I
put a portfolio together for a recent
interview. I have to say it really helped me
display my skills. I included the following:
-table of contents
-resume
-copies of my certification
-lesson plans including copies of materials
that I developed to
go along with plans
-an example of my state's alternate
assessment that I completed
for one of my students
-a behavior support plan that I developed
-letters of recommendation
-philosophy of education
-photograph of me with students with captions
-copies of my transcripts
Work
examples of your work by using your portfolio
into your conversations when interviewing.
Many administrators will want to see if you
have the confidence in yourself to use your
portfolio. Don't bring it at all if you don't
plan on using it. Having it at your side and
never opening it during an interview could
put you in a negative light.
Hope
this helps! Amy
having
a portfolio just got me a job for next year!
At the interview I asked if I could show them
or leave it with them for a few days. They
called me back 3 days later, told me how
impressed they were, and offered me a job!
Mine's
pretty simple - all my
certification/resumes/transcripts in one
section, one on educational philosophy, then
one showing student work (I used work
collected during my student teaching, several
examples of good work, plus some of how
student writing had improved over time), some
lesson plans I'd developed and pics of kids
working on them, then lists of professional
development I'd done. Took me about an hour
to pull it together from my boxes of student
teaching junk, and it definitely paid off.
Also
might add
1. sample "letters to parents"
2. samples of student work
3. something showing assessment techniques
(rubrics, etc.)
4. a lesson showing how you implemented
technology
5. a lesson showing how you taught based on
certain "standards"
Hi,
I am now doing my student teaching. We have
electronic portfolios on the web. You can go
to http://portfolios.valdosta.edu/mge this will
give you a list of students' portfolios that
you may look at. Some of the ones who are
already teaching now, have put all the
finishing touches on their portfolio (mine is
not finished) I would recommend looking at
Pam Varnedore's, Crystal Holbrook's, and
Misti Davis's.....all of theirs are
wonderful! Good Luck. Posted by kara on 1/13/02
These
are my headings:
1)Classroom
Experience -Mission Field experience
evaluations
-Pictures of activities that I
organized/instructed in the classroom
-Bulletin b\Boards that I created
-Sample lesson plans
-Student work from lessons that I planned and
instructed
-Balnaced literacy program pics (How I
implmented it)
-Overall Lesson Plan template
-Student teaching evaluation
-Field trip Plan
-Example of classroom learning enviornment
-ETC!
2)Achievements
-Honors letters
-Programs that I was involved in
-Certificates
3)Appreciation
-Letters/pictures from kids and parents
-Etc.
4)Values
-Poems (emphasize my mission)
5)Professional
Development -career plan
-organizations that I belong to
-Workshops that I attended
-Pictures of voulunteering
Before
all of these headings I have My mission
Why I want to be a teacher
Test scores
Phiosophy if teaching (diff subjects)
Letters of recommendation
I
also know some teachers who have the same
heading in their portfolio that are on their
resume. So as they are speaking they can turn
to that section
Hope
this helps! Melissa
I
will be having my interview in a few months
and I have already done a trial run of my
portfolio, set out in the following way:
(BTW, I have answered this question before on
a list, so I have cut and pasted from my
previous message)
Title
page
Contents page
Teaching Philosophy
Rationale - for how my portfolio is set out
and the purpose
behind the included items.
Sections:
1. 'Teacher as Professional'
- teaching philosophy,
interests/abilities/aptitudes,
transcripts, certificates and awards, prac
reports,
professional memberships, technological
abilities
2. 'Teacher as Planner' - (focuses on ability
to plan and
sequence lessons and concepts)
- long-term planning, unit planning, lesson
planning
3. 'Teacher as Facilitator of Learning'
(focuses on ability
to meet diverse needs of learners)
- classroom environment, behaviour
management, diverse
learners, instructional strategies,
resourcefulness (use of
resources)
4. 'Teacher as Evaluator'
- monitoring practices, diagnostic/
formative/ summative
assessment, authentic assessment
5. 'Teacher as Communicator'
- ability to communicate with students,
fellow teachers
(collaboration), school staff, and parents
6. 'Teacher as Reflective Practitioner'
- reflections on own teaching and
development; value you have
of reflection on your teaching
At the beginning of each section I wrote a
brief rationale/ explanation for the things
that were included and what they showed (so
your lesson plans etc are EVIDENCE only - you
need explanatory notes to draw out WHY the
item was included - what is its importance?
what does it show about you as a teacher?).
Where I included resources that I had made,
students' work, or other resources, I
included a brief note (on a bit of square
coloured paper slotted into the plastic
sleeve holding the resource) explaining its
importance or relevance - eg "This is a
piece of student's work taken from an art
lesson on line and colour. The piece is
evidence of the student's understanding of
warm and cool colours, plus sharp and flowing
line, as a result of the lesson.
Unfortunately, trying to cover two concepts
(line and colour) in the one lesson meant
that many students did not achieve the same
understanding as this student did. In the
future, I would teach one full lesson on line
and have students do their drawing
incorporating flowing and sharp lines. Then
in a following lesson I would teach the
concept of warm and cool colours, having
students apply colour to the drawing from the
previous lesson." - this is pretty much
one of my examples from my trial portfolio. Donna T on 1/15/02
