1. EXIT PORTFOLIOS 4 in the Benedum Collaborative Five- Year Teacher Education Program

2. What is a portfolio?  PURPOSE  AUDIENCE  EVIDENCE  REFLECTIONS

3. Why develop a portfolio?  REFLECTION  GROWTH  ADVANCEMENT  ASSESSMENT

4. Standards Portfolios  10 Characteristics of the Novice Teacher (Benedum Collaborative)  10 Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) Principles  5 Core Propositions (National Board for Professional Teaching Standards)

5. Exit Portfolio Inclusions  RESUME  TRANSCRIPTS  PRAXIS SCORE REPORTS  PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS: Volunteer Experiences Practica Experiences Internship

6. Exit Portfolio Inclusions (cont.)  PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN  PDS DESCRIPTION(S)  INQUIRY EXEMPLAR  CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NOVICE TEACHER INTERPRETATIONS REFLECTIONS/RATIONALES SUPPORTING ARTIFACTS

7. Artifact Requirements 4 Inquiry Exemplar 4 Exemplars of the Program Strands 4 Professional Development Plan 4 Instructional “Package” including... –Unit overview –Lesson plan –Assessment –Student work –Impact on student learning

8. Other Artifact Examples  Lesson / unit plans  Professional development activities  Pictures of classroom activities  Course work (with instructor comments)  Parent communication  Self evaluations / journal excerpts  Position papers

9. What is reflection?

10. Interpreting Characteristics 4 Breaking down for meaning 4 Providing a personal context –How and where you came to understand their meanings –How they relate to your specialization(s) –Anecdotal 4 Action orientation

11. Artifact Reflection/Rationale  DESCRIPTION  ANALYSIS  PLANNING

12. Legal Issues  Obtain signed release forms  Mark out all students’ names  Refer to students anonymously in reflections  Don’t identify students in pictures

13. General Considerations  Save everything  ORGANIZE!  Use format/colors that are reader-friendly  Be mindful of time for documents/images/video/sound to load  Double (or triple!) check spelling and grammar

14. Next steps...  Review  Revise  Interview  Employment  Revise, revise, revise...