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High School Grade  Project 30 weeks

Portfolio Power: Crafting Your Learning Legacy

Cresta M
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Purpose

Students will craft personalized portfolios that highlight their academic journey, skills, and actionable goals, culminating in a dynamic presentation. Throughout the 30-week program, learners will navigate real-world projects, engage with mentors and industry speakers, and refine their resumes alongside supportive peers. This hands-on initiative not only fortifies academic competencies but also enhances communication, collaboration, and creative problem-solving, fostering an empowered mindset ready to transition beyond high school.

Learning goals

Students will develop and present a comprehensive digital or physical portfolio that showcases their learning journey, skills, and achievements across various disciplines. Through this project, they will enhance their abilities in public speaking, critical thinking, and effective communication, while also learning to collaborate with mentors and peers. The experience will culminate in crafting a resume and portfolio presentation that reflects individual aspirations, meeting all relevant California standards and competencies.

Standards
  • [California] C11.2 - Give an effective oral presentation of a portfolio.
  • [California] B11.2 - Give an effective oral presentation of a portfolio.
  • [California] 11.5 - Create a portfolio, or similar collection of work, that offers evidence through assessment and evaluation of skills and knowledge competency as contained in the anchor standards, pathway standards, and performance indicators.
  • [California] 11.5 - Create a portfolio, or similar collection of work, that offers evidence through assessment and evaluation of skills and knowledge competency as contained in the anchor standards, pathway standards, and performance indicators.
  • [California] C11.1 - Develop a binder or digital portfolio representative of completed work for presentation.
  • [California] B11.1 - Develop a binder or digital portfolio representative of student work for presentation.
  • [California] 11.5 - Create a portfolio, or similar collection of work, that offers evidence through assessment and evaluation of skills and knowledge competency as contained in the anchor standards, pathway standards, and performance indicators.
  • [California] A9.2 - Prepare an effective oral presentation of the portfolio content.
  • [California] 11.5 - Create a portfolio, or similar collection of work, that offers evidence through assessment and evaluation of skills and knowledge competency as contained in the anchor standards, pathway standards, and performance indicators.
  • [California] 11.5 - Create a portfolio, or similar collection of work, that offers evidence through assessment and evaluation of skills and knowledge competency as contained in the anchor standards, pathway standards, and performance indicators.
Competencies
  • Empowered Learner - Demonstrates mastery and application of academic competencies. Develops the skills and dispositions to persist through difficulties and plan for a future of self-improvement.
  • Effective Communicator - Engages diverse audiences respectfully by exchanging ideas and information responsibly, listening actively, speaking and writing clearly, and using print and digital media appropriately.
  • Productive Collaborator - Engages with others to achieve a common goal through building positive relationships, actively listening, showing empathy, and making individual contributions to a larger group.
  • Creative Contributer - Interprets experiences, imagines and plays with new possibilities with curiosity, and creates approaches that are novel, useful, and valued by the world around them.
  • Engaged Citizen - Shows respect and empathy across differences, embraces diversity of opinion, seeks cultural understanding, participates in the democratic process to challenge the status quo, and makes a positive impact on their community and the world.
  • Critical Thinker - Thinks deeply and makes informed decisions to create solutions or new understanding supported by relevant and reliable evidence.

Products

Throughout this 30-week project, students will develop a robust digital portfolio that showcases their academic growth, skills, and aspirations. They will create a comprehensive resume and gather artifacts from their coursework to highlight their competencies. The portfolio presentation will serve as a capstone event where students effectively communicate their learning journey, incorporating insights from guest speakers and mentors. Students will also collaborate to curate a peer feedback session, offering each other constructive input to refine their final presentations.

Launch

To kick off this learning experience, organize a Portfolio Launch Day where students listen to a panel of guest speakers, including successful alumni and industry professionals, who share their own portfolio journeys. Students will then participate in a brainstorming session to define their personal and academic goals for the portfolio project. This session encourages students to envision their portfolios as dynamic storytellers of their unique skills and aspirations. Conclude the launch with a collaborative activity in which students create mind maps outlining their intended portfolio themes, fostering an environment of creativity and peer support from the outset.

Exhibition

Throughout this 30-week project, students will create and present a comprehensive portfolio that highlights their skills, experiences, and aspirations. This portfolio will be reinforced by artifacts from various learning experiences, including engaging sessions with mentors and guest speakers. Students will have dedicated time to develop and refine their resumes, ensuring these documents effectively communicate their competencies. Towards the end of the project, students will showcase their work in a Presentation of Learning event, delivering well-crafted oral presentations that reflect the standards met and the skills mastered. This exhibition will serve as a platform for students to articulate their growth and future goals to peers, mentors, and community members.