Final Thoughts

The portfolio is a unique document illustrating your achievements as an educator. It should:

• Identify and reflect positively on relevant learning achievements;
  
• Critically analyze experiences and articulate the learning achieved;
  
• Demonstrate increased awareness of own potential and aspirations;
  
• Demonstrate improved self-confidence to develop own learning;
  
• Identify academic and professional development;
  
• Demonstrate skills, knowledge and understanding gained from coursework;
  
• Demonstrate skills, knowledge and understanding gained from the practicum;
  
• Demonstrate skills, knowledge and understanding gained from related Professional work experiences; and
  
• Critically reflect your thoughts and self assessment.
  

• Injecting/ejecting is the cycle of the portfolio.
• Become a "digital pack rat''
  
  • Set up an electronic filing system.
    Set up "folders'' to store artifact for each standard.
    
  • Don't leave the "collection/selection'' until the last minute.
    
• Plan for an electronic portfolio from the beginning of the program.
  
• Identify standards.
  
• Write reflective statements.
  
  • For each standard
    
  • For each artifact
    

Connie Swiderski e­mail: cswiderski@esc11.net

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