Employment Portfolio Resources

Career and Professional Portfolios
Teaching Portfolios


Career and Professional Portfolios

A Self Managed Career Portfolio Guide

A website created by the government of Manitoba that breaks down the sections in portfolios and separates those sections into downloadable resources for all people to use. Although this website was developed for younger adults the the information is useful for all people regardless of age.

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/support/c_portfolio/

Institute of Physics

The Institute of Physics is a resource for people looking to pursue professional development through PLAR. Although some of their information is specific to engineers, much of their information can be used  by people in other professions to learn about collecting and storing evidence of life long learning.
http://www.pd-how2.org/Welcome.html

Personal and Professional Portfolio Development

This website is beneficial for students, faculty and administrators. It explores the importance of creating a personal and career portfolio. The information provided begins with the basics of items needed for the portfolio. The four major steps in the development of a portfolio discussed are gather your evidence, organize your portfolio, assemble your portfolio and a final check.

University of Wisconsin - Career Services Professional Portfolio Development

This is a PDF brochure for students that are considering doing a professional portfolio upon graduation It is simply laid out and covers the reason for a portfolio, the process in brief detail, components of a successful porfolio and how to develop an e-portfolio.

Teaching Portfolios

Electronic Teaching Portfolio: A Guide for Faculty Members at UBC
University of British Columbia. (2003) Adapted Aug 2003 by Thomson, B. Iqbal, I. from Teaching Dossier Preparation

This is an extensive guide describing electronic teaching portfolios. The document is also available in PDF format. The Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG) in BC developed this document, which provides many useful tips for electronic portfolio preparation for teachers. EPortfolio components are detailed in a reflective question format. Other sections include philosophy statements, teacing approaches/activities and responsibilities, advising/supervision, professional contributions and teaching reflections. Although it is targeted towards UBC university teachers, this document provides useful information to evaluate teaching effectiveness. This resource would be most useful to people completing teaching portfolios, facilitators and administrators.

Pam Petty, Professional Educator
An interesting and readable website that provides a good description of what to include in a teaching portfolio in addition to a timetable which can be used by people wanting to create a teaching portfolio.

University College of Dublin (UCD)
UCD provides both a description of a teaching portfolio and suggestions about what to include within it.  The examples provided are easy to navigate and the definitions and theory provided are good starting points when embarking on professional development within an education related profession.