Portfolio Assessment and Design C. Candace Chou University of St. Thomas

Definition A goal-driven, organized collection of artifacts that demonstrates a person’s expansion of knowledge and skills over time. (Kilbane & Milman, 2003)

An organized, goal-driven documentation of professional growth and achieved competence in teaching A collection of documents, tangible evidence of the wide range of knowledge, dispositions, and skills that you possess as a growing professional. Documents are self-selected, reflecting your individuality and autonomy.

Types of Portfolio Professional Portfolio: purposeful compilations of and reflections on a professional’s work, effort, and progress in their field. Working Portfolio: complete compilations of a person’s work over a period of time. Presentation Portfolio: “showcase portfolio”, streamline and selective, represent a subset of materials found in a working portfolio

Teaching Portfolio A special type of presentation portfolio that demonstrates the professional competence of anyone who engages in the act of teaching at any academic level. Artifacts may include curricular units, syllabi, communication with students, writing samples, photographs, and videos. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and the Interstate New Teachers Assessment Support Consortium (INTASC) promote teaching portfolio.

Digital Teaching Portfolio a.k.a. electronic portfolios, multimedia portfolios, e-folios, webfolios Present much of the Teaching Portfolio content in digital format Use a combination of multimedia technologies, e.g., audio, video, graphics, and text.

Working Portfolio Examples Descriptive: Foster reflection and self- assessment, focus on describing all the steps to learning, e.g., detailed journal or work log. Learning: Foster reflection and self- assessment, emphasize an individual’s work and learning in progress, e.g., graphic organizers, working drafts, outlines,professional development goals.

Presentation Portfolio Examples Assessment: Mastery of specific objectives and skills, e.g., tests, competencies Class: illustrate group effort, progress, and accomplishments, e.g., student work Employment: Resume, transcripts, letter of recommendation Teaching: teacher and student work samples

Advantages of Digital Portfolio Accessibility Portability Creativity Technology Self-Confidence Community

Challenges of Digital Portfolio Knowledge and skill requirements Professional support Expensive equipment Time and Energy Increased viewer skills and equipment Presentation that detracts from content

Why Portfolio Assessment Push for authentic assessment: Tracking progress over time and helping individuals learn to assess their own progress Enhancing teacher professionalism:Aligning with NBPTS, INTASC, NCATE, ISTE established standards *INTASC: Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium *NBPTS: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards *NCATE: National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education *ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education

Professional Standards and Digital Portfolio NBPTS: requires the submission of a portfolio with a video that demonstrates evidence of teacher competence in various formats for national certification ISTE: suggests that all pre-service teachers should develop a portfolio of technology-based products. NCATE: perform-based system of accreditation - a natural fit for portfolio

Professional Benefits of Digital Portfolio Creation of digital teaching portfolios makes teachers learners Provides opportunities to learn about technology Improves teachers’ impact on students Effective tools for demonstrating teacher competence Helps teachers get jobs A tool for charting future professional growth

Creation of E- Portfolio Save Artifacts electronically Document your experiences electronically

Stages for Developing E-Portfolio Decide: the purpose and the audience Design: the selection of the content Develop: incorporation of all artifacts Evaluate: the content and multimedia format

Framing Digital Portfolio Around Standards National standards represent the collective effort of many knowledgeable education professionals Help teachers examine their knowledge and skills in the education field that are considered good teaching. National recognized standards have meaning to people in various communities.

Ingredients of a Digital Portfolio Artifacts: tangible evidence that indicates the attainment of knowledge and skills and the ability to apply understanding to complex tasks, e.g., resume, lesson plans, etc. Supporting Documentation: Authorship statement Credits Rational statement Permission statement Table of Content

Questions to Help You Reflect on Artifacts How does tis artifact demonstrate competence in a particular standard or your chosen framework? Why did I include this artifact? Why is it important to me? What did I learn as a result of using/creating this artifact? How would I do things differently as a result of the artifact?

Table of Contents (based on INTASC) Introduction Subject Matter Student Learning Diverse Learners Instructional Strategies Learning Environment Communication and Technology Planning Instruction Assessment Reflection and Professional Development Collaboration, Ethics, and Relationships Professional Plans

Directions for Introduction Poem or quote that is meaningful to you, that captures who you are and/or your beliefs about teaching Current resume An educator statement, e.g., educational philosophy or teaching beliefs

Directions for Section 2 - 11 Begin each section with the title and definition of the standard List the substandards/competencies for each standard Narrative or rationale: a written piece per standard that links the standard to the evidence collected. Use 2 - 3 artifacts per standard for evidence

Directions for Professional Plan Educator Development Plan (EDP) Personal life-long learning plan

Timeline Course I: Decide which artifact to collect Course II: Design and develop Course III: Peer review and assessment

Standards-based E-Portfolio Examples http://dagwood.dgrc.crc.ca/eportfolio/portfolio/851/10 214235711049.html (pre-service, elementary) http://filebox.vt.edu/users/ckeel/ (pre, secondary) http://durak.org/kathy/portfolio/ (pre, elementary) http://portfolios.music.ufl.edu/studentport.html Others http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/class/edlf/589_00 4/Carter_Shreves/ (special ed) http://www.life.sci.qut.edu.au/collect/tp/tp_home.ht ml (teaching philosophy) http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eedplace/portfolio/index.h tml

References Campbell, D. M., Cignetti, P. B., Melenyzer, D. J., Nettles, D. H., & Wyman, R. M. (2004). How to develop a professional portfolio: A manual for teachers (3rd ed.). Kilbane, C. R., & Milman, N. B. (2003). The digital teaching portfolio handbook: A how-to guide for educators.