures to create a more interesting portfolio.
- Professional Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume: Be sure that you have updated your resume or CV to reflect your status as a doctoral student. Note: It is never appropriate to add the degree to your name until AFTER you have graduated. While you may see people list PhD, ABD, this is not appropriate and should not be used. You may, however, add your expected date of completion or year of graduation.
- Highlight specific field-related experience, philosophy, or other information. If you are in education or are interested in teaching in the future, you might list your teaching philosophy here. For psychology, you may list your areas of specialization. You may also choose to highlight any specialized training or certification you possess.
Carefully consider the design elements of your portfolio, including the use of a professional font, pictures, reference materials, and access for future employees and others.
Submit
Insert a link to your portfolio in a Word document and submit via Waypoint.