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=**What is Your Portfolio or Transition Plan?**=


 * Personal Futures 12 is designed to help YOU plan for the future. A you complete this you will assess your skills, interests AND abilities and put them all together into a plan. We call this a Transition Plan. This Transition Plan will help you figure out what to do once you are done with High School. It is all about the transition to the ‘Real World’. You might already have a really clear idea of what you want to do, or you might be completely lost. Either way, this course will help you get on the right track.**


 * How will I accomplish this?**

This guide walks you through the steps of creating a concrete plan and a focus for your future. Success in this course depends on your focus, presentation of interests and skills, and assessment including a portfolio of written work, certificates, photos or art – it is completely up to YOU how you represent YOURSELF!


 * It’s all about you!**
 * You are unique, and so your Transition Plan will also be unique. This guide walks you through the process of getting it all organized and into a document that you can refer to now and in the future. It will be your own guidebook in life.**


 * What exactly is a Transition Plan?**


 * This Transition Plan is a collection of documents, photos, assignments, and artwork, basically all things that support your skills and abilities, attitudes and interests, another way you might like to think of your transition plan, is to think of it as your portfolio. Items from your portfolio support the things you write in your Resume, Cover letters, and post secondary applications.**

Assembling a Transition Plan forces you to look at your skills, interests, strengths and weaknesses, successes and areas where you need to improve. It is the start of the lifelong process of documenting what makes you healthy, engaging, and unique.
 * Personal Development**

You will spend almost 40 hours a week for at least 25 years at work – That’s 50000 Hours! You should choose to do something you enjoy – it will make time go much quicker! Working through Personal Futures and creating a Transition Plan will help you choose a career that will be rewarding to you.
 * Career Exploration**

This is one of the most daunting and, many times frustrating, things you will need to do after high school or, if you so choose, post secondary school/training. By arming yourself with tools for searching for the job that’s right for you, interviewing practices, and career options, you will be so much more aware and, most importantly, more confident in relaying your skills and abilities to a future employer.
 * Job Search**


 * Further Training and Studies** If you know what you want to do, a transition plan will help you figure out how to get there – the Colleges, Universities or Training Programs that will get you the needed qualifications. Your final portfolio of collected work will help guide you into your chosen programs, figure out what areas you need to work on, and show skills you have.

=**From Planning 10 to Graduation**=

**You started with Planning 10**
- Most of what you did in Planning 10 will get you started in this process - Review all the assignments and activities from Planning 10 as well as the portfolio you may have already started - It’s up to you to get organized

**Look back at Grade 11**
-You will use some of your past courses and work experiences to help with your transition plan and your portfolio -No matter what subject, keep any work you are proud of. -If you have any interesting materials about careers or activities you have collected, hang on to them! It will most likely come in useful later. -Think about the activities and subjects you’ve done – is there a possible career choice for you? Do they have a connection to your focus area?

**Put it all together in Grade 12**
-Make a plan for the first 2 years out of High School -Think about where you want to be in 10 and 20 years -Figure out where your choices will take you -As you grow throughout life, you will keep adding to a transition plan of sorts. Contrary to what many High School students believe, you are NEVER done developing your skills and abilities. You will always be going through various transitions in life.