Each year, 88 percent of high school seniors in Ohio complete a Career Passport, a portfolio that includes a transcript, resume, writing sample and other documents pertaining to a student's educational career.
It's envied by most other states that we have that many students that do it. Most states are looking into some type of exit credential
said, Cindi Gahris, assistant director of the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education and Career Development Systems with the Ohio Department of Education. It's a snapshot -not a video -but a snapshot at where students are when they leave our schools.
The problem is that many students, like OU freshman Jesse Nemec, never knew they had the choice to take that snapshot. Nemec's high school teachers told him that completing a Career Passport was not just a school requirement, but also a state requirement.
I'm really undecided when it comes to a major Nemec said. I mean it was kinda cool but it didn't do much for me.
In addition to students, some school districts also believe the Career Passport is a state graduation requirement, which it is not.
Nelsonville-York High School Principal Mick McClelland did not know if the Career Passport was a state requirement, but he said completion of a Career Passport was a graduation requirement for Nelsonville-York seniors.
Similarly, at Athens High School and Trimble High School, students are required to complete a Career Passport to graduate.
Career Passports are an exit document developed by the Ohio Department of Education and the State Board of Education. Students receive the final copy of their passports during their senior year, but the work that went into the passport actually begin in middle school, Gahris said.
We made a resume. We did a lot of exploratory stuff. We looked at different schools to go to
different fields
Nemec said. I can't remember a lot of stuff that was
