Title: Using Student Portfolios with Facts.org
1Using Student Portfolioswith Facts.org
- Toni Ripo
- Career Resource Advisor
- MCC 752-5325
2Overview
- CRC OCO web pages
- Career Portfolio skills matrix, artifacts
demo - Research
- Technical requirements
- Evidence of learning outcomes
- Brainstorm ways to integrate CP into the
classroom - Uses, support and anticipated implications
- Florida Academic Counseling Tracking for
Students (Facts.org) web pages
3Career Portfolio
- Interactive, web-based tool
- Define, Describe and Demonstrate
- Stores academic and out-of-classroom experiences
in a database - Showcase of student success
- Customized into 3 portfolios for different
purposes
4In the skills matrix, students can
- Reflect on their academic and out-of-classroom
experiences - Describe course work
- Translate learning outcomes into skills employers
value. - Seek out opportunities to build skills
- On-going
5Helping students to use the portfolio
- Reflect on course syllabus and course assignments
describe activities, accomplishments and
knowledge gained. - Store completed assignments in one centralized
location - Identify current skills and activities to build
new skills
6The Career Portfolio collection can include
- Course descriptions
- Résumé
- Transcript
- References
- Letters of reference
- Artifacts - demonstrate learning outcomes
7Artifacts
- PowerPoint presentations
- Research papers
- Personal statements
- Photographs, pictures, images, drawings
- ( .jpg, .tiff, .gif)
- Music or audio files (.mp3)
- Video files ( .mpg, .mov., avi)
- Web sites
8Portfolio Databank Items
Resume 1
Resume 2
Artifact 1 Term Paper
Artifact 2 Drawing
Skill 1 Creativity
Skill 2 Communication
Produced by Jimmy Yawn - SFCC
9 10(No Transcript)
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13Research
- Developed by FSU and licensed to Facts.org.
- Free online access to Floridas public
postsecondary students. - Scans skills 21st century skills
- Within the first two years 16,000 FSU students
used the Career Portfolio. - Survey of 200 employers 88 Useful
- 87 Use to screen applicants (29 - 43)
14Produced by FSU
15Student Feedback
- Pilot 132 students
- Several students cited the skills matrix as being
the best feature. - Allows me to store information in an orderly
fashion. Its easy to access - Organizes information in one central location.
16Intent and frequency of use
- INTENT
- Track store learning experiences 50
- Store a project 46
- Store resume 80
- FREQUENCY
- Once a semester to several times per month 39
17Technical requirements
- PC Internet connection
- 10 MB indefinitely
- Storage space can be increased
- Active student ID at a public college or
university - Orientation, training and support
- Logistical requirements (not completed in one
sitting)
18Strategic Alignment Amended 2/18/2004
Proposals for Legislative Amendments to Higher
Education Act Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, Principles of
Accreditationhttp//www.sacscoc.org/pdf/Principle
sOfAccreditation.PDF
- The 2004 amendments will require institutions, as
part of the Accreditation Review process to
document compliance with federal criteria for
continuing accreditation (Section 4, Federal
Requirements) - Institutions will expand their efforts to provide
useful information about student performance both
to students and the public at large, using the
increasingly rich data emerging from programs to
assess student learning. - Eligible institutions must accurately describe a
summary of student outcomes, qualitative and
quantitative, appropriate to the institutional
mission and goals, including placement rates for
professional and vocational programs.
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19MCC Mission Strategic Goals
- Manatee Community College provides an
accessible, dynamic learning - environment that facilitates the
achievement of educational, professional, and - personal goals by our students and
members of our communities in an - atmosphere that embraces academic
excellence, diversity, and innovation. - MCC Strategic PrioritiesÂ
- Provide excellence in education to prepare
students for a diverse and changing world. - Enhance student success by providing quality
student and academic support services. - Expand and improve the technology of the College
so as to better prepare students for the 21st
century and to better serve faculty and staff. - Develop an ongoing system of program evaluation,
long-term planning and self-assessment to meet
institutional goals and enhance institutional
effectiveness. - 9. Enhance the College's image, visibility
and distinction as an institution.
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20Accreditation and Accountability
- The College Career Portfolio serves as a
valuable - resource because
- Learning is more than an aggregation of grades
and fragmented coursework - Learning is a process of constructing meaning,
developing strategies, reflecting on experiences,
meaningful application of new knowledge and
skills - FACTS.org intentionally integrates learning
opportunities and documents the points that
specifically address learning goals and workforce
competencies
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21Process and ProductTechnology that offers a
competency model of individual performance
- The Product
- A useful web based tool
- Showcases career development
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- Provides impressive electronic communication
between students and employers, faculty, or
graduate schools - Electronic storage of 10 MB of text, graphics,
sound, and links
- The Process
- A powerful learning tool
- Facilitates awareness of career competencies and
planning - Structured, self-guided matrix involves student
participation in a continuous process of
reflection and inquiry - Captures evidence of learning outcomes related to
workforce competencies
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22Uses for a customized online presentation
- Faculty requirement
- College applications
- Scholarship application
- Employment applications
- Faculty portfolios SACS Accreditation
23Support
- Career Portfolio Tutorial
- Career Portfolio Help
- Skill definitions
- Experience definitions
- CRC classroom orientation
- One-on-one student support
- Facts.org technical support
24Anticipated Implications
- Self-directed learning
- Personal management
- Documentation of academic and career successes
- Increased self-esteem
- Increase course relevancy
- Greater connection between course work and
workforce readiness - Make better career decisions
25What portfolios can do for students
- Secure employment
- Get a raise
- Get a promotion
- Improve performance reviews
- Make career changes
- Make lateral moves within an organization
- Get new assignments
26Other Portfolio Resources
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- http//coe.fgcu.edu/faculty/valesky/Portfolios
.htm - The Portfolio Clearinghouse-http//www.aahe.org/te
aching/pfoliosearch3.cfm - TeachNet- http//teachnet.com/howto/employment/por
tfolios/ - Student Portfolio System Overview- Illinois
State- http//portfolio.ilstu.edu/ - The Kalamazoo Project- http//www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/
- U. S. Department of Education www.ed.gov Key
word search Portfolios - Wichita State - http//www.education.wichita.edu/,
choose search, type in electronic portfolios,
click on M3 Electronic Portfolios - The Minnesota e-folio- http//www.efoliomn.com/
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27Brainstorm ways to integrate the portfolio into
your classroom
- Require students to define your course in the
skills matrix - Require students to upload successful assignments
28Where do we go from here?
- Invite us into the classroom
- Send students to the CRC
- Encourage students to use the portfolio
- Thank you. Any questions?
29www.facts.org
- Career decisions
- Career portfolio
- Obtain unofficial transcripts
- Admissions common online applications
- Financial aid Bright Futures Scholarships
- College advising, degree shopping, degree audits
30- Thank you!
- Any Questions?