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FLASHFACTS
Building a leadership portfolio
What is a Leadership Portfolio?
- A showcase of personal and professional growth and development
- A documentation of co-curricular involvement
- A synopsis of leadership competencies
- A compilation of self-reflection and self-assessment of leadership attitudes, skills, and goals
- A visual picture of achievements and contributions
- A documentation of job skills and experiences
Items to Include:
- Title page
- Table of contents
- Resume or vita
- School transcripts
- Co-curricular involvements
- Leadership positions
- Community service
- Letters of recommendation
- Awards, certificates of achievement
- Publications
- Grants or proposals
- Work samples
- Writing samples
- International travel experience
- Foreign language knowledge
- Technical and computer skills
- Personal statement
- Goals
- Conferences attended
- Work Experience
- Thank you and congratulation letters for professional achievements or activities
- Interests
Skills to Acquire:
- Communication: both written and oral
- Personal: ability to work with others in a team environment
- High-tech: knowledge of computers, software, and technical resources
- Leadership: taking initiative, making decisions, and managing others
- Well-roundedness-knowledge of disciplines outside one’s major
Build Leadership Skills While at Kent:
- GET INVOLVED!
- Participate in leadership development programs
- Earn a leadership certificate
- Take a Learning to Lead course
- Participate in leadership opportunities, including student organizations, academic and professional associations
- Contact Alumni Relations to participate in an externship experience
- Become a Resident Advisor, Student Orientation Instructor, Student Orientation Coordinator, or Student Ambassador
- Volunteer for community service organizations, including America Reads/ America Counts, Habitat for Humanity, Students for the King-Kennedy Center, Conversation Partners
- Network
- Get to know faculty in major and minor
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