The Smart Portfolio for the Teacher as Expert
Step 1. Materials
Step 2. Preparing the Binder
Step 3. Indexing the Collection Points
Within the boundaries of the three Collecting,
Working, and Showcase sections of the portfolio, place one index Tab
Partition in the binder for each of the 12 Collection Points as shown
in the Smart Portfolio diagram.
Collecting Artifacts. Content Area
Materials, Classroom Resources, Library Resources, and World Wide Web
Sites continue to hold artifacts acquired by reading, thinking, and
interacting. If you are already using the Smart Portfolio, it should be
overflowing with Collecting artifacts. Collecting remains critically
important in all aspects of portfolio use to ensure the availability of
up-to-date resources that will continue to generate new thinking.
Working Artifacts. As the Teacher as
Expert begins to integrate and apply the knowledge of the Collecting
artifacts, the resulting new materials are transferred to the Working
Collection Points. One new folder and two revised folders are used in
this version of the Smart Portfolio.
Showcase Artifacts. Showcase Collection
Points have plenty of room for contributions from the Teacher as
Expert. Presentations at national, regional, or local conferences and
artifacts from parent-teacher meetings are placed in these Collection
Points along with updated course transcripts, certificates of
completion for in-service credits, letters of recommendation, and
publication pieces.
The emphasis for the Teacher as Expert
shifts to the Working Collection Points from the Collecting partitions
since the focus is now on the application of knowledge and skills and
the discovery of useful and practical ways to put theories into
practice.
Step 4. Affixing Labels
Using the labels provided below, affix the
Title and each of the Three Sections of the portfolio to the top of the
partitions followed by labels for each of the 12 Collection Points.
Foley will offer some specific examples of the
artifacts that belong in each of the Collection Points. If you have
already reviewed the previous Teacher-Learner implementation, you will
note that one new partition and two revised containers make their
appearance in this version of the Smart Portfolio. Also, there are also
some other fundamental changes to the previous versions of the Smart
Portfolio.
Step 5. Completing Your Smart Portfolio
Once the partitions are secured to the binder
and labels have been affixed, the portfolio is ready to accept
artifacts.
We strongly recommend that you continue to work
on your Concept Paper, "My Philosophy of Teaching and Learning." This
concept paper will help you keep in the forefront your personal
thinking about how you teach your students and how you yourself
continue to learn. For the Teacher as Expert, this philosophy will
necessarily change over time. Your grasp and application of sound
teaching theories will continue to hone your understanding of these
concepts as lifelong learning becomes something you not only preach but
practice.
Step 6. Exhibiting Your Smart Portfolio
Periodically, you will be asked to display the
contents of your Smart Portfolio - or at least the most significant
artifacts that you have accumulated. The following graphic depicts the
use of a posterboard to assist with this exhibition. This is one way to
demonstrate that you are using your Smart Portfolio for personal growth
and professional development. Take advantage of this format if it
proves useful.
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Copyright ©2004
by Dr. Lawrence Tomei
Created 1998
Revised 10/28/2004
Contact Information: Email: tomei@rmu.edu
