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Assignments to be included in your portfolio include:
EDUC 1301 AND TECA 1303
Reflections of Past Teachers
Philosophy of Education
Internship Final Report
NEW October 1 add: Parent Involvement Plan
Technology Plan
Classroom Management Plan
Campus Plan
Self Evaluation
Six Examples from Your Lab Assignments
Any other assigned work
EDUC 1311
See Handout
EXPLANATION OF PORTFOLIO GRADING
5 = A
4 = B
3 = C
2 = D
1 = F
The notebook must be presented in a three-ring binder with dividers. It is to be designed with the assumption that it will be the first impression of you when used to apply for a teaching position Make it say, "Read Me First!!" The look of the cover is very important. It should be neat and attractive. The information in this notebook will serve as a good study source when the time comes to take your state exams.
Divide each section with a labeled divider.
I. TITLE SHEET
1. Name
2. Course/Section Number
3. Semester
4. Instructor: Ann Casstevens
5. School: Tyler Junior College
II. TABLE OF CONTENTS (IN PORTFOLIO LISTED IN ORDER)
Reflections of Past Teachers
Philosophy of Education
Self Evaluation
Course Evaluation
III. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS (List them by name.)
IV. OBSERVATION LAB ASSIGNMENTS (10) List these by title and put in numeric order.
V. INTERNSHIP INFORMATION - All Promts including the final one. (16) If you have not received all of the assignments back by the time the notebook is due, include a copy of that assignment in your notebook.
To be able to evaluate oneself fairly, candidly, and helpfully is a valuable life skill which will be an asset to you long after you leave college. This is perhaps the most important reason why this course requires a self-evaluation instead of a letter grade. The other reasons are that letter grades are too limited, too inaccurate, and too inflated.
There is no single way to write a good evaluation. That will depend upon the course, your goals, your style, and your needs. The advice below is only that - advice. Do not follow it slavishly or respond as if it were an outline to be followed. And do not assume that you must touch on all of the points
mentioned. A good evaluation selects the most important results of the learning process, and from this selection much else is evident. Give time and thought to what you write and care to how you write. A sloppy, careless self-evaluation filled with misspellings, incomplete sentences, and half-thoughts
leaves a poor final impression even if you did very
well in a course of study.
A VITAL POINT: Try to write in a way which
communicates information about the content of a course or independent study. Do not just speak in abstractions and personal feelings, such as "This class was extremely important to me because through discussion and the readings my thinking developed immensely." What subject? Which discussions? What did you read? think about what? developed from where to where?? A reader who does not know what the class
studied should be able to gain an idea from your self-evaluation. One should be able to form some judgment about how well you understand a subject from what you say about it, not merely that you claim to understand it. In other words, BE SPECIFIC, BE SPECIFIC, BE SPECIFIC, BE SPECIFIC, BE SPECIFIC, and,finally, BE CONCRETE.
The following information will be useful in improving courses in the future. Please answer honestly.
1. Considering your own learning style or preferential way to learn, what could have been done in the course to make it easier for you to learn the material?
2. What did you like most about the course? (“Nothing” is not acceptable.)
3. What is (are) some area(s) that need(s) to be improved to make it easier/better for students in the future?
4. If you were teaching this course, how would you do it differently?
5. Are there any other comments, questions, or concerns you would like to make?
