1. Professional Portfolios Dr. Carol A. Brown East Carolina University Browncar@mail.ecu.edu http://www.ecu.edu Mrs. Robin Boltz, MLS student ECU & Media Specialist Creedmore Elementary School, Granville County

2. High Interest for Portfolio Development Make the connection between best practices and standards. Provide authenticity to professional practice. Experience a high level of engagement in your professional activities. Learn about yourself and the value of high- quality work.

3. Portfolios can be formatted in several modes of delivery. Format Three ring binder Digital files (word processed) and burned as a CD ROM Webpage format and stored on an Internet server PDF files format and stored on an Internet server Multimedia files using Hyperstudio or Authorware

4. Content:What’s Important Quality of artifacts How well these are aligned with standards Reflective writing that links artifacts to standards [evidence of mastery]

5. Where to Begin Review your Standards Preassessment Matching Artifacts Reflective Writing Characteristics of a Good Portfolio

6. Pre-assessment After selecting your standards: Prepare a pre test to determine “where you are” professionally. Then, before submitting portfolio or seeking employment, prepare posttest and assess your growth. This can be included as one of your documents. Example: Able to articulate my professional philosophy for library services  Able to articulate a collection development policy  Able to develop a simple webpage  Able to develop a website with graphics, links, and other formatting.  Return To Menu

7. Linking to the Standards Artifacts linked to standards Reflective writing standard<>artifact Standard 4: Integrating Instruction. Accomplished library media specialists integrate information literacy through collaboration, planning, implementation, and assessment of learning. Click on Standard to see example Return to Menu

8. Reflective Writing Cycle Standard? Articulate in complete sentence. Describe: Who, What, When, and Where of your artifact. Analyze: Look at the activity in basic parts. Alignment: How closely does is it align with standard? Transform:What would you change? Adapted from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Performance Based Licensure Manual, p. 8. Available online: [http://www.ncpublicschools.org/pbl/] Return to Menu

9. How to Match Artifacts to Standards Does the artifact provide evidence that you have mastered a skill or competency? Is it an example of your true professional “voice”? Is it clearly representative of your professional growth while providing a unique form of communication [written narrative, video clip, problem-solving log, etc.] Are you able to justify the selection of the artifact using reflective writing? Return to Menu

10. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards http://www.nbpts.org/ The National Board has developed standards for what ECYA/Library Media teachers should know and be able to do. Must submit a completed application by December 1, 2001. All portfolio materials must be submitted to NBPTS by June 7, 2002.

11. Assessment for National Board Certification The assessment is performance-based and designed to evaluate the complex knowledge and skills of teaching described in the National Board standards. The assessment process consists of two components: the portfolio entries and the half-day assessment center exercises.

12. NBPTS Portfolio Requirement The portfolio consists of four entries: Instructional Collaboration Fostering Literacy Integration of Instructional Technology Documented Accomplishments: Contributions to Student Learning -

13. Instructional Collaboration: show ability to collaborate with others in the instructional community to create, plan, and implement learning experiences

14. Fostering Literacy - Library media specialists will demonstrate the ability to foster literacy in their students, and the ability to create an inviting and supportive library media center environment that provides equal access to all learners. –submit a seventeen-minute video of a lesson

15. Integration of Instructional Technology - demonstrate effective selection and integration of technologies into the instructional program, and foster learners' understanding of the ethical or legal use of information. –submit two ten-minute segments of video Integration strategies How students use the technology in learning.

16. Documented Accomplishments: Contributions to Student Learning - Library media specialists demonstrate their commitment to student learning through their work with students' families and community, their development as learners and as leaders/collaborators.

17. Characteristics of well developed portfolio: Shows professional ownership [clearly representative of achievement and growth] Evidence of reflection overtime. Connects artifacts to a standard to give evidence of mastery or skill level.

18. Other Examples Library Media Portfolio

19. References Online http://users.etown.edu/w/whetstll/ http://students.washington.edu/leffingw/TeachingPortfolio/ http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios/bookmarks.html#teach http://durak.org/kathy/portfolio/index.html Books Bullock, A. A. & Hawk, P. P. (2001). Developing a Teaching Portfolio. Upper Saddle Rive, NJ: Prentice Hall. Campbell, Cignetti, Melenyzer, Nettles, & Wyman. (1996). How to Develop a Professional Portfolio. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Journal Articles Latrobe, K. and Lester, J. (2000). Portfolio Assessment in the MLIS Program. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, Vol 41, No. 3, 197-206. Callison, Daniel. (1997). Portfolio. School Library Activities Monthly. 14, No. 2. Retrieved 2/04/01 from SLMR at http://www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR/slmr_resources/select_callison86.ht ml.