2. Developing Portfolio A Tutorial and Discussion
for Foreign Language Teacher Candidates
For students of Dr. Valerio

3. Course Homepage Resources
Click: LHU Teacher Certification
Click: Developing Portfolio Resources
Take full advantage of these resources to assist you in creating a complete electronic portfolio that will serve as a portal to the teacher education program at LHU…

4. Apply for and document Clearances: Criminal Background check
Child Abuse clearance
FBI clearance

5. Apply for and document
Membership in professional language association (PSMLA, ACTFL, or language specific organization)
Health insurance through professional membership - PSEA
Negative TB test
Praxis I score reports (PPST: reading, writing, math)

6. Collect
Ask three professors to complete a Communication and Disposition Competency Form for you
Participation Documentation Forms for field experiences. Take these with you to participation/observation field experiences and have the teacher complete them for you

7. Complete and Scan All preceding documentation, PLUS
Freshman Diversity Profile Plan
Diversity Verification Forms
Reflective Diversity Essay (based on diversity experiences)
Two LiveText Lesson Plans that have been evaluated
Technology Survey Evaluation

8. Complete and Scan
Academic Record or Degree Audit—showing required coursework:
2 math courses
2 English courses
C or better in language courses
C- or better in math, science, composition, speech, history

9. Look at the Template Developing Portfolio Template for FL
The template will guide you through responding to each SPA standard (ACTFL/NCATE Teacher Education Program Standards)

10. Important Terms
Rationale—be sure you pronounce and spell this word correctly: Rationale (RA shun AL) NOT rational (RA shun Əl)

11. Important Terms If you use these questions:
Why did you select this artifact? I selected … because …

12. Important Terms If you use these questions:
Why did you select this artifact?
How does it address this standard? (artifact) shows/demonstrates (I am aware of, I have achieved) …

13. Important Terms If you use these questions:
Why did you select this artifact?
How does it address this standard?
What progress have I made toward fulfilling this standard? Currently I …

14. Important Terms If you use these questions:
Why did you select this artifact?
How does it address this standard?
What progress have I made toward fulfilling this standard?
How will I work to fulfill the standard during my preparation and throughout my teaching career?

15. Study template guides
Read the detail provided with each standard you are addressing. Often the standards documents provide examples of acceptable artifacts and rationale.

16. Study template guides
The template provides the list of evidence accepted for each standard.
There may be other items you can use, but you must be able to justify your use of other artifacts in the rationale section.

17. Creating the portfolio document
Make sure you do significant writing and display in the LiveText window.
Imagine how terrible it would be for you to see this PowerPoint show with slide after slide of attachments.
See the next slide for a demonstration

18. Creating the portfolio document
In this section I have attached the artifacts for this standard
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This is an example of an unacceptable portfolio entry.
In your rationale you should discuss the standard by stating the standard in your own words, state what the standard means, what it means for teaching, what you need to do to demonstrate the standard within your own professional performance, and what you can show as evidence of progress toward or commitment to that goal.

19. Creating the portfolio document
In some cases it is acceptable for you to attach your artifact. However, in many cases, it is preferable to copy and paste your information directly in the window—journal entries, lesson plans, learning centers, pictures—you can even shrink some of your certificates to display and then attach the scanned file.

20. Creating the portfolio document
Chulapol Thanomsing is the resource person for LiveText. A great portfolio can serve as an effective artifact for meeting the technology standard.
He has created Internet LiveText help for you. He has a schedule that allows him to be available evenings until 9 p.m. on certain days.

21. Important Hint Type journals and LiveText entries in Microsoft WORD.
This will help you pick up on spelling errors and grammar problems. Correct all your mistakes and then copy and paste your writing into other areas that don’t have these tools.

22. Organize yourself and plan
Collect the data
Learn to use LiveText
Create meaningful divisions in LiveText—don’t make one long continuous document
Use simple shortcuts to speed up your work, like copy and paste from original documents into the LiveText window

23. Organize yourself and plan
Learn to scan documents into files
Learn to manipulate the size and display of those scanned items
If your display is too large or too small, it will detract from your overall presentation
Learning these skills will help you when you create activities for students using Internet and other electronic resources.

24. Let me know if you need help
You have many tools available to assist you
You can do it—one step at a time
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