3rd semester Elementary

Follow Up on Survey and Eportfolio

At home At School of Ed

At a Coffee House

At a Friends with WiFi

Other

Was the survey helpful?

Answer A for YES

Answer B for Somewhat

Answer C for NO

Survey Follow Up

Observations

ePortfolio

The Power of the ePortfolio

Demonstrates technology sills

“Get” the interview

Helps you prepare for the interview questions

Connect with schools that are not local

Easy to update and edit

Can extend the interview

Model for your students (re: Research on How ePortfolios Help Students Learn)

Exampleshttp://sitemaker.umich.edu/lindseysmith/main_page

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/erinlemire/introduction

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/laurenstjohn/introduction

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/sarahweisman/introduction

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/lauraerdman/home

http://www.sitemaker.umich.edu/katharinebrown/introduction

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/arobinson/home

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/katemiller/introduction

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/katiehoeg/home

http://www.ryanmccarl.com

http://kellyrobbins.wordpress.com/psmt/

Sections/Pages

Teaching Philosophy/Goals

Keep it short and concise Less than 1000 words

Tell a story

Focus on where/who you want to teach Urban, suburban, type of demographics

BE HONEST!

Use videos, music, images to represent your teaching believes (they don’t have to be your own media)

Quotes, Poems…etc

Professional photo (nothing from FACEBOOK!)

Professional Credentials

CV

Test Scores (PRAXIS or other ones)

Fingerprints

Teaching certificate

Coaching certificates

CPR

Transcripts

Etc…

Achievements

Can be high school or other employment

Awards State swimming Chess club camp

Grants

Ran a marathon

Created a grieving support group

BEST lesson plans 3 to 4 lessons

Pictures You teaching Students working Final products The process

Videos (very short if you do)

Links to resources you used in developing the lesson.

Student Work

Evaluation (your mark up)

Feedback on the lesson

Create a Classroom Community

Student Teaching Placement Describe student make-up (special needs, % on free and

reduced lunch, ethnic and racial make-up, type of district, size of school, was it a team approach?, subjects taught, main unit).

Pictures of the classroom (bulletin boards, different areas you set up)

Images of you teaching in a variety of ways

Management Style Rules

Parent Communication

Newsletters

Emails

Parent Conference forms/products

Addressing Digital Literacy and Students with Exceptionalities

Describe your technology literacy skills

A lesson plan that integrated technology

How you use technology in your lesson planning and/or management

Examples of modifications you have made

Participation in IEP meetings

Examples of how you address students with a variety of learning and behavioral issues

Professional References

Solicited Evaluations (link to bios) Multiple teachers in the school Administrators Students Parents

Unsolicted (link to bios) Note from sub Students Teachers Parents…etc

Professional Development

Any workshops, seminars…etc you attended as a student teacher (include artifacts)

Conferences (include links or examples)

Online resources, lists, groups you use to communicate with other professional educators (include examples or links)

The blog you run about teaching

Education Podcasts you listen to

A unique feature

Select a unique feature of your teaching experience to document/highlight Virtual field trips Integrating current events into the daily curriculum Differentiated Instruction How you give homework After-school club Use of technology or special tools How you create a sense of community during center

time Your unique student teaching placement

DO NOT…

Include an entire unit

Have more than 10 pages

Have too much going on the pages (avoid graphics that are not related to your portfolio)

Have too much writing/text and not much media

Have poor navigation or broken links

Have video (or more than one or two short videos)

Have LONG lesson plans (2 pages tops!)

Checklist

Pictures of students working on lessons

Pictures of final products from lessons

Pictures of you teaching in a variety of ways and settings

Pictures of your classroom set up

3 or 4 lesson plans (each should be a different type of content area) ALL Resources associated with lessons

Teaching Philosophy

Sections

1. Teaching Philosophy

2. CV (or Resume)

3. Professional References

4. Teaching Credentials

5. Creating a Classroom Community (student teaching placement)

6. Teaching Students with Exceptionalities

7. Communicating with Parents

8. Addressing Digital Literacy and Students with Exceptionalities

9. Lesson Plans

10. Professional Development

11. “unique feature”

To Do…

Log in

http://google.com/sites

Add the sections

Delete OLD sections (you may keep if they are relevant)

Reminder!

Google Yourself

Clean up social networking

Keep Tweeting!

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