ESY Portfolio — Purpose and Components
Source email: "ESY Portfolio" — Shannon Flaherty, 2023-06-05 Status caveat: This email is from 2023. The general philosophy ("bridge between SY and ESY teams") is unlikely to change, but specific submission logistics (who uploads to OCTO, due dates) almost certainly do — re-confirm timing each spring.
Purpose
"At its core, the purpose of the ESY Portfolio is to create a bridge between the team supporting a student during the SY and the team supporting the student during ESY."
ESY services help a student maintain critical skills where teams identified a high level of concern around both regression and recoupment.
The framing question:
"What would someone need to hit the ground running to help this student maintain on these skills over the summer?"
You do NOT need to create new materials
Shannon was emphatic about this:
"You do NOT need to create or develop new materials. It is not necessary to create new work for the goal(s) you have selected for ESY. The student can work on the same content that you identified during the SY in order to maintain over the summer break."
Required portfolio components
| Component | What to include |
|---|---|
| Student Context | Hobbies, interests, motivations |
| Student Strengths | Areas where the student is strong |
| Behavior Tracker | Sample, if the student uses one |
| ESY Portfolio Materials | Vary by goal type — see academic-goal options below |
Academic-goal material options (any combination)
- Student work samples
- Specific worksheets the student has been using to address the goal
- A brief synopsis of what the student has been working on / the frequency of the task
- A list of websites / specific interventions the student has been using related to the goal
- A book (or portion of a book, etc.) the student should be using to maintain over the summer
- Data sheets you've been using to capture information for the goal(s) being addressed during ESY
Format and length
"You do not need to make your responses lengthy. Stick to the basics of what will be helpful for someone working with the kids this summer to know."
Submission
In 2023: Send to Shannon via email or Word doc by end of day Friday before the OCTO upload deadline (she handled OCTO upload for the team).
This logistic almost certainly changes year-to-year — re-confirm submission method and deadline each spring.
Annual window
ESY portfolios are due in late spring (May/June) — well before ESY begins in summer.