ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO

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ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO

• GUIDELINES

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What is a portfolio?

• an organized set of documents that provide
  evidence of a teachers knowledge, dispositions,
  and skills in the complex art of teaching.
  (Bird, 1990)
• a purposeful collection of any aspect of a
  teachers work that tells the story of the
  teachers efforts, skills, abilities,
  achievement, and contributions to his or her
  students, colleagues, institution, academic
  discipline or community. (Brown and
  Wolfe-Quintero, 1997)
• an evolving collection of carefully selected or
  composed professional thoughts, goals, and
  experiences that are threaded with reflection and
  self-assessment. It represents who you are, what
  you do, why you do it, where you have been, where
  you are, where you want to go, and how you plan
  on getting there. (Evans, 1995)

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What are the purposes of a portfolio?

• Provide authentic evidence of a teachers work
  and/or preparation.
• Encourages teacher reflection on teaching
  practices.
• Fosters self-assessment.
• Provides a holistic approach to assessment.

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Portfolio Development Issues

• UAH Indicators of Candidate Competencies
• Relate to other educational standards such as
  PEPE, ALSDE, NBPTS, INTASC.
• Link to standard alignment table
• Link to Dr. Piersmas portfolio guidelines
  document.
• Selection of at least 2 pieces of evidence
  (artifacts) that address each competency.

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Electronic Portfolio Guidelines

• Use Netscape Composer or Microsoft Frontpage to
  create your webpage.
• Composer can be downloaded free of charge from
• http//browser.netscape.com/ns8/download/archive72
  x.jsp
• Frontpage is available on the library computers.
  
• An excellent tutorial for Frontpage can be found
  at
• http//www.electricteacher.com/tutorial2.htm

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Electronic Portfolio Requirements

• Page 1Introduction
• Introductions are narratives that are usually
  found at the beginning of the portfolio. The
  introduction section should include the
  following
• Introduction to you (Provide a link to a short
  2-3 paragraph paper)
• Resume (Provide a hyperlink to your resume)
• A picture of yourself.
• Description of your placements (school
  classroom context)
• Teaching philosophy (provide a link to a document
  that contains this)
• Personal Goals for Student Teaching
• Matrix or cross-reference table of the
  competencies and standards (provide a link to
  this document)
• Links to each of the competency pages.

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Example Standards and Artifacts Cross-Reference
Matrix
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Electronic Portfolio Guidelines

• Use Microsoft Excel to create your cross
  reference matrix or use the linked table Link
  to Blank Cross Reference Table . Provide a link
  to this document in the Introduction section of
  your portfolio.

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Body of the Portfolio

• The body of the portfolio will consist of eight
  pages. One page will be devoted to each of the
  UAH Teacher Candidate Competencies.
• Each page should include
• A graphic of some type.
• The name of the competency centered as a heading
  for the page.
• The competency. For example, for the Content
  Expert standard include the actual text of the
  standard The candidate knows the subject and
  structure of the discipline, organizes and
  creates learning opportunities that link the
  subject with other disciplines, and engages the
  learner in construction of meaning within the
  discipline. Also cross-reference other
  educational standards such as PEPE, INTASC, and
  ALSDE.
• An introductory narrative that provides an
  overview of the students interpretation of the
  competency.
• Artifacts
• Minimum of two pieces of evidence for each
  competency (include links to these)
• Minimum of one piece from each assignment for
  each competency
• Quality, not quantity should be the criteria
• Provide a hyperlink for the following
• The artifact itself.
• A word document that includes the following
  sections
• A rationale for selection of this artifact.
• A description of the artifact.
• An analysis of the artifact.
• And reflections on the artifact.
• Also include links to each of the other
  competency pages and to the introduction page.
• Set the page title for each of the competency
  pages as the name of the competency.

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Artifacts

• Artifacts may include
• Video taped lessons from each assignment with
  analysis.
• Lesson plans/Unit plans.
• Assessments used to measure, monitor, and
  evaluate student work.
• Products or samples of student work showing
  student
• learning (Teacher work sample)
• Evidence of technology use
• Journal entries
• Looking Back, Looking Forward reflection paper.
• Evaluations from supervisors.
• Graded papers from supervisors.

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Artifacts

• Artifacts
• Each piece of evidence should have an
  explanation or introduction that provides
  information about the artifact presented. The
  explanations provide better understanding of each
  document that cannot be captured in the artifact
  alone. For each piece of evidence, provide
• Rationale for selection of the document
• Why?
• How does it address this competency?
• Description of the event/document
• Intended to provide the reader with a better
  understanding of the document that cannot be
  captured in the artifact alone

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Artifacts

• Analysis of the event/document, such as
  teacher/student outcomes resulting from the
  experience (length will vary)
• Reflections on the piece of evidence. The
  intent of reflection is to develop the ongoing
  awareness of a teachers own thoughts, feelings,
  teaching decisions, and student reactions. It
  should lead to insightful change of behavior
  toward the improvement of instruction and the
  increased probability of student learning.
• Analysis of thoughts, feelings, and learnings
  related to your goal that provide reviewers
  more information to understand the impact of the
  activity, project, experience or intervention,
  and how it contributed to your professional
  growth and student learning.

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ReflectionsHelpful Phrases

• I know that my teaching has increased student
  learning because . . .
• What I have learned from this experience is . . .
• After observing my students, I realized . . .
• What I think I will do differently is . . .
• When I considered what happened, I . . .
• As a result of this activity, I now . . .
• A real eye opener for me is . . .
• The most significant learning for me was . . .
• After carefully considering . . ., I think . . .
• This experience has helped me to understand . . .
• I have noticed that . . .
• Since I have . . ., I feel . . .

• I have gained significant growth in the areas of
  . . . due to . . .
• Some of the areas that I need to continue to gain
  experience are . . . because . . .
• I have gained considerable insight about . . .
• In assessing my own performance I . . .
• I strongly believe . . .
• When I think about . . ., I realize . . .
• A new learning for me . . .
• In order for me to continue to grow . . .
• I now understand the importance of . . .
• Some questions that still remain in my mind are .
  . .
• My goals for future professional growth are . . .

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Sample UAH Portfolios

• http//webpages.uah.edu/pryorn/portfolio
• http//webpages.uah.edu/heronj/portfolio
• http//webpages.uah.edu/marchlv/portfolio

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Technical Requirements

• For ED350/520 the following portions of the
  portfolio must be completed
• The introduction section should contain
• A picture of the student
• A link to an introductory paragraph about the
  student.
• A link to the students resume.
• A link to a teaching philosophy statement.
• A link to a personal goals for student teaching
  statement.
• A link to an initial cross reference table of the
  UAH competencies and other educational standards.
  Create this table in Excel. Include links for
  the required artifacts in this table.
• Links to each of the 8 UAH Competency Pages.

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Technical Requirements

• For the body portion of the portfolio, the
  following should be completed by the due date
• Each competency page should be set up and linked.
• The UAH competency should be listed as the title
  for each of these pages. The body of the
  competency must be included on the page.
• A link to a narrative that describes the
  students interpretation of the competency should
  be included. This may also be included on the
  main page.
• Each page must also included a relevant graphic.
• For Competency 2Pedagogical Expert include at
  least 2 artifacts that you completed in this
  class that show that you are now prepared to
  integrate a wide variety of instructional
  technology tools and apply them effectively in
  order to maximize student learning. Complete all
  portions of the artifact requirements for each of
  the artifacts that you include. These include
• A rationale for selection of the artifact.
• A description of the artifact.
• An analysis of the artifact.
• And reflections on the artifact.
• Links to the artifacts should be included on both
  the relevant competency page and in the cross
  reference table.

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Other Requirements

• Title your portfolio
• ltYour Name Heregts Electronic Portfolio
• Also use this as your page title.
• Choose an attractive background for your page.
  You may use a background color or a background
  image.
• Include at least 10 appropriate graphics.
• Use colored text and/or different font sizes and
  styles.
• Name your main page file index.html
• Name your webpage folder portfolio.
• The URL for your portfolio should be
• http//webpages.uah.edu/userid/portfolio
• Make sure that all links work and that all
  graphics display properly.
• Submit your URL to Dr. Dean via WebCT email.