Teaching Portfolio-3500
Ho Hoang Lan
TeachingPortfoliotemplate.pptxYour Teaching Portfolio
Include a title page with your name
Format
Attractive
Easy to read
Lots of clear space
More pages is better than crowded pages
Choose any program you like
Make sure you consider how to take it to an interview (print? Laptop?)
You can sign up for teaching portfolio software - but make sure you can save and print – some are a subscription and you loose everything when you end your subscription
Table of contents
A cover letter ………………………………………………...3
Your resume ………………………………………..…………4
Your philosophy …………………………………………..…5
Australian Professional Teaching Standards
1. Know children and how they learn …………………….7
2. Know the content and how to teach it ……………….9
Etc.
Your Resume (Optional for this assessment)
1 – 2 pages
Well spaced, clear spaces
Attractive
Tailored to early childhood education
Include your placement experiences
Place other jobs and experiences towards the end
A “cover letter” (Optional for this assessment)
Usually tailored to the job advert
For your portfolio, a brief introduction to your teacher self
A few paragraphs,
Attractive – Perhaps an image that conveys your philosophy (no cute cartoons or “perfect” children images!)
Your philosophy
Add your written philosophy
If you have a long version, and your “poster” version, include them both.
Australian Professional Teaching Standards
Use “Graduate” level – or move onto proficient if you think there’s any that you meet.
Include each of the 7 standards
Use the name and number of the standard as part of a heading
Have a separate page for each standard.
You do not need to refer to each focus area of each standard separately – however, if your evidence covers several focus areas, describe how.
Choose an artefact for each standard that best shows evidence of you meeting that standard
For each standard
Title (including the number and standard name)
Describe your intellectual understanding of this standard (like a summary)
Describe your beliefs about this standard. “I believe..” “It is important to…” “I make sure to…”. (This might be included in the paragraph above)
Describe how the evidence that follows shows how you meet this standard – refer to it, describe it, describe how it shows you meet the standard.
Describe how you have impacted children’s learning
Evidence
Evidence will:
be drawn directly from your work
be derived from a range of sources and must include:
– evidence of children’s learning
– observation of your practice
- show the impact of your practice on children’s learning
Evidence
Choose your best work!! – Make sure it’s finished!
Choose one or two pieces for each standard that best show how you meet that standard
Include a different piece for each standard
Choose a variety of artefact styles –
eg. learning stories, lesson plans, weekly plans, children’s work, inquiry project report, photographs, letters, anecdotes, environments
Do not include multiple photos of one event, unless they show a progression. Choose the best, and make it large.
Annotated Evidence
Tell readers what your artefact means, how to shows you meet the standards
Do not expect readers to infer the meaning of your artefact. (Don’t put it there without talking about it)
Explain the practice or meaning behind the story
Show your depth of understanding
Be proud of your achievements and let it show.
Examples of artefacts
This is the VIT Proficient Teacher Evidence Guide. You are looking at the Graduate standards.
Use this guide to see examples of evidence for each standard.
Choose any 1-2 pieces of evidence that you think show you meet the graduate standard. It doesn’t have to be from these examples.
Optional Inspiration Board
This is where you can include other teachers’ work that inspires you.
Photographs of learning environments, projects, templates, etc.
