Mid Year Progress

These last two months have been about planning and adjustments to the portfolio. Lew added a refection page to the portfolio in Career Ed and Work and Al updated the Job Shadowing Permission Slip with Instructional Assistant sign off.  After Mike met with our principal it was determined all students are required to complete Job Shadowing Experience. The team also determined an 8 hour job shadowing experience was not necessary and that 4 hours would be an appropriate amount of time to spend in the field, observing. Also, the requirements for Job Shadowing reflection say a “2 page reflection”, which was reduced as well. 

Time was scheduled during the CTE Staff Meeting in mid January to discuss Senior e-Portfolio and CTE use of Apple Core Team. With CTE Project Presentations begin March 31. We will organize a schedule for Seniors by shop to meet with Stanley/DiPaulo 4th Block and review portfolio progress. At which time we can determine who might need assistance with the portfolio requirements. 

We are steady moving toward a comprehensive e-portfolio with realistic goals and reflective components.

Training Day

Our team did a fantastic job of providing a day of discussion about the progress of the e-portfolio. Lew lead the charge with examples of student work and the progress of the senior class in completing their portfolios. Al followed up with Job Shadowing using Moodle to show staff what resources are available to guide the Juniors. Staff asked for deadlines we agreed to one...May 30 although the deadline is at the discretion of the CTE Instructor who will be responsible to oversee job shadowing! Paula shared best practices in her class of allocating time to work on portfolios. And Beth closed out with the opportunities for peer to peer demonstrations as well as teacher to teacher technology help. All in all I think the faculty provided great suggestions and feedback and I hope we can move as a community toward the success of the e-portfolio. At the end of the day regardless, what we are doing is great for kids. End of story! You can lead the horse to water... Listen to our podcast of the inservice day.