How to Develop a Professional Portfolio: A Manual for Teachers

✍ Scribed by Dorothy Campbell, Beverly Melenyzer, Diane Nettles, Richard Wyman

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 113
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Fifteen years in the marketplace, How to Develop a Professional Portfolio: A Manual for Teachers, by Dorothy M. Campbell, Beverly J. Melenzyer, Diane H. Nettles, Richard M. Wyman, Jr., has grown to be the preeminent guidebook for teachers who need guidance in portfolio development from start to finish. Thousands of pre-service and in-service teachers have followed the tools provided in this uniquely versatile and practical book with its clear, manageable guidelines and tips for professional portfolio development that can be followed by teachers at all stages of their careers.

In seven concise chapters, the latest edition of this best-selling text offers step-by-step procedures for portfolio development, using the 2011 InTASC national teaching standards as the basis for the organization throughout the text. The text provides guidance for educators on how to assemble the portfolio, choosing standards, and organizing the material around teaching standards. Artifact possibilities are included, as well as how to use the portfolio throughout one’s teaching career, as well as interview questions, and ways to use the portfolio in an interview. The final chapter is devoted to showing teachers how to pull it all together in an electronic portfolio. The end-matter features professional affiliates, developing a “portfolio at-a-glance,” and a helpful Glossary of key terms.

Clearly written with ample real-life examples throughout, the text is simple enough to use without outside help so that novice and experienced teachers alike can independently create a portfolio that showcases their strengths in each of the InTASC standards. The most concise and applicable teaching portfolio development text around, How to Develop a Professional Portfolio: A Manual for Teachers, Sixth Edition, gently guides its audience–whether student teachers, new teachers, tenured teachers, and even master teachers– to a greater understanding and success in creating a professional portfolio to the best of one’s abilities, showcasing each individual’s talents and contributions in the most professional and unique of ways.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1 What You Need to Know About Portfolios
Why Portfolios?
What Is a Portfolio?
How Do I Organize My Portfolio?
What Evidence Should I Include in My Portfolio?
Who Is the Audience for My Portfolio?
How Might I Use My Portfolio?
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Chapter 2 Guidelines for Assembling Your Portfolio
How to Use This Chapter
Creating the Working Portfolio
Creating the Presentation Portfolio
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Chapter 3 Choosing Standards for Your Portfolio
What Are Standards?
What Is Standards-Based Education?
What Is a Standards-Based Portfolio?
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Chapter 4 Organization of Portfolios Around Teaching Standards
How to Use This Chapter
How This Chapter Is Organized
Learner Development
Learning Differences
Learning Environments
Content Knowledge
Application of Content
Assessment
Planning for Instruction
Instructional Strategies
Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
Leadership and Collaboration
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Chapter 5 Artifact Possibilities
How to Use This Chapter
Types of Artifacts
Chapter 6 Using the Portfolio Throughout a Teaching Career
The Full Potential of Portfolios
Using the Portfolio While in a Teacher Education Program
Using the Portfolio When Interviewing for a Teaching Position
Using the Portfolio During Inservice Teaching
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Chapter 7 Electronic Portfolios
Definition of Electronic Portfolios
Advantages of Electronic Portfolios
Disadvantages of Electronic Portfolios
Creation of Electronic Portfolios
Stages for Developing Electronic Portfolios
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Appendices
Appendix A NCATE-Affiliated Professional Organizations
Appendix B Developing Your "Portfolio at a Glance"
Appendix C Glossary
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