College Prep Portfolio Development Workbook
for Students

by Anna Graf Willams, Karen J. Hall, & David E. Morrow

ISBN: 978-0-9705790-8-9
Publisher: Learnovation, LLC,
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 81 pp. Published: 9/01/2006

$22.95

Description

The College Prep Portfolio Development Workbook for Students contains skill awareness exercises designed to help high school students identify their current skills and the skills they need to succeed. It also contains checklists and guidelines for creating a résumé and assembling a personalized college prep portfolio.

With the first exercise, a student begins to create a master list of his or her skills and skill deficits. Each additional exercise explores different types of skills, places to gain experience, and ways to present these abilities to college program directors, internship coordinators, or future employers.

Features

• portfolio planner tracks the skills you have and need to be develop
• resume template for creating your own résumé
• assembly checklist helps you track what you need and what you have to put together your portfolio
• includes activities geared to college prep including identifying majors and colleges, completing application essays, and a college application checklist

Contents

• 1– Your College Prep Portfolio Planner
• 2– Class Skills Inventory
• 3– Transferable Skills Inventory
• 4– Soft Skills Inventory
• 5– Choosing Your Major
• 6– Focusing Your Skills Using Job Listings
• 7A– Planning for the Skills You Need – College Plan of Study
• 7B– Planning for the Skills You Need – Jobs
• 7C– Planning for the Skills You Need – Transferable Skills
• 8– Identifying Potential Colleges and Universities
• 9A– Résumé Development – Résumé Organizer
• 9B– Résumé Development – Using Keywords in Your Résumé
• 10– Gathering, Sorting, and Refining Work Samples
• 11– Creating Your College Prep Portfolio – Assembly Checklist
• 12– Application Essay
• 13A– What's Your Attitude?
• 13B– Shifting Your Attitude
• Appendix– College Application Checklist