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In Pursuit of Growth

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Introduction
Overview
Competencies

                  Continuing Teaching License (CTL) Digital Portfolio

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Doors
The things she taught were deeper
Surpassing words and rhetoric
She opened concealed doors
Exposing hidden people and their accomplishments
And other doors
Doors I thought I had been through
But upon emerging, realized I had not
Doors of truth
Awareness
Responsibility
Concern for others who are different
Tenderness
Compassion
She did not simply teach
She educated

© 2001
Joan Amley Cluff


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While raising her own family, Mrs. Cluff began working with local schools as an artist in residence, guiding children as young as six through the writing process. This experience sparked in her a desire to work with young people after her immediate family of ten children had grown. In 1999, at the age of fifty, Mrs. Cluff began the long process of acquiring her education. Six years later, with her Associates, Bachelor's and a Master's of Education degrees attained, and having completed the Graduate Teacher Education Program required by the state of Oregon, she began her current career as a professional teacher.

Her love of writing made her well suited for a career in the English Language Arts. She also found that since her family had grown, she had nearly unlimited time at her disposal to devote to her new family of approximately 200 students per semester. 

After five years of teaching, Mrs. Cluff had to make the decision of whether to continue teaching under a Renewable License through the state of Oregon, or to secure her Continuing Teaching License (CTL). She could have also chosen to continue her education toward a Doctorate degree, or become National Board Certified. Because the two latter choices would have taken time away from her hands-on time with her students, and because she wanted something a little more permanent than a renewable license, she decided to secure her Continuing Teaching License.

The state of Oregon has outlined twelve advanced competencies which should be exemplified by every continuing educator. Evidence of these competencies is essential when pursuing a Continuing Teaching License.  Through this portfolio, others will be able to assess  the project online.  This portfolio will also be accessible to other future educators who may be pursuing a CTL as well. Perhaps it will even serve as a springboard to their own portfolios. This online portfolio was created from a template provided by Pacific University. The examples of how each competency has been addressed are given by the author. Much of the evidence supporting these examples is generated by the author's students.

                                                                                                                Joan Amley Cluff



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Last Updated -12/01/10
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