Week 4 of NOTY Portfolio Process
by Marcia Hall, 2011 INA NOTY
You are almost halfway done with the legwork of your portfolio. This week we will focus on your professional history, which is the longest part of the application. You don’t want to do this part all at once, so we will break it up into manageable parts.
Start with your Work History because it will take a whole week to complete. Review page 16 of the nomination packet and focus on Section 5 – Work History.
Make sure your explanation of each job answers the questions the application asks. Your work history is like your resume on steroids. Include all the jobs you have had in your lifetime that involve working with children. Start making a list of your past child care jobs and make sure you have the dates you held each job. Explain what your duties were in each position and how it changed over the time you were there. Include what made each job unique or challenging and share why you are no longer there (unless you still are). Talk about your relationship with the children and your employers.
Please note that the page limit requirements changed a few years ago. You now do not need to stay within a certain number of pages for each subsection of the Professional History. You do however need to stay within 23 pages for the entire Professional History section.
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