1. Career Exploration Portfolio
You will need a folder with holes (I can provide this), the folder will go into your interactive notebook. You need to create 5 dividers. I for each of the 5 career clusters (you may use construction paper). These will go into your career portfolio folder.
I. Biotechnology
II. Therapeutic Services
III. Support Services
IV. Health Informatics
V. Diagnostic Services

2. Directions
Behind each divider include the following information listed below.
All work must be either ( typed and follow proper paper formatting (1 inch margins, 12 pt. Arial font, double- spaced, header at the top, title bold and in the center of the page) or written legibly and neatly.
All of your work must be ORIGINAL-meaning in you OWN words. Any information you use from an outside source must be properly documented and credited. (continued)

3. Directions
Choose ONE occupation from EACH career cluster and research the following: You will have 5 job papers total!
1. Job Description (min. 250 words)- site sources where information came from
2. Roles and Responsibilities (min. 5 items)-site sources
3. Essential knowledge and skills needed to perform the job-site sources
4. Programs or Paths of Study available to reach occupational goals starting with high school (concentration, courses to take, ACT score needed, observation hours, etc.) –site sources
5. Required Personality traits (minimum of 5)-site sources
6. Licensure and Credentialing Requirements-site sources
7. Non-educational job requirements such as physical fitness, minimum age, and psychological evaluations-site sources
8. One photo of each career-site source

4. Sources Use both print and online sources such as… Your Textbook
College Catalogs
Magazine articles
Interview with a health care professional if you can arrange it
Government occupational profiles
BLS.gov

5. Grading Rubric Each Career Area will be a SEPERATE MAJOR GRADE.
A total of 5 major grades will be given for this portfolio, plus one final grade will be given at the end of the year for the completed portfolio.
Job description 20 pts
Roles and Resp. 10 pts
Essential knowledge and skills 10 pts
Programs/Paths of Study 15 pts
Personality 5pts
Licensure/credentialing 10pts
Non-educational requirements 5 pts.
Photo of career following HOSA guidelines 25 pts.
Failure to include sources will result in -3 pts for each missing source