SO, YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER? 

An Exploration of Learning, Teaching, and Schooling
 

Fall Quarter, 2002

PROGRAM PORTFOLIOS

What comes to mind when you hear the word “portfolio”?You might think of

an artists’ collection,
a stapled collection of papers,
a journal,
a scrapbook,
a collection of stocks and bonds . . .
In this program, however, “portfolio” has a particular meaning. Theportfolio you create will be a visual demonstration of your growth as a learner, writer, thinker, and community member.It has two major purposes:
1) to provide you with a way to reflect on what you learn and how you accomplish this learning, and,
2) to provide the faculty with demonstrations of what you accomplish so that your work may be evaluated.

 
    During this quarter you will be engaged in a variety of learning experiences including preparing for and participating in seminar, writing papers, keeping learning logs, participating in discussions and workshops, learning new information and skills, supporting your peers, and completing evaluations.You will need to keep all your work organized and available to be handed in when requested.At the end of the quarter you will need to make some careful decisions about which pieces of your work demonstrate important areas of learning for you.You will make copies of these particular pieces to build your portfolio.Your portfolio will highlight what you learned, how you learned it, and why the samples you chose are good demonstrations of your learning progress.

 
 

The next page is an outline of the types of materials you will need to include in your portfolio as a minimum.However, your portfolio will come to life depending on how you conceive of it in your heart and mind.We invite you to indulge your creativity in designing its illumination, and elaboration through art, poetry, photographs, letters, news clippings, etc., that help describe you as a learner and member of this community.

Portfolio Checklist-Minimum Requirements

A.Title Page

B.Table of Contents

C.Self-Directed Learning Goals Worksheet

D.List of the Six Expectations of an Evergreen Graduate with brief statements about how your work this quarter did or did not help you address these goals

E.Required program work listed below accompanied by a reflection that discusses what you learned, how or why you think this growth or learning occurred, and why the samples of work you included are good representatives of your learning.

1)Two revised integrative papers with rough drafts and notes from 

writing workshop conferences accompanied by a reflective essay

2)Three field experience journal entries (from your public school experience) accompanied by a reflective essay

3)Two descriptions, poems, sketches or songs that demonstrate your growth in discussion/group process skills

4)Two poems, vignettes, songs, or stories that show your involvement as a member of this learning community

5)Two demonstrations of your increased understanding of your body through the movement component of this program accompanied by a reflective essay

6)A copy or description of your final project accompanied by a reflective essay

7)Tests, quizzes, and/or other class work that demonstrate breadth of knowledge about theories of learning in the context of a multi-cultural society                                                                                      


Other Possibilities for Portfolios