This versatile and practical book helps pre- and in-service teachers create teaching portfolios to be used effectively in interviews and throughout their teaching careers. Portfolio development serves as a fair, authentic, broad-based, and impartial means of teacher assessment. The growing emphasis on creating and maintaining professional teaching portfolios enables pre-service and in-service teachers to play a more active role in charting their own professional growth and then demonstrating their competence and achievements. This manual provides clear, manageable, step-by-step guidelines and tips for professional portfolio development that can be followed by teachers at all stages of their careers.

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1 What You Need to Know about Portfolios

Why Portfolios?

What Is a Portfolio?

How Do I Organize My Portfolio?

What Evidence Should I Include in My Portfolio?

Who Is the Audience for My Portfolio?

How Might I Use My Portfolio?

2 Guidelines for Assembling Your Portfolio

How to Use This Chapter

Creating the Working Portfolio

Creating the Presentation Portfolio

3 Electronic Portfolios

Definition of Electronic Portfolios

Benefits of Electronic Portfolios

Creation of Electronic Portfolios

Stages for Developing Electronic Portfolios

4 Organization of Portfolios around Teaching Standards

How to Use This Chapter

How This Chapter Is Organized

Knowledge of Subject Matter

Knowledge of Human Development and Learning

Adapting Instruction for Individual Needs

Multiple Instructional Strategies

Classroom Motivation and Management

Communication Skills

Instructional Planning Skills

Assessment of Student Learning

Professional Commitment and Responsibility

Partnerships

5 Using the Portfolio throughout a Teaching Career

The Full Potential of Portfolios

Using the Portfolio While in a Teacher Education Program

Using the Portfolio When Interviewing for a Teaching Position

Using the Portfolio during Inservice Teaching

6 Artifact Possibilities

How to Use This Chapter

Types of Artifacts

Appendices

Appendix A: NCATE-Affiliated Professional Organizations

Appendix B: Artifacts Checklist

Appendix C: Developing Your “Portfolio at a Glance”

Appendix D: Glossary