EDUC 625 Professional Portfolio Development

Dr. Mike Charles

EDUC 625 is designed to support advanced program candidates in the development of a professional portfolio. Course content will focus on selection of sources of evidence to include, articulation of written commentaries for each piece of evidence, and creation of an electronic portfolio that address the advanced competencies for the continuing teaching license (CTL).

Welcome to the homepage for our course. Below are some web-based resources and assignments:

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• Course syllabus (download a copy)
• CTL Scoring guide
• The Professional Teaching Portfolio: an authentic assessment tool--presentation from class
• The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. This organization certifies teachers at the national level; Oregon's CTL is a good preparation for this further step.
  

• A factual description of a teacher’s work supporting student learning demonstrated by relevant data and analyzed by the teacher to show the thinking process behind the artifacts. 
• Most portfolios are NOT collections of everything that the teacher has done in the way of teaching over his or her entire career. Rather they are selected samples that illustrate how that individual's teaching is carried out in the various venues in which teaching occurs.
  (edited from http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/teachfolio.html )
• The professional portfolio is a vehicle for collecting and presenting evidence of growth and achievement over time. (from http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/futureteachers/professional_port.htm )
• A professional teaching portfolio is an organized collection that showcases a professional teacher’s mastery, through documented evidence of their growth and achievement over an extended period of time.  The documentation should include but not be limited to student work samples that are criteria based, personal self-reflection, and observations by respected professionals and colleagues. 
  
  

• An online step-by-step tutorial for N/Vu a free open source webpage editor from the same folks who bring you the Firefox web browser. 

• The webpage tips developed specifically for this class:

• Download this document in .pdf format 
• Download this document as an MS Word file.
  
  
• A link to website portfolio templates
• View the CTL portfoliosite template assembled for this course.
• Download a compressed version of the ctlportfoliosite template assembled for this course.
  
• The MITTEN portfolios used in COATT program--these templates you would need to modify to use for this portfolio.
  

• COATT portfolios

• Kirsten Ruchaber, Jesuit High School (Health and Physical Education)
  

• Jennifer Koss, Byrom Elementary School, Tigard-Tualatin School District (AOL website removed)

• Nathan Traller, Cedar Park Middle School, Beaverton School District (Special Education)

• David Nieslanik, Beaverton High School, Beaverton School District (Social Studies)

• Kevin Kottke, Evergreen Middle School, Hillsboro School District (Science)


• Tim Moe, Aloha High School, Beaverton School District (Business)
  
  
• Bethany MacNeur, St. Clare School, Portland (4th Grade)
  

• Tracy Burford, Neil Armstrong Middle School Forest Grove School District (Mathematics)
  
  
• Erin Stevens, Groner Elementary, Hillsboro School District and St. Mary of the Valley School (5th and 6th grade)
  
  
• Portfolios currently under construction (Summer 2006 and 2007 groups)

• Digital video

• Posting your final portfolio
  
  
• Portfolio checklist