POSSIBLE ARTIFACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING PORTFOLIOS

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• POSSIBLE ARTIFACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
  PORTFOLIOS

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1. PHILOSOPHY

• Educational beliefs/philosophy
• Goals achieved
• Future goals
• Mentor stories
• Teaching stories

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2. COURSE DESCRIPTION

• Syllabus
• Grade level curriculum
• Overview of courses taught

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3. UNITS

• Daily lesson plans
• Unit lesson plans
• Photos of activities
• Journal of activities
• List of texts (student reading)
• Video of class
• Student project example
• Student writing with teachers comments

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4. TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Classroom management strategies
• Parent communication
• Co-teaching of interdisciplinary teams
• Extracurricular activities
• Use of technology

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5. TEACHERS READING

• Annotated bibliography of professional books
• Annotated bibliography of personal books
• Dream list of reading
• Book jacket of favorite book and reason

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6. TEACHERS WRITING

• Personal narratives
• Creative writing
• Academic writing
• Professional articles
• Excerpts from teacher journal
• Personal journal
• News articles/ letters to the editor

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7. STUDENT SAMPLES

• Photos and explanation of acitvities
• Students writing
• Team assessment
• Student self-assessment

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8. EVALUATIONS OF TEACHING

• Administrative evaluations
• Student evaluations
• Student thank-yous

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9. PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Parent/Community and Teacher involvement
• Teacher-toTeacher involvement

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10. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Professional organization memberships
• Officer artifacts
• Conferences attended
• Presentations (program description)
• Publications
• Teacher-researcher artifacts
• Community involvement

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11. PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTS

• Teaching certification
• College transcripts
• Resume