SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION PORTFOLIO

All applicants to all levels: Please follow these directions to ensure that your application addresses all requirements.

1. Time:  Be sure to allow yourself enough time to complete the process. Several steps in the process rely on other people completing work such as peer input, letters of support and proofreading. Be sure to allow them enough time as well. Clearly communicate your deadline to them.
2. Application submission deadlines: All deadlines are based on the date the documents are received, not the date they are sent.
3. Submission of your Application Portfolio:  Application Checklist must be the first.  Portfolio documents should be assembled in the order of the Checklist.
   • Must be “copier ready” - single-sided pages only (8½ x 11) and printed on plain white paper.
   • No binders, notebooks, plastic sleeves or section dividers.
   • No paperclips or staples on individual sections of the Portfolio.
   • Use a binder clip to hold your portfolio together.  DO NOT STAPLE THE PORTFOLIO.
   • Your name, current level within the Framework and the level you’re applying to need to be completed on the Application Checklist page.
   • No “highlighter,” shading or colored font can be used on the “Self-Assessment Tool” or “Manager Voice Tool” as they don’t copy.  (Please check the Manager Voice before submitting your Portfolio.)
   • Check to make sure both you and your manager have signed and dated the last page of the “Self Assessment” and “Manager Voice Tool.”
   • Please be sure to indicate what Level you perform at in each Domain by circling or typing in the “Self Assessment” column of the Tool.
   • Any “Miscellaneous” attachments should be 8½ x 11, copier ready (no originals).
   • Make sure your Manager’s name is listed with your Unit on the “Identifying Information” page (or printed legibly on the “Manager’s Voice Tool”).
   • Check your resume to make sure your entire home address is listed (all correspondence from the Central Committee will go to your home).
   • Make sure you have a duplicate copy of your entire Portfolio (submit the original and keep the copy).

WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION PORTFOLIO

Level C Applicants:  Submit your Application Portfolio to your Nurse Manager or Administrative Assistant.  Request an e-mail to document your portfolio was received.  Your manager will schedule your interview and notify you by e-mail of the date and time.

Level D and E Applicants:  Portfolios should be dropped off in the Support Staff office (room 6B12) of the Educational Services for Nurses department (300 N. Ingalls building), Monday through Friday (except holidays) from 8:00am to 3:00pm.  Mailing portfolios is not encouraged, but if it’s necessary, the address is:  300 N. Ingalls St, Rm. 6B12, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5436.

• You will receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your Portfolio and providing information on the next interview date/times.
• Refer to the Framework Calendar for Central Committee meetings and cycles of application.