| Van Buren Intermediate School District |
| Administrative Guidelines |
2624A - STUDENT PORTFOLIOS
This guideline is to be used by District staff in working with local districts on the preparation of student portfolios. In compliance with State law, each secondary principal, working with his/her staff, is to see that each student has a portfolio containing evidence of what the student has learned in each component of the District's core curriculum. A district may wish to utilize portfolios at the elementary level as well.
Each student's portfolio is to contain:
| A. | A record of the student's annual academic and nonacademic plans s/he intends to follow; | |
| B. | A record of academic achievements including transcripts, results on the Michigan Education Assessment Program, the Michigan Merit Exam, and other normed achievement tests given by the school; | |
| C. | A record of career-preparation plans including school-sponsored vocational-technical training, explorations of career or post-secondary education opportunities, preparations for job seeking, actual job experience, problem-solving experience, and lifelong-learning experiences including community service experiences; | |
| D. | A record of accomplishments and recognitions. |
Each student or his/her parents are responsible for submitting records of any nonschool activities.
The portfolio is to be cumulative beginning with the student's entry into the District and is to be transferred to the student's teacher(s) each succeeding school year and to the principal of the next school the student will be attending.
The portfolio shall be considered a student record governed by the FERPA but shall be given to the student upon graduation or upon leaving the District.
Revised 3/06