Graduating Portfolio

Career Change 72012

Why do you need to do this?

Demonstration of personal learning journey Mapping of professional experience Highlighting professional development Identification of PRAXIS

What do you need to do?

Extract from CCP Handbook to be supplied and explored to reach common understanding

Activity 1 Working in table groups spend at least 30 minutes to compile two lists. One list highlighting your combined understanding of the Graduating Portfolio. The other list should indicate aspects that your group believe requires clarification or greater insights

Next!Activity 2

Spend 30 minutes reading over the handout ‘So You Have To Have a Portfolio’

Decide upon your top 20 sentences which you believe provide the greatest insights in to the portfolio process. In pairs or groups of no more than 4 take time to present and consider what aspects have been highlighted by you and others in the group. Total activity time allocated 1 hour

What should be in your portfolio?

Key ‘questions’ to be addressed Statement of reflections/beliefs /philosophy Evidence which support statements relating to teaching

practice, personal values and philosophy of education Insight into the context of learning and teaching –

educational setting Reference to specific cases that are linked to

Professional Practice, Professional Knowledge and Professional Engagement

Short and long term goals

What do you know about:

Pedagogy – ‘productive’ Curriculum Assessment Classroom management Psychology of learning – brain theory Diversity – social context of learning and teaching Differentiated teaching

Key Questions "How critical to the teaching and learning

process are the relationships you form with your students and other staff members?"1

"What kind of teacher are you?" "How has your understanding of the role of the

teacher changed over the past 2 years?"

What is PRAXIS? Practice described – description of what is happening

in the classroom – What do learning and teaching look like in my classroom?

Practice interpreted and explained – sharing, interpretation and analysis, using cases of practice

Practice theorised – understanding is used to generate explanations for teaching and learning experiences

Practice changed – trialing of new practice

Celebrity Faces

B F Skinner Howard Gardner Benjamin Bloom Sigmund & Anna Freud Maria Montessori Jean Piaget Edward De Bono Ted Sizer John Dewey Lev Vygotsky Paulo Freire Abraham Maslow

You may not be able to

recognise their faces but

every educator should be

familiar with their ‘work’.

How can you present your portfolio?

Verbal Visual Interpersonal Logical Musical

How can it be alright on the day?

Preparation in line with expectations Drafting Collection of evidence – editing and

annotations Rehearsal Avoid ‘death by PowerPoint’

Time to start – no time like the present!

Activity 3 – Time allocated 1 hour Create 6 PowerPoint slides that would demonstrate

your journey over your time as a Career Change Teacher

Headings Dot points Possible artefacts Statements of beliefs and explanation of how this is

demonstrated in your classroom and school What elements of your uni work might you highlight?

Testing the effectiveness of your initial

communicationActivity 4 – Time allocated 1 hour Work with at least 3 other CCP colleagues Find a space that provides the best opportunity to discuss

the portfolio process Each member of your group presents their 6 slides and

provides a verbal insight into the expectations of your drafted communication

The ‘audience’ provides both warm and cool feed back Each presenter records the key aspects of the feedback as

a means of informing future refinements