Statement of Goals (MileStones)

Work Chart

What is it?
A portfolio is a visual statement of your professional goals. It contains artifacts, which outline a physical or tangible trace of what happened.

What are artifacts?
Artifacts are items that reflect your statement of beliefs. For example, if you want to demonstrate your application of technical skills, you may include a printout of a webpage you created using HTML coding or an HTML editing programs. A good artifact supports your case and is not easily refuted.

What is an annotation and what do I include in one?
Each portfolio artifact contains an annotation, which is something you write to document your artifact. In some ways an annotation is a "summing up for the jury."

A complete annotation includes these components:

• Context - Why did this get done? What was the purpose? What were the objectives of the project when you did it?
• Conditions - Did you do it in class? Taught the lesson to a 5^th grade class in town, state, etc… Was it project work done for an organization such as the CEE or CRLT for _________.
• Scope - What size of activity was it?
• Role - If you did everything then it's not important to outline your role. If you worked as a team then say so. ("I worked with a team and my role was project manager." "I was responsible for conducting usability testing to gather data regarding the usability of the webpage I designed.")

Why should I annotate?
Annotating helps to:

• Organize
• Focus attention
• Explain apparent problems )point to the factors that contributed to problems
• Emphasize relevance ("Why am I showing this? I'm showing you this fragment because… It's important because…)

Step 1: Develop your statement of goals

• Make your statement coherent and specific.
• This statement tells what your goals are.
• Each bit you put in your statement helps you decide what will be in your portfolio.
• Try working backward by asking yourself, "What do I not want to do?" (certain grade levels, location, etc…)

• Dig out lesson plans, materials, photographs of you teaching, notes from kids, things you produced by students, papers you wrote about things you've created.
• Keep that statement of goals close by!

• Make a pile of stuff that definitely belongs. Then make a "? pile" of stuff you think could belong, but aren't positive.
• Invite a neutral party to take a look at your "? pile" and have them judge whether or not your artifacts completely support your goal statement. You may need to ask more than one person. Be sure you select someone who is familiar with your field of interest.

• When writing your annotation remember to include the context, conditions, scope, and your role.

• Consider sequencing - putting strong items is front and back.

• Categorizing by skills not by the project. (e.g. technology skills for classroom learning)

• Labeling -
"Under the direction of Wendy Tamborrino
5^th grade Teacher/Technology Coordinator at Binford Elementary
Instructor for computer endorsement course, W310…"

Step 6: Presentation - decide what kind of notebook you will use to display your work. Look around for portfolio organizers to display odd-shaped pieces such as diskettes, photos, videotapes, etc…

• Statement of goals. Due:_________________

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A. I'm interested in working in a(n)_____________________setting. (e.g. corporate, educational, military, medical, environmental,…)

B. The specific type of setting would be _________________________ (e.g. public, private, non-profit,…)

C. The type of work I'd like to do would be (list any applicable tasks, responsibilities, skills you would like to be involved in)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

D. My role would be a(n) _____________________________________.

The following framework is one of a few examples for composing your statement. You may develop your own statement to reflect your individual style.

Career Goal: Seeking a position in a(n)________________________

as a(n) __________________________________where I would __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 












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• Look at the project and the skills utilized
• Ask, "Do I refer to these skills in my statement?"
• If yes, put an "X" in the "Include" column.
• If no, ask yourself, "Is this something that I may have overlooked when designing my career goal statement?"
• If yes, go back to your career goal statement and revise.
• If no, exclude that project from your portfolio and begin evaluating your next piece of work.

 Name:____________________________________________

Project Title	Skills Used	Relevant Area of Project that Demonstrates the Skill	Include in Portfolio
Example: Mega Corp	Organizational	Facilitated the development process of our team's production plan. Produced the production plan document.	X