| Teacher Portfolios |
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| A Teacher's Portfolio is a collection of work produced by a teacher. Much like an artist's portfolio. There are essentially two types of portfolios, working and presentation. You can use a portfolio in a number of ways: As a pre-service educational tool - Portfolios are collections of student work representing an array of performance. As an assessment tool - A student's evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the pieces. A portfolio may contain a "works in progress" illustrating how a product, such an essay, evolved through stages of design. Student Teacher's ePortfolios Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 For administrative purposes - Supervisor assessment, Employment interview, Promotion assessment, award nominations, etc. So parents can receive information about their children's class. See... The Educator's Resource Kit |
| Why would you keep a portfolio? A portfolio highlights and demonstrates a teacher's talents. It also provides a reflection for the teacher to evaluate his or her own work. A teacher's portfolio ultimately demonstrates a teacher's philosophy with supported documentation from a variety of sources--students, colleagues, and yourself. Pre-service and new teacher's can gain valuable insight through documenting and analyzing during the first years of his or her teaching experience. State Institution's are starting to require the use of e-portfolios as a measurement for the education department in computer competencies. The University of Colorado, Murray State University, now use portfolios to make personnel decisions. See also Kansas and North Carolina state institutions. |
| What is included in a teacher portfolio? It varies depending on the type and how it will be used. A portfolio may include the following: Teacher Background - a bibliographical sketch, not a lengthy resume, a short essay that tells the reader about yourself. Philosophy - answers the question, "What are the most significant claims you will make about teaching effectiveness?," and "Why do you believe these claims are significant?" Copies of documents, licenses, tests, etc. Demonstrate your continuing education and creativety. Recent lesson plans or unit plans. Photos explaining or demonstrating these activities would be an added touch. Students' work helps demonstrate a teacher's skills. To learn more about portfolios, go to.... How to Build a Portfolio - learn how to develop a teacher portfolio The Grady Profile - a project to make software to develop teacher portfolio resources Portfolios for Reflection - portfolios as a catalyst for rethinking education at the Univ. of Florida Teacher Portfolio Assessment - explains the difficulty of subjectivety |
| Keep in mind... common mistakes When building a portfolio, you need to distinguish it main focus, reflecting on its purpose will help to keep a target sudience. A porfolio is highly subjective and the flexible witch does not make for the best assessement tool. The use of a portfolio for administrative purposes may have many different formats. Although a portfolio may be used as a secondary measurment, it is not only way to assess one's abilities. A portfolio is not a teacher artifact's folder. It needs to be maintained, representing on the finest collections. It should be between 2-11 pages of work. |
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