Developing a Teaching Portfolio

Description

This must-have guide to developing a teaching portfolio walks preservice and practicing teachers alike through different types of portfolios, clearly explaining their uses and purposes, and how each of these portfolio types is developed. Both novice and masters teachers will benefit from the practical, hands-on, and straightforward nature of this guide at each new step of their teaching career.

With a focus on using portfolios to show one’s work throughout a professional teaching career, this compact, easy-to-read volume provides both prospective and current teachers the foundation as well as the specifics to be successful in their portfolio building endeavors. A two-part organization explores portfolio building for students and novice teachers who have yet to engage in this activity and then offers a menu of topics from which more experienced educators can choose to inform their creation of targeted, results-oriented portfolios for a variety of situations.

The newly revised third edition of this text includes case studies that follow real teachers through their careers as well as a wealth of new digital and hardcopy portfolio examples.

This must-have guide to developing a teaching portfolio walks preservice and practicing teachers alike through different types of portfolios, clearly explaining their uses and purposes, and how each of these portfolio types is developed. Both novice and masters teachers will benefit from the practical, hands-on, and straightforward nature of this guide at each new step of their teaching career.

With a focus on using portfolios to show one’s work throughout a professional teaching career, this compact, easy-to-read volume provides both prospective and current teachers the foundation as well as the specifics to be successful in their portfolio building endeavors. A two-part organization explores portfolio building for students and novice teachers who have yet to engage in this activity and then offers a menu of topics from which more experienced educators can choose to inform their creation of targeted, results-oriented portfolios for a variety of situations.

The newly revised third edition of this text includes case studies that follow real teachers through their careers as well as a wealth of new digital and hardcopy portfolio examples.

With a focus on using portfolios to show one’s work throughout a professional teaching career, this compact, easy-to-read volume provides prospective and current teachers both the foundation and the specifics to be successful in their portfolio building endeavors. A two-part organization serves a two-fold purpose: first, setting the stage for portfolio building for students and novice teachers who have yet to engage in this activity; and, second, presenting a menu of topics from which more experienced educators can choose to inform their creation of targeted, results-oriented portfolios for a variety of situations.

New to this edition:

• Integrated technology portfolio assignments
• More portfolio examples, included at the end of the book
• Digital portfolio examples
• Case studies following several teachers throughout their careers
• Additional examples of reflections, analyses, rubrics, and statewide assessment systems

These new features illustrate chapter concepts, and provide readers with quality examples and tools for reference. 

• Includes three foundational chapters that lay the groundwork for an understanding of portfolios in the context of education’s evolution, define the types of portfolios teachers use today, and explore how portfolios have been used historically.
• Contains a chapter on the job portfolio, complete with numerous examples of portfolios created for licensure requirements. This chapter enhances the portfolio experience for current teachers and examines a variety of ways to use portfolios as a teacher-evaluation tool.
• Includes a chapter on national board certification for teachers who have taught for five, ten, fifteen, or twenty-five years that outlines national board processes and standards. This chapter also provides sample activities that support experienced teachers in creating a capstone portfolio showcasing their career achievements.
• Highlights Closing Thoughts and a References sections at the end of every chapter that summarize chapter content for optimal understanding and point readers to additional sources of reliable information for term papers, discussions, and research projects.
• End-of-chapter activities allow readers to get involved and practice the new skills and concepts that they have just learned.
• Author-recommended web destinations allow students to further explore concepts and material on the internet and to find research materials for future projects.

Contents

Part I Foundations for Portfolio Development

Chapter 1         The Teacher Assessment Movement

The Teacher Assessment Movement

Accountability

Evolution of Teacher Assessment

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

INTASC Standards

Closing Thoughts

Web Sites

References

Chapter 2         Portfolio Development

What Is a Portfolio?

What Is a Process Portfolio?

What Is a Product Portfolio?

What Is a Showcase Portfolio?

What Are the Differences in the Three Portfolios?

Different Types of Portfolios for Elementary Teachers

What Is a Teaching Portfolio?

Legal Issues in Portfolio Development

General Considerations for Developing a Portfolio

Closing Thoughts

Web Sites

References

Chapter 3         Reflection

What Is Reflection?

Why Should Teachers Reflect?

What Things Should Be Considered?

How Do You Get Started? Do These Reflection Activities!

What Are Some Things to Do to Get Started?

What If This Seems Difficult?

Where and When Can You Reflect?

Closing Thoughts

Web Sites

References

Part II Applications of Portfolio Development

Chapter 4         The Preservice Teacher’s Portfolio

What Do These Goals and Standards Portfolios Look Like?

Type 1: The Goal-Driven Product Portfolio

Type 2: The Standards Portfolio

Assessment

Closing Thoughts

Web Sites

References

Chapter 5         Getting a Job

The Options

Things to Include

The Job Interview

Closing Thoughts

References

Chapter 6         Portfolios for Continuing Licensure

Portfolios for Novice Teachers

Standards

Coordinated Sets of Evidence

Organization of Evidence

Reflection

Assessment

State Performance-Based Assessment Systems

Introductory Information to the Performance Product

Portfolios for Alternative Forms of Evaluation or Licensure Renewal

Options for Organization

Professional Goals: Another Option for Orgnization

Assessment of These Portfolios

Rubrics

Process for Using Scoring Evaluation Criteria

Samples of Alternative Evaluation Portfolios

Closing Thoughts

Web Sites

References

Chapter 7         Portfolios for Master Teachers

The Foundation Beliefs of the NBPTS

The Standards

Who Can Apply?

Time Line

National Board Assessment Center Exercises

Assessment and Evaluation

Getting Started: The Take One! Experience

Other Relevant Information

Tips and Good Information from Nationally Certified Teachers

Reflections

Closing Thoughts

Web Site

References

Appendix A     Reflection Analyses for  Chapter 3

Appendix B      Sample Portfolio Guides for Beginning Teachers to Obtain Licensure: North Carolina and Connecticut

Appendix C     Analysis of Student Work: Assessment

Appendix D     Council for Exceptional Children Standards

Appendix E      Canadian Curriculum Standards: Foundation Statements for Science Literacy

Appendix F      National Council for Teachers of Mathematics K—12 Standards

Appendix G     ISTE Standards

Index

• NEW! Integrated technology portfolio assignments give students the opportunity to practice using technology so that they will be adept at creating their own multimedia portfolios in the future.
• NEW! Digital portfolio examples allow readers to see and be inspired by digital portfolio examples of real working teachers.
• NEW! Additional hard copy portfolio examples at the end of the book offer even more real world peeks at what actual portfolios look like and contain.
• NEW! Case studies located throughout the book follow different steachers throughout their career and present students with examples of possible future paths.
• NEW!  Even more examples of reflection, analysis, rubrics, and statewide assessment systems that illustrate chapter concepts and provide readers with quality examples and tools for reference.