Transcript Capstone Seminar: Day 1

Introduction to Portfolios
Workshop for Villanova University
Teacher Education Candidates
Presented by
Dr. Deborah Schussler
Education and Human Services
Why are we here?
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Introduction/ revisiting of
INTASC standards for beginning
teachers.
Introduction to teaching
portfolios.
Sign up for TaskStream account.
Practice uploading documents to
TaskStream.
INTASC Standards
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What is INTASC?
What do the standards mean?
What do standards have to do
with my doing a portfolio?
What is INTASC?
 Interstate
New Teacher
Assessment and Support
Consortium
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Group comprised of teachers,
teacher educators, members of
state departments of education.
Currently 34 states are part of
INTASC.
What is INTASC?
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The work of INTASC is
grounded in a set of principles
that describe the knowledge,
dispositions, and
performances expected of
beginning teachers.
“Shared views…of what
constitutes professional
teaching.”
What is INTASC?
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For novice teachers; NBPTS for
experienced teachers.
Subject Specific Principles.
http://www.ccsso.org/projects/Interstate_N
ew_Teacher_Assessment_and_Support
_Consortium/Projects/Standards_Devel
opment/
What do the Standards mean?
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Read the standard you have
been assigned.
Define in a phrase of < 5 words.
What do the Standards mean?
1
2
3
4
5
Content
Learning
Diversity
Instruction
Learning
Environment
6.
7.
8.
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10.
Communication
Planning
Assessment
Reflection
Community
Standards Based Portfolios
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As part of your education
program at Villanova, you will
create an electronic portfolio
which demonstrates your
achievement and growth in each
of the 10 core INTASC
principles.
Portfolio Defined
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According to Dr. Helen C. Barrett “an
educational portfolio contains work
that a learner has selected and
collected to show growth and change
over time; a critical component of an
educational portfolio is the learners
reflection on the individual pieces of
work as well as an overall reflection
on the story that the portfolio should
tell”.
Some Terms
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Artifact – any kind of evidence
that demonstrates achievement
or growth of a standard.
Reflection – a thoughtful
rationale for the artifact and why
it is included.
Philosophy Statement – a
concise yet thorough statement
of beliefs and values concerning
teaching and learning.
Types of Portfolios
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Resource (Working) Portfolio
A collection of unabridged
documents, like entire reflective
journals or unit plans, that you will
gather as you progress through
your teacher education program
Types of Portfolios
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Presentation Portfolio
A coherent, easy-to-navigate
expression of your professional
competence
Presentation Portfolio
Requirements
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Teaching philosophy
Artifacts and Reflections for 10
INTASC principles
Social justice
Resume
Alignment
Artifacts
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Types of documents
Word documents, video clips (of your
teaching), sound bytes, pdf files,
spreadsheets, databases, JPEG/GIF
images
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Kinds of evidence
Things from your coursework, examples
of lesson plans/ observations used in
field experiences, clip of your teaching,
examples of student work, things that
demonstrate other talents (coaching,
theatre, music, etc.)
Resources
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UNIT
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www.homepage.villanova.edu/debor
ah.schussler/portfolio_links.htm
Christine Maurer – Field Placement
Coordinator
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TaskStream Portfolio Types
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Directed Response Folio (DRF) –
primarily used for
assessment/requirements or
certification.
Presentation Portfolio – multiple
page website used to showcase
skills. Could be thought of as an
employment portfolio.
Resource Folio – digital archive or
file cabinet which can be organized
in a variety of ways.
Some TaskStream Features
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Students have 100 MB of storage space on
TaskStream’s site. Additional space may
be purchased for a nominal fee.
Students have access to their site for
approximately 6 months after they
graduate.
Students may use TaskStream’s Pack-it-Up
feature 5 times (per year) to copy either full
or partial e-portfolio contents to a hard
drive and/or cd.
e-Portfolios may be accessed by potential
employers through a TaskStream
generated URL which students may setup.
Creating Your TaskStream
Account
Go to:
http://www.taskstream.com
Click ‘Subscribe
Today’
Activate Your Subscription
Click the radio
button to
‘Create’.
Enter the
Student Key
Code:
GTTXHERSWYK7
Join Your Group
Click the drop-down menus to select
your College, Department, and Group.
Enter Personal Information
Please be
sure to note your
User ID and
password. For
consistency, it
would be a good
idea to make
this your
Villanova e-mail
User ID &
password.
Step 4: Confirm registration info and continue.
Let’s Build Our Portfolios!
After signing into
TaskStream,
locate & click on
the ‘Web Folio
Builder’ link
under Web
Publications.
Add Title & Creation
In the ‘Presentation Portfolio’
section, add a title and then
click ‘Create It’
Select Template
Click the radio button to select
‘Showcase Portfolio’.
Select Style
Editing Content
Click on the ‘Basic Tool Pack –
Showcase Portfolio – MT’ to begin.
Next, click
‘Edit’.
Add/Edit Web page Content
Rename
title.
Add your own
Introductory text
here then click
‘Save’.
Add/Edit Web page Content
(Continued)
Add your photo.
Add/Edit Web page Content
(Continued)
Add an
attachment.
Add/Edit Web page Content
(Continued)
Click on Resume from the Edit
Structure pane.
Preview Your Webfolio
Click on the
‘Preview’
button to
view your
page.
Publish/Share Your Folio
Click on Step # 4, to view and set options
(e-mail or web publish) your folio.
TaskStream Support
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TaskStream’s Mentoring Services is
available to all subscribers to support
the use of TaskStream’s tools and
resources. You can contact
mentoring services by phone, email,
or by filling out a support request
form.
Hours: M-F 8:00am - 7:00pm (EST)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-311-5656
For More Assistance
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Consult resources at
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http://www10.homepage.villanova.edu/d
eborah.schussler/portfolio_links.htm
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http://www03.homepage.villanova.edu/c
atherine.kolongowski/portfolio/index.htm
Contact
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[email protected]
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