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What is a Portfolio?
 

The Life History Paper
 

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The Core of The Portfolio
 

Assembling the Portfolio
 

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Evaluation of the Portfolio
 

 
The Chronological Record
The portfolio is a document about you and what you have learned from your life experiences. Another step in this process, as you continue remembering what those experiences have been, is preparing a "Chronological Record." The Chronological Record is a year-by-year account of what you have been doing since high school. For each year, list what you consider to be the important happenings in your life. 

You might include:

     
  • employment military status 
  • schools attended
  • seminars/workshops 
  • volunteer involvement 
  • major life events (marriage, birth of children, relocations, divorce, deaths in family) 
The format is simple - one or two sentences, starting with an action verb, describing the important events of that year. Indicate both city and state location. Preparing your Chronological Record will take time. Initially it may be difficult to determine dates and events for the years since high school. The more information you include, the more helpful your Chronological Record will be as you identify significant learning experiences. The more information you remember, the better chance you will have of receiving credit for your work and life experiences. 

A sample of the Chronological Record:
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SAMPLE CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD
 

1960: Graduated from high school, Marysville, Kansas Graduated from Chicago College of Cosmetology, Tulsa, Oklahoma Acquired license as a cosmetologist; practiced for a short time Moved to Los Angeles, California Employed as loan clerk, Coast Federal Savings and Loan, Los Angeles, CA 

1961: Moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana 

1962: Moved back to Marysville, Kansas Figured taxes (property and personal) at the County Treasurer's Office 

1962-66: Employed at Wall Brothers Construction Company, Marysville, Kansas, as a bookkeeper and payroll clerk 

1966-69: Moved to Dayton, Ohio Employed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the Budget and Fiscal Accounting Office as a cost accountant 

1967: Married 

1968: Gave birth to a girl 

1969: Gave birth to a girl 

1969-82: Employed as a freelance independent contractor, worked part-time for a number of different companies, and engaged in community activities such as: Marketing research for products Co-leader of Girl Scouts Opinion polls President of Federated Garden Club Advertising research Figured federal, state, and local tax returns Supervisor of Federal Census Research of individual credit ratings Supervisor of American Cancer Drive Bookkeeper of church books (convent, church and cemetery) Taught dancing to foreign students, University of Dayton Took and passed a real estate course Acquired license and sold real estate in Ohio 

1971: Gave birth to a boy 

1982: Husband had open heart surgery 

1982-84: Compiled statistics as a statistician for the V.A., Dayton, Ohio 

1984-91: Purchased supplies, equipment and services as a purchasing agent for the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio Studied Government Contracting for Engineers at the Engineering and Science Institute, Dayton, Ohio Took a course in Individual, Group Effectiveness and Resourcefulness, Dayton, Ohio Studied Small Purchasing (under $10,000), Federal Government, Kansas City, Missouri Studied Purchasing Principles, Sinclair College, Dayton, Ohio Traveled to England, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Holland Studied Procurement Regulations of the Federal Procurement Regulations and the Veteran Procurement Regulations 

1991-94: Employed as a contract specialist at the Veterans' Administration Center, Dayton, Ohio Studied Role of Supervisor in Equal Employment Opportunities, V.A., Dayton, Ohio Studied Contract Administration, Chicago, Illinois Studied Formal Advertising (negotiation and I.F.B.'s), Arlington, VA Studied Construction and Architect Engineering Contracts, Topeka, Kansas Instructed new employees in all aspects of Federal Procurement at the VA., Dayton, Ohio Took the following courses at the Foremen's Club, Dayton, Ohio: Human Understanding in Industry Effective Leadership Industrial Psychology Principles of Leadership and Supervision Speed Reading 

1994: Moved to Arlington, VA 

1994 to present: Employed as Construction Contract Administrator, Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, DC 
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