Welcome to my Professional Portfolio
My Personal Statement
What separates New Technology High School from every other high school in the country is an education; an education that prepares students for the real world and its unforgiving attitude. Job employers complain all the time about how America’s educational system does not correctly educate today’s youth in ways that are acceptable at a real job. Bill Gates once said that the workplace is not like high school, things cannot be allowed to be turned in late. Well that’s why New Tech was created, that’s why I can go to New Tech and be confident that the tasks I’m doing there will effect my future career, and that is also why this webpage is here: to show my potential employers the dedication and preparation I put into my projects.
New Technology High School uses eight “Learning Outcomes” to determine a student’s effectiveness. These are eight separate standards that are given grades according to our work. First they look at our work and then decide to which skill the credit is deserved. Here are the eight learning outcomes:
- Career Preparation
- Citizenship and Ethics
- Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Curricular Literacy
- Oral Communication
- Technology Literacy
- Written Communication
For example, a student might be told to do an analysis and presentation on child labor in America. If the student uses PowerPoint and has good communicates their information effectively then both the Technology Literacy and Oral Communication learning outcomes.
For a more in depth description on each of the Eight Learning Outcomes and for a few examples of my skill in them simply follow the appropriate links to the left.
Information about the Author
Dan Posey was born on June 26 th, 1988, in Riverside, California. At the Age of three his family moved to Pacifica, California where he spent most of his younger childhood. At six years of age Dan began school at Laguna Salada Alternative School where he took up singing and learned the importance of time management.
When he was ten years old his family decided to leave Pacifica because of the high cost of rent in the area and moved a little north of Oakland to the city of Vallejo, California. In Vallejo Dan finished his elementary education at Pennycook Elementary School and moved on to Springstowne Middle School in 1999. At Springstowne Middle School Dan tried out for wrestling and became one of first wrestlers of the team to make it to the middle school state championships of 2001 (eighth grade). Also in middle school Dan joined the GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) program which was formed to create a challenging work environment for students who are ahead of their class.
After graduating from middle school Dan moved on to Hogan High School where he joined the Honors program and excelled in various sports programs. Among the sports he took part in he especially did well in high school wrestling and football until he broke his leg on October 26, 2004. In 2005 he was admitted to New Technology High School where he still attends as a student to this day. He is a senior now and will be graduating June 7th , 2007.
-Dan Posey