Portfolio Assignment and Rubric

Portfolio (500 points)

The capstone portfolio is a presentation of yourself to prospective employers.  It can include any certificates or assignments you wish, but these each need revision. 

  • Avoid submitting work with instructor’s comments on it.
  • We recognize that you may not have a lot of items or experiences to share yet.  Treat this as a starter portfolio.
  • Include the CV but not the mock-up of the cover letter.
  • Electronic submissions are welcomed.  
  • https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-portfolios/#components at Vanderbilt University has great tips for what might get included.

Some of you are choosing to submit the portfolio in paper format.  This makes sense.  However, if you do have everything in one file (rtf, PDF or Word), you are welcome to submit it here!  Just note that I cannot usually mark up the PDFs.

Scholastic’s website contains useful reminders as to what should go into a portfolio.  Obviously, we are just beginning to build ours, but this capstone project offers a chance for you to revisit earlier assignments like the Teaching Platform, revising them based on your learning.  Its URL is http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/creating-professional-portfolio

As we noted in class, include anything you want to represent yourself with.  Key elements would include the resume, teaching platform (and perhaps a revised version), lesson plan, and any other assignments you feel are relevant to your portfolio as a whole.

The basic portfolio we assign has the following rubric (attached).

Portfolio Rubric