Portfolio
Portfolio Grade 10
Career Research
Career Research includes explorations designed to identify your interests and abilities in order to help you focus on education and occupations that are right for you.
- To complete this Career Research competency, you must save the WOIS bar graph to your WOIS Portfolio and list three careers and schools you are considering on your Personal Education Plan (PEP).
If you have previously created a PEP, you may download and revise it from your WOIS Portfolio. If you need to create one, click here. The revised/updated PEP must be saved to the “File Management” section of the WOIS Portfolio.
Before you start this activity, make sure you have the WOIS Site Key which is available from your Career Center.
Washington Occupational Information System (WOIS) Career Interest Areas Activity
Take the Career Interest Areas Activity
The Career Interest Areas Activity helps you match your interests with types of careers.
- Go to www.wois.org and log on with your school’s Site Key. Obtain the Site Key from your Career Center.
- Click on “Assessments” on the left hand side of the page.
- Click on “Career Interest Areas.”
- While taking this survey of your preferences, quickly select the activity that you would prefer. Don’t spend much time thinking about it. Go with your first impression.
- When you finish answering all the questions, type your first and last names in the box, then click on “Find my interest areas.”
- Save the bar graph to your WOIS Portfolio by clicking on “Save results to my Portfolio.” (You may have to Create a New Account.) After saving your results, click on “Return to your Career Interest Areas results page”.
- Find your highest score (longest red bar) under “Your Career Interests.”
- Click on the title of the interest area with the highest score on the left side of the graph.
- Click on a career path that interests you. If you don’t find an occupation you are interested in within this interest area, click “Return to results” and click the title of the next highest interest area.
- Identify and list three occupations and three schools that interest you on your Personal Education Plan (PEP). Your PEP must be saved to the “File Management” section in your WOIS Portfolio as “Other,” type in “High School and Beyond Plan.”
Personal Education Plan (PEP)
The Personal Education Plan (PEP) is to help you plan the sequence of your classes through high school. It is a framework to help document your high school course work and your plans following graduation.
- To complete this Grade 10 competency you must create or update your Personal Education Plan (PEP). If you have already created a PEP, go to the “File Management” section in your WOIS Portfolio and revise/update it. If you need to create one, click here. Your PEP must be saved to the “File Management” section in your WOIS Portfolio as an ”Education Plan" type.
Resume/Cover Letter
A resume is an itemized list of your qualifications, education, and experience that you may use when applying for a job or post-secondary training. There are many templates for resumes. Click here for an example of a resume. A cover letter follows business etiquette and accompanies a resume. This letter gives you the opportunity to help promote yourself for a position. Click here for an example of a cover letter.
- To complete this competency, you must save your resume and cover letter to your WOIS Portfolio. You may want to update your resume from Grade 9. Be sure to include your paid or unpaid work experiences, hobbies, clubs, sports, and educational information. Save your resume to the “File Management” section in your WOIS Portfolio as a “Resume” type. Save your cover letter under the “File Management” section as a “Cover Letter” type.
Letters of Recommendation
A Letter of Recommendation is a formal, typewritten letter written by an adult that addresses your personal qualities, accomplishments, education, volunteer and community experiences. These letters may come from teachers, counselors, coaches, employers or others who know you well. A Letter of Recommendation may be used by potential employers, colleges or training institutions. It is highly recommended that you have at least one uploaded to Portfolio. Click here for a Letter of Recommendation Form. As a student, you may print out this form, fill it in, and give it to the person who will be writing your letter.
Awards and Certificates
Awards, certificates or letter of participation from school, sports, church, work or volunteer and community activities can be listed. News articles and pictures may be included.
- Update the “Awards/Scholarships/Honors” section of your WOIS Portfolio.
Best Works
In this section of your WOIS Portfolio, you can enter information about reports, projects, presentations, or other works you are proud of and details to remember for later reference. If your best work is stored on a server that can be accessed through the Internet, you may enter a URL that will bring up the best work. Some items you might consider recording include an essay, poetry, art, sports, CAD, lab write-up, letter, report, exam, or class project.
- Best Works may be saved in your WOIS portfolio under “File Management” as a “Best Works” type.
Personal Data/Activities
In this section of your WOIS Portfolio you should list items that will be useful for your current and future job and post-secondary training applications. You should consider listing evidence that demonstrates academic records, school clubs, organization/community service, special interests/hobbies/talents, job shadows, internships, Work Based Learning, athletics, and church/extracurricular/non-school activities.
- Create/add/save data/activities to your WOIS Portfolio in “Awards/Scholarships/Honors,” “School Involvement,” or “ Work or Community Experience” as appropriate.
Personal Statement
A personal statement is a philosophical statement of your goals/aspirations. In this section of your portfolio you should store an essay focused on your goals/aspirations for your future including an explanation of how your current studies are preparing you for that future.
- Create/edit your personal statement. Save it to the “File Management” section in your WOIS Portfolio as a "Personal Statement” type.