Community Pathways Planning

Portfolios

This guide will help students to create three portfolios to support school and life transiitions. The three portfolio guides include:

Portfolio Creation:

• From your Dashboard, click Portfolios
  
• Click + Add Portfolio and add a Title (see below)
  
• Add a short Description of what your portfolio will be about > Click Add Portfolio
  
• Click + Add Box and add the following boxes and reflections for each item
  

• Visit: www.myBlueprint.ca/GEDSB
  
• log in with your school user name and password
  

Check out this Exemplar Porfolio

Education Portfolio

Introduce Yourself

• Create a video introduction: Title " All about me in grade #"
• Before recording your video, consider a few of these questions:
• What are your interests?
  
• What are your favourite subjects?
• 
  

When you're ready to record your video introduction, click the following links:

SHOW EVIDENCE OF YOUR LEARNING

Upload a photo...

To showcase a piece of work you are currently working on, a task you completed, or a certificate you recently earned. Add a reflection outlining your progress and show the excellent work you have been doing so far

Education Portfolio

GOAL SETTING

Add at least 3 tasks to help you achieve your goal

Click the

"Three dots" and

to add your goals to your portfolio

UPDATE YOUR RESUME: Skills

• It is important to keep track of your skills. What skills have you developed and how can you use them?
• Add new skills to your resume:
  

Click the

"Three dots" and

to add your updated resume to your portfolio

Community

Portfolio

In your Education Planner Account go to Home > Portfolios > +Add Portfolio, Title: Community

GOAL SETTING

Pro Tip:

Check out the Goal Setting Guide in the Guides section to learn how to set

S.M.A.R.T. goals!

Community Participation

Share about an experience participating in a community event/organization. Post a photo or video to your portfolio: Consider the following reflection prompts:). +Add Box > Add Journal > Title: Journal #2. Write 3-5 sentences using the following prompts:

Need concrete examples - structure on questions

Where would you like to volunteer?

• Why did you choose this volunteering opportunity?
  
• What are the health/safety considerations or workplace hazards you need to keep in mind for this opportunity?
  

Community

Portfolio

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE

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Upload a photo or video (with permission)

Of your volunteering experience. Add a reflection outlining your progress and show the excellent work you have been doing so far

Daily Living

Finances/ Money

Friendship/Social Life

Community Involvement

Training/Employment

Support Circles

Transportation

Self-Regulation

Recreation

Self-Advocacy

Safety

Reflection prompt ideas:

In this picture/video I am... I enjoyed this part of volunteering because... I am proud of this because...

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UPDATE YOUR RESUME: Work Experience

• It is important to keep track of your experience. What skills have you developed and how can you use them?
• Add new experiences to your resume:
  

Click the

"Three dots" and

to add your updated resume to your portfolio

Workplace Portfolio

Use your community portfolio to document and share your experiences and skill development.

In your Education Planner Account go to Home > Portfolios > +Add Portfolio, Title: Workplace

OCCUPATION

Reflection prompt ideas:

How does this occupation relate to your volunteering experience? List three skills needed to excel in the occupation and that you could develop during your time volunteering.

Money - concepts and budget

Add a journal entry with 5 potential hazards related to co-op that can occur in the workplace. Add a reflection answering the following question: How can you identify potential hazards in the workplace?

Read the Mental Health Guide and write a journal entry titled “School/Work/Life Balance” answering the following question: What can you do to reduce stress in your life? List three (3) strategies

Workplace Portfolio

Use your community portfolio to document and share your experiences and skill development.

Create your myBlueprint resume (left-hand navigation menu > Work > Resume) and add it to your portfolio. Be sure to add your volunteer opportunity and the new skills you developed.

TIP:

Add the individual skills to your portfolio and reflect on the following questions: How did you develop these skills? How will you use these newly developed skills in a future occupation?

*To add Skills, go to your Volunteering Portfolio > Add Box > Add from myBlueprint > Resume > Add any 'Skills & Abilities' boxes

Create your myBlueprint cover letter (left-hand navigation menu > Work > Cover Letter), customized for a future volunteer or job opportunity related to this volunteering experience. Add it to your portfolio.

Questions to consider:

Why are you a strong candidate? What interested you the most about the volunteer opportuity you chose? What are some of your relevant skills or past experiences that will help you in a future position?

Sharing your experience

Portfolios are made for sharing! Once you have made additions to your portfolio, follow these steps to share with others:

Once you have created a sharable link, you can send the link through email to teachers and family.

Create Family/Advisor Access

It is the perfect time to set your family up with access to Education Planner. It is great to have family input for course selections and career/life planning.

There are two ways to create family accounts:

From your student account, select "My Links" from the account settings menu. Click "add link" and enter your family member/advisor's email

Visit myBlueprint.ca/GEDSB and select "Sign-Up" click the school from the drop-down menu and select "Family/Advisor".

Follow account creation steps

Families, check out these great videos on:

how to create your account and the features to help your students.