The use of portfolio to assess students performance. These documents offer examples of the teachers practice, and typically include items created by the instructor. Graduate students who are planning careers as faculty members should also find this handbook useful. If a practice teacher wants to withdraw from the practice teaching assignment for personal reasons, heshe has to write the program adviser.
As part of summative assessment within a teacher preparation program, teacher candidates prepare an eportfolio to demonstrate reflective practice and growth in learning across their arts and humanities programs e. What i hope to provide are some ideas, suggestions and examples. It illustrates your philosophy of teaching and your overall approach to teaching and professional development. Beyond these basic requirements, a teaching portfolio should include 1015 different examples that help illustrate your teaching skills. The rowan university clinical practice student teaching experience is designed to are now required to complete a capstone teacher work sample portfolio. Assess needs and options to recommend a course of action unit 4 respond to crisis situations unit 5 interact with individuals families carers groups and communities to achieve change and development and to. Provide the students methods and venues to practice their linguistic knowledge. Handbook for teaching practice sultan hassanal bolkiah institute of education 2008.
Natalie bassetts student teaching portfolio beatrice rafferty school fall 2012 natalie bassetts student teaching portfolio beatrice rafferty school fall 2012 letters of recommendations standard one. Teaching is a profession that one cannot be taken for granted, sometimes it is frustrating and exhausting, but these are taken away by just one small smile of the child. Teaching portfolio center for new designs in learning and. It is a collection of materials that document teaching performance. In the field of political science, this is a great opportunity for student engagement if harnessed appropriately. The teaching portfolio should provide evidence of these philosophies and values at work in their teaching, i. The teachers can opt to present their work as an e portfolio. A teaching portfolio is a record of your professional development as a teacher. Subjects n 252 volunteered for this study by responding to a.
Reading assign ment class writing assignme nt before the class. The teacher speaks and encourages the students to speak spanish. This may prevent the practice teacher from completing certification. Teaching practice experience for undergraduate student. Portfolio instructions for retake candidates who began the certification process in 20 14 and earlier. This is because the knowledge and skills i acquired at my college is more than enough.
Student and teacher may be asked to explain why they selected each entry. Grammar is taught only as a means to being able to complete the daily predetermined objective. Professional portfolios for teachers teachervision. Holly ann garnett teaching portfolio 2 teaching philosophy my teaching experiences have ranged from formal course instruction at nipissing university, a liberal arts college in ontario, to academic skill development programming at mcgill universitys teaching and learning services. Moreover, it is time for me to practice what i have learned in the classroom. It provides experiences to student teachers in the actual teaching and learning environment. Just as an artist uses a portfolio of collected works to illustrate his or her talents, a teacher portfolio is designed to demonstrate the teachers talents. Teachers must present a portfolio to demonstrate their practice in specific aspects of teaching and learning. Example portfolio contents the context of the practice learning management of the practice learning opportunity unit 3. Teaching portfolio center for new designs in learning. You may have heard of an artists portfolio or even a shakespeare folio but you might wonder what could be found in a teaching portfolio. During teaching practice, a studentteacher is given the opportunity to try the art of teaching before actually getting into the real world of the teaching profession. The student choice is the primary determinant of entries in a portfolio. Every teacher with an educa login has a portable and private teacher profile, which keeps all professional development documentation together in one place from individual development plans through journal or portfolio posts to teacher evaluations or appraisals.
Teaching practice courses represent the culmination of the preparation for a student teacher to become a trained teacher. The teachers can opt to present their work as an eportfolio. The portfolio is to teaching what lists of publications, grants and. Teaching portfolio alexander paulin department of mathematics, kings college london contents.
Portfolio with essential practice competencies welcome to the cdr professional development portfolio guide. A teaching portfolio is a valuable tool for any teacher to showcase their accomplishments. To all education students, please be this as your guide upon answering your field study 7. Good teaching is about effectively putting these principles into practice. Professional portfolios for teachers what is a professional teaching portfolio.
Part 2 provides portfolio entry directions as well as cover sheets. Student teaching portfolio by natalie bassett on prezi. Just choose which pages you want to use and add your own educational philosophy, v. The first sample lesson plan1 gep class lesson plan 16 teaching portfolio. It is proposed that with input from administrators who hire beginning teachers that the professional portfolio can be modifiedadapted for use as a job search portfolio. To offer a record of your teaching effectiveness when applying for a faculty position, tenure, or promotion.
For a copy of this format, please message me on facebook. Theory of teaching, the narrative explains the practice, as well as how the theory is transferred to practice. Practice teacher may not withdraw from practice teaching without permission. Preparing a teaching portfolio 6 how the teaching methods typically used reflect that interpretation of the teachers role. Teacher student grammar, writing, vocabulary etc reading skills student life long reading habit extensive reading. Centra 1993 reported a study on portfolios and found that the teachers. In this updated handbook, preparing a teaching portfolio, we can now offer faculty members and administrators the kind of stepbystep, practical information necessary to get started, prepare, and maintain a teaching portfolio. One of the main elements of a paperbased teaching portfolio is the collection of documents typically held in an appendix. In consultation with the dean of the college of education the practice teacher may reenroll for another practice teaching placement. A teaching portfolio or dossier is a coherent set of material that represents your teaching practice as related to student learning. A teacher portfolio should include a cover, table of contents, resume, teaching philosophy,and three letters of recommendation. From my experience both as a learner and a teacher, i have come to support the communicative language teaching clt methodology. In this portfolio, i am presenting an overview of my student teaching experience which shows my own understanding of teaching as well as a compilation that will help me define my teaching philosophies and styles. In the clt classroom, teacher and student participate in.
See more ideas about portfolio pdf, graphic design inspiration, portfolio design. Reading, writing and presentation a taskbased flexible. Those teacher candidates who wish to convert files to pdf format for placement on the cd or. Teaching portfolios center for teaching vanderbilt university. I present this portfolio for you to read about my philosophy of teaching and experiences during my practice teaching offcampus training.
A practical guide to improved performance and promotiontenure decisions, 3rd edition, anker, 2004. Teacher guides by giving a general structure to the portfolio. How to build teaching portfolio lawrence university. Dec 22, 2017 from the beginning of my practice teaching, my cooperating teacher told me that i have to make a semidetailed lesson plan every day. This typically includes a variety of evidence that youve gathered throughout your career that backs up. Just as an artist uses a portfolio of collected works to illustrate his or her talents, a teacher portfolio is designed to demonstrate the teacher s talents. Im a secondyear graduate student in linguistics at northwestern university. In deciding what should go into a portfolio and how it should be evaluated, institutions necessarily must address the question of what is effective teaching and what standards should drive campus teaching practice. In contrast to the traditional language classroom, the focus of the class is on meaning and not grammar. The majority of these suggestions for teaching portfolio contents represent those most commonly required by departmental search committees and personnel. Preparing a teaching portfolio 1 what is a teaching portfolio. The program adviser then will confer with the dean. Portfolioteacher work sample utah state university.
Take it from teacher and professionaldevelopment expert doris dillon. The tp experience of the student teacher will gradually be built upon until the student teacher becomes responsible for the teaching of the whole class, taking on the planning and assessment responsibilities of the teacher. Kansas performance teaching portfolio 2 kansas performance teaching portfolio 2016 implementation guidelines implementing kptp each teacher education program using the kptp has the responsibility of implementing the kptp within the programs existing structure. Teacher may meet with student regularly to reflect on student growth. How the teaching methods have been modified in response to changes in students, course materials, the instructors situation, curriculum changes, and other mitigating factors. Holly ann garnett teaching portfolio 3 finally, i am aware that students approaches to learning are informed by their background and previous experiences. Read various texts how gep class designed practicum. If carefully implemented and evaluated, teaching portfolios can provide evidence of a teachers disciplinespecific expertise, assessment strategies and instructional. A brief overview of the process this booklet, known as the pdp guide, will help you navigate the 3 steps of your cdr recertification process, whether this is your first cycle or even your fourth. Portfolio d is from a programme in which teachers can seek accreditation as an accomplished teacher. If it is decided that the practice teacher should be allowed to withdraw from practice teaching, the practice teacher and cooperating teacher including the host principal will be notified of the decision. A teaching portfolio is a way of documenting and presenting teaching competence and teaching skills. Example portfolio contents the context of the practice.
As such, this handbook cannot give you hard fast rules for the contents of your portfolio. Dillon, who has served on the englishlanguage arts committee of the national board for professional teaching standards and has given workshops on developing a teaching portfolio, compares a portfolio to a garden. The practice teaching experience may be repeated in the rare event that extraneous conditions or events that could not be anticipated or prevented significantly hindered the practice teacher s teaching. An effective portfolio conveys a coherent message about your beliefs and approaches to teaching and offers specific evidence to support that message. Part 1 provides general instructions for preparing, developing, and submitting your portfolio entries. The following books on teaching portfolios are available for checkout in the center for teachings library. The creation of a professional portfolio requires careful effort.
A teaching portfolio is a representation of your identity as a teacher. Peter doolittle 1994 defines a teacher portfolio as a collection of work produced by a teacher. Practice teaching is an important component towards becoming a teacher. Teaching portfolios reflective practice teaching guides. Portfolio assessment printable template education world. Pdf a teacher portfolio is a collection of work produced by a teacher. Part 2 provides portfolio entry directions as well as cover sheets and forms you use to submit your portfolio entries. From the beginning of my practice teaching, my cooperating teacher told me that i have to make a semidetailed lesson plan every day.
All teaching practice experiences will allow students to teach in the classroom. Dec 21, 2017 from the beginning of my practice teaching, my cooperating teacher told me that i have to make a semidetailed lesson plan every day. Overview of student teaching student teaching is often characterized as the most transformative experience in teacher education. Teaching portfolio handbook nyu college of dentistry. An accessible best practice involves the process of questioning. In the clt classroom, teacher and student participate in genuine language scenarios. Teaching portfolios center for teaching vanderbilt.
This site represents my philosophy towards esl teaching, and my ideas about the implementation of a specific esl class for advanced adult nonnative speakers because my research focus is in pragmatics, my primary interest in esl teaching is in helping students develop nativelike conversational. However, the program must also implement the kptp as. A practice teaching portfolio practice teaching manual. It should include accounts of what you have done previously and what you do now as a teacher, why you do as you do, what are the results, and how your teaching has developed. A practice teaching portfolio of experience in off campus internship tombod integrated school villasis, pangasinan of emilyn r. Those teacher candidates using cd or dvd for portfolio development will have the choice of creating their layout in microsoft powerpoint, microsoft word, ms frontpage, or any other web development software. Yes, i am prepared to teach, as far as my knowledge is concerned. The schedule of araling panlipunan subject is thrice a week and therefore i have to prepare 3 lesson plans for that week.