Creating a Professional Teaching Portfolio
What is a professional portfolio?
A Portfolio is a purposeful collection of work and information that:
A teaching portfolio is the structured, documentary history of a set of coached or mentored acts of teaching substantiated by samples of student work and fully realized only through reflective writing, deliberation, and serious conversation. (p.64)
Norma Lyons (1999) uses a definition from an article by Shulman (1998) http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/pedagogy/portfolio/teacher
The ability to create a professional portfolio allows you to, not only document your achievements and growth as a professional teacher, but provides a mechanism for showcasing your abilities and talents to support your professional growth. It can also be a useful means to demonstrate your ability to meet the Australian Teaching Standards as articulated by AITSL.
A Portfolio is a purposeful collection of work and information that:
- represents an individual's efforts, progress and achievements over time
- is goal-driven, performance-based and indicates evidence of the attainment of knowledge, skills and attitudes
- includes self-reflection
- is a tool for facilitating life-long learning and career development
A teaching portfolio is the structured, documentary history of a set of coached or mentored acts of teaching substantiated by samples of student work and fully realized only through reflective writing, deliberation, and serious conversation. (p.64)
Norma Lyons (1999) uses a definition from an article by Shulman (1998) http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/pedagogy/portfolio/teacher
The ability to create a professional portfolio allows you to, not only document your achievements and growth as a professional teacher, but provides a mechanism for showcasing your abilities and talents to support your professional growth. It can also be a useful means to demonstrate your ability to meet the Australian Teaching Standards as articulated by AITSL.