The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project The Teacher e-Portfolio for Northern Ireland (Te-PNI) Project Gillian Stewart Regional Te-PNI Induction/EPD Strand Manager Belfast Education and Library Board

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 380,000 online users Broadband connectivity 344,881 pupils (all ages) 1245 schools / 1220 LANs Growing online population emPowering Schools Strategy One NI-Wide MLE through C2K All teachers NOF – ICT Accredited c. 26,000 teachers 80,000 networked computers

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project The Project "The Te-PNI is a career long, career wide e- portfolio for student teachers, teachers and teacher leaders."

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project UPS and Thresholds Evidence of Competence PRSD Portfolio (Annually) HEIs GTCNI Continuing Professional Development (Career-Long) Education Phase How Learning is Recorded (Milestones) Lead Agency Teachers’ Career Progression – Lifelong Learning mapped against GTCNI Teacher Competences Formative Profile Report Initial Teacher Education Career Entry Profile Induction Portfolio Professional Development Activities Induction Teacher Leadership Professional Qualification for Headship NI Assessments and Certificates: Chartered Teacher Status Education and Library Boards Regional Training Unit Schools HEIs Schools Early Teacher Education (4 Years) The Scope of Teacher LLW in NI Early Professional Development Performance Review Staff Development Accredited Courses “At the heart of becoming a teacher is, above all else, being a learner – a lifelong learner.” The Teacher Education Partnership Handbook

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Provide “… better strategic planning and delivery of professional development opportunities for teachers.” DE Circular 2007/24: The Use of ICT in Schools Project Policy Context The need for e-portfolios that foster more reflective and personalised professional learning. QAA Guidance to HEIs More effective links between ITE, Induction and EPD and CPD to be mapped against GTCNI competences DE ‘Every School a Good School’ (April 2009) Develop support systems for teachers to “… build their record of achievement throughout their lifelong learning.” DfES Progress Files Initiative (2005) Becta’s workforce capability & capacity drive as a critical indicator of successful implementation of the e-Strategy, with a specific focus on e-assessment Harnessing Technology, DfES/Becta (2005), “The integration of an e-portfolio for professional learning” should be promoted to create efficiencies in professional development. DE, LNI Survey (Oct 2008)

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Project Partnership

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Strand 3: Induction “A collection of authentic and diverse evidence of teaching competence that has been the subject of reflection, synthesis and selection for presentation to a professional audience for a specific purpose.” Partnership e-Portfolio Definition Definition of the Northern Ireland Te-PNI Advisory Board

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 8 Project Timeline News Flash! 7 June 2010 A Teacher e-Portfolio for NI has been formally written into the Review Report on Teacher Ed currently with the Minister for Education and the Minister for Employment and Learning

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 9 Project Software Continuity and Progression across the different teacher education stages in the Te-PNI project Pebblepad used by: All of the Teacher Training Institutions (as opposed to their individual PDP solutions) The ELBs (LEAs) The Regional Training Unit (Staff College)

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 10 1.E-portfolios develop through a process of recording, reflecting, selecting and presenting evidence of professional development 2.E- portfolios are based on the GTCNI teacher competences/ National Standards for Headship (NI)competences 3.The type of evidence and the use to which the Te-P can be put must be agreed across the whole profession 4.Ownership of all e-portfolio content resides with the individual user throughout his/her career 5. Each training/support organisation must provide an e-portfolio software solution that will conform to the Te-PNI specification. 6. E-Portfolio processes must be commonly understood across the profession. Project Principles

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 11 Rationale

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Professional Knowledge and Understanding Professional Skills and Application Planning and Leading Teaching and Learning Assessment ‘Teaching: The Reflective Profession’ (GTCNI 2007) GTCNI Teacher Competences More effective links between ITE, Induction and EPD and CPD to be mapped against GTCNI competences DE School Improvement Policy ‘Every School a Good School’ (April 2009)

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Tracking GTCNI Competence Development COMPETENCE LEVELS 1. I have limited knowledge and understanding of the competences 2. I have begun to apply my knowledge & understanding of this competence to learning & teaching. 3. I have gained a range of experiences, informed by research & reflection, that allows me to demonstrate effective application of this competence in a different context. 4. I continue to develop this competence through collaborative research & reflection & can demonstrate consequent improvements in learning & teaching. Competence Ability Report created using Ability Tool

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Strand 3: Induction Keeping a Reflective e-Journal tool Webfolio Reflections There is more onus on you to reflect using the e- Portfolio – it is more targeted. Responses have to be more precise…. There is a tool which allows you to record your thoughts as a reflective log. You don’t have this in a paper based portfolio - I found it very useful. Reflective Podcasts

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Strand 3: Induction Comparing hard copy ITE Formative and CEPs, Induction Action Plans & EPD PDAs … Area for Development Actions (Including Timescale) Support Arrangements) Success Criteria Monitoring & Evaluation

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project … with online ITE, Induction and EPD Forms Formative Profile Report Stranmillis University College Regional EPD Professional Development Activity Career Entry Profile University of Ulster Regional Induction Action Plan

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Promoting Communities of Practice Sharing Information and Resources Disseminating Ideas and Good Practice Project Gateway All Project Partners Represented HEIs Beginning Teachers EPD Teachers Teacher Tutors

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Beginning Teacher Blog

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Strand 3: Induction Traditional Portfolio of Evidence versus …

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Strand 3: Induction …e-Portfolio/Webfolio

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 21 Outcomes Career long, career wide webfolios I think it offers the great opportunity to store all of your work in the one location using a secure log-in and password with the facility to access it at home or at school. You can work at your own pace, add to your evidence and keep building on it throughout your career. Webfolios created at different career stages embedded in career-wide webfolio

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 22 Outcomes I found the inservice training log section of my webfolio useful. I was going for an interview and was able just to go in and print out all the courses I had attended at the click of a button. It was simply laid out in a systematic form. Experience, Ability and Achievement Tools used in relation to Extra Curricular Activities and Inservice Training. … It allows reflection and it allows you to … collate it altogether in a way that’s just like a website. Whenever I showed it to my Principal, she … just loved the fact that I had been doing all these different things and the e-portfolio showed all that, whether it was my action plans or taking a school trip to Cultra or whether it was starting a cricket club … Webfolios containing evidence of action planning, ongoing reflective practice and holistic professional development

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Research Beginning Teachers’ Rating of the e-Portfolio across a Range of Measures.

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project Project Dissemination Project Website:

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 25 Developmental Model

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project 26 Teaching & Learning E-portfolios must produce real improvements in innovative practice that have the support of all professionals. E-mature teachers need software that is fit for purpose, adaptable & which can provide benchmarks for learning. Strategy and Policy The Te-PNI project seeks to integrate with & inform Prof Dev & e-learning policy initiatives Partnerships A fully integrated and portable career-long and career-wide Teacher e-Portfolio Relationships have been established with key UK agencies We will continue to: test and refine processes; engage in longitudinal research/evaluation; Share innovation within and beyond. We will continue to: refine Te-PNI specification through further trials; investigate & trial Web2.0 integration & use of data for personal learning spaces; examine practice in other Ed sectors & professions. Technology and Standards We aim to: embed in teacher PD milestones; submit policy recommendations to DE/DEL/ESA; identify implications for integration in the Management Information System; Increase engagement & sustainability We aim to: develop these into real working partnerships for joint learning, development & dissemination; Commission research, collaboration & funding bids; Contribute to a regional and UK research strategy. The Future

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project What’s it really all about? Enhancing and supporting the professional development of teachers.

The Teacher e–portfolio (NI) Project

29 Victor McNair Chair, Te-PNI Working Group Senior Lecturer, University of Ulster School of Education Gillian Stewart Manager, Regional Te-PNI Induction/EPD Strand Assistant Adviser, Induction/EPD Belfast Education and Library Board Contacts