Creating Your Career Portfolio

Creating Your Career Portfolio
Author: Anna Graf Williams
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Applications for positions
ISBN: 9780131332805

For Introductory courses in the field of dietetics including Career Planning, Career Development, and Job Search. This easy-to-read guidebook provides future dieticians with the detailed instructions for planning, assembling and using a Career Portfolio for career search or advancement. This text prepares students for the strict certification and recertification procedures required by the American Dietetic Association (ADA), and it introduces them to the importance of pulling together all their qualifications, accomplishments, work samples, skills and abilities to package them into a complete personalized portfolio.

How to Create a Portfolio & Get Hired Second Edition

How to Create a Portfolio & Get Hired Second Edition
Author: Fig Taylor
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2013-10-07
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1780676441

This book shows those embarking on an illustration or graphic design career how best to put together an effective, professional portfolio. It discusses what to include and how to organize and display the work, and also advises on presentation techniques and self-promotion. Both print and digital portfolios are covered. Deciding who to approach for work is of key importance whether you are looking for a full-time position or freelance work, and the book maps out the creative marketplace, examining the main areas of work and describing the types of position available in each, and how the commissioning process works. Tips are included from commissioners and practitioners working in magazine and book publishing, design, advertising, TV/film and beyond, as well as agents and educators. The book also features a listings section detailing online resources and publications to aid research, suppliers, specialist libraries, industry-related trade fairs and professional organizations. First edition ISBN: 9781856696722

Developing Your Portfolio - Enhancing Your Learning and Showing Your Stuff

Developing Your Portfolio - Enhancing Your Learning and Showing Your Stuff
Author: Marianne Jones
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2011-03-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136853642

Portfolios have often been used as a way for teachers to monitor and assess their students' progress, but this book picks up on the current trend of using portfolios to assess teachers themselves as part of their degree requirements. As a professional development tool, portfolios are also useful for classroom teachers in evaluating their practice, and in showcasing their skills and accomplishments for use in interviews. Veteran teacher educators Marianne Jones and Marilyn Shelton provide practical and comprehensive guidance specific to the needs of pre- and in-service teachers of young children. This thoroughly revised and updated new edition features: A flexible and friendly approach that guides students at varying levels of experience through the portfolio process. New material on the portfolio planning stage and additional coverage on the importance of developing a personal philosophy. A companion website with additional instructor materials such as printable templates, exercises for improving portfolio skills, and more. Both theoretical and practical, the book addresses issues and mechanics related to process and product, instruction and guidance techniques, the role of reflection, and assessment strategies. With concrete examples, rubrics, tips, and exercises, this book will provide a step-by-step guide to creating a professional teaching portfolio.

Building Your Career Portfolio

Building Your Career Portfolio
Author: Carol A. Poore
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Business and career strategist Poore brings a groundbreaking approach to rewriting the rules of work. She helps readers take personal responsibility for building career wealth by developing a diversified "investment portfolio" of career assets that become more valuable over time.

Putting Together Professional Portfolios

Putting Together Professional Portfolios
Author: Christine Forde
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2009-02-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412946697

With the increasing emphasis on continuing professional development for teachers and all educational practitioners, the use of portfolios to plan, chart, and review professional development is now widespread. Drawing directly from their experience of developing portfolios and portfolio-based assessment, and from current research, this book enables the reader to design and plan a portfolio, chart and analyze relevant professional experiences, reflect critically on practice, assess performance against standards and competences frameworks, present evidence of practice and achievements, and plan their continuing professional development. There are also chapter objectives, key questions and tasks in every chapter, which adds to the practical focus of the book.

Developing a Professional Teaching Portfolio

Developing a Professional Teaching Portfolio
Author: Patricia M. Costantino
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN:

/*0205458394, Constantino, Developing a Professional Teaching Portfolio*/Developing a Professional Teaching Portfolio: A Guide for Success, 2/e offers practical, comprehensive guidelines for developing standards-based paper or electronic professional teaching portfolios. This text leads future and in-service teachers through the rigorous process of documenting the qualities of good teaching: sound planning and preparation, able classroom management, attention to quality instruction, and continuous professional growth. Real-world examples accompany expert advice on both content and presentation, encouraging the creation of an effective portfolio that correlates evidence with national and state standards.

The Career Portfolio Workbook

The Career Portfolio Workbook
Author: Frank Satterthwaite
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2003-04-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071425055

Innovative ideas for creating a skill-based career portfolio For job seekers looking to provide tangible, easily accessible proof of their skills and accomplishments, a portfolio of careerrelated documents is fast becoming the essential tool. The Career Portfolio Workbook shows readers how to compile and organize a career portfolioone that is easy to review and quickly adaptable to specific interviews and circumstances. The Career Portfolio Workbook provides job seekers of any profession or experience level with a powerful new weaponthe confidence and the material to promote themselves and their work to others. Its step-by-step process explains how to: Create a career portfolio of personal skillswhy, how, and what to include Target a career portfolio to specific needsa job interview, a performance review, or a career transition Prepare materials, based on more than 50 sample documentsand five complete portfolio samples

How to Develop a Professional Portfolio

How to Develop a Professional Portfolio
Author: Dorothy M. Campbell
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This versatile and practical book provides clear, manageable guidelines and tips for professional portfolio development that can be followed by teachers at all stages of their careers. In seven concise chapters, this book offers preservice and in-service teachers step-by-step procedures for portfolio development, using national teaching standards as the organizing system, and offers teachers an extensive list of pragmatic artifact possibilities to showcase their professional growth.

Cultivating Communication in the Classroom

Cultivating Communication in the Classroom
Author: Lisa Johnson
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2017-02-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1506356362

Building 21st Century communication skills Students are expected to be innovators, creative thinkers, and problem solvers. But what if they can't communicate their ideas persuasively? Knowing how to share ideas is as crucial as the ideas themselves. Unfortunately, many students don’t get explicit opportunities to hone this skill. Cultivating Communication in the Classroom will help educators design authentic learning experiences that allow students to practice their skills. Readers will find: Real world insights into how students will be expected to communicate in their future careers and education Strategies for teaching communication skills throughout the curriculum Communication Catchers for igniting ideas

The Graphic Designer's Guide to Portfolio Design

The Graphic Designer's Guide to Portfolio Design
Author: Debbie Rose Myers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2011-11-03
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1118174305

This book is developed to provide students with everything they need to know to make the transition from design student to design professional. It provides step-by-step instruction for creating professional portfolios, both traditional and digital. Interviewing tips, sample resumes and cover letters, and action verb lists help students prepare for their job search. The second edition includes new sample portfolios, robust case studies, and updated information on digital portfolio trends and techniques.