This document provides guidance on creating an effective online teaching portfolio using an ePortfolio platform. It outlines recommended sections for the portfolio including a teaching philosophy, credentials, lesson plans, references, and a unique feature. Tips are provided for each section, such as keeping the teaching philosophy short and concise or including pictures and media in lesson plans. The document also lists examples of existing student ePortfolios and provides reminders for maintaining an online presence and attending open labs for assistance.

3. At home At School of
Ed
At a Coffee
House
At a Friends
with WiFi
Other

4. Was the survey helpful?
 Answer A for YES
 Answer B for Somewhat
 Answer C for NO

5. Survey Follow Up

6. Observations

8. The Power of the
ePortfolio
 Demonstrates technology sills
 “Get” the interview
 Helps you prepare for the interview questions
 Connect with schools that are not local
 Easy to update and edit
 Can extend the interview
 Model for your students (re: Research on How ePortfolios Help
Students Learn)

9. Examples
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/lindseysmith/main_page
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/erinlemire/introduction
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/laurenstjohn/introduction
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/sarahweisman/introduction
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/lauraerdman/home
http://www.sitemaker.umich.edu/katharinebrown/introduction
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/arobinson/home
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/katemiller/introduction
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/katiehoeg/home
http://www.ryanmccarl.com
http://kellyrobbins.wordpress.com/psmt/

11. Teaching
Philosophy/Goals
 Keep it short and concise
 Less than 1000 words
 Tell a story
 Focus on where/who you want to teach
 Urban, suburban, type of demographics
 BE HONEST!
 Use videos, music, images to represent your teaching believes
(they don’t have to be your own media)
 Quotes, Poems…etc
 Professional photo (nothing from FACEBOOK!)

12. Professional Credentials
 CV
 Test Scores (PRAXIS or other ones)
 Fingerprints
 Teaching certificate
 Coaching certificates
 CPR
 Transcripts
 Etc…

13. Achievements
 Can be high school or other employment
 Awards
 State swimming
 Chess club camp
 Grants
 Ran a marathon
 Created a grieving support group

14. BEST lesson plans
 3 to 4 lessons
 Pictures
 You teaching
 Students working
 Final products
 The process
 Videos (very short if you do)
 Links to resources you used in developing the lesson.
 Student Work
 Evaluation (your mark up)
 Feedback on the lesson

15. Create a Classroom
Community
 Student Teaching Placement
 Describe student make-up (special needs, % on free and
reduced lunch, ethnic and racial make-up, type of district,
size of school, was it a team approach?, subjects taught,
main unit).
 Pictures of the classroom (bulletin boards, different areas
you set up)
 Images of you teaching in a variety of ways
 Management Style
 Rules

16. Parent Communication
 Newsletters
 Emails
 Parent Conference forms/products

17. Addressing Digital Literacy
and Students with
Exceptionalities
 Describe your technology literacy skills
 A lesson plan that integrated technology
 How you use technology in your lesson planning and/or
management
 Examples of modifications you have made
 Participation in IEP meetings
 Examples of how you address students with a variety of
learning and behavioral issues

18. Professional References
 Solicited Evaluations (link to bios)
 Multiple teachers in the school
 Administrators
 Students
 Parents
 Unsolicted (link to bios)
 Note from sub
 Students
 Teachers
 Parents…etc

19. Professional Development
 Any workshops, seminars…etc you attended as a
student teacher (include artifacts)
 Conferences (include links or examples)
 Online resources, lists, groups you use to communicate
with other professional educators (include examples or
links)
 The blog you run about teaching
 Education Podcasts you listen to

20. A unique feature
 Select a unique feature of your teaching experience to
document/highlight
 Virtual field trips
 Integrating current events into the daily curriculum
 Differentiated Instruction
 How you give homework
 After-school club
 Use of technology or special tools
 How you create a sense of community during center time
 Your unique student teaching placement

21. DO NOT…
 Include an entire unit
 Have more than 10 pages
 Have too much going on the pages (avoid graphics that are not
related to your portfolio)
 Have too much writing/text and not much media
 Have poor navigation or broken links
 Have video (or more than one or two short videos)
 Have LONG lesson plans (2 pages tops!)

22. Checklist
 Pictures of students working on lessons
 Pictures of final products from lessons
 Pictures of you teaching in a variety of ways and settings
 Pictures of your classroom set up
 3 or 4 lesson plans (each should be a different type of
content area)
 ALL Resources associated with lessons
 Teaching Philosophy

23. Sections
1. Teaching Philosophy
2. CV (or Resume)
3. Professional References
4. Teaching Credentials
5. Creating a Classroom Community (student teaching placement)
6. Teaching Students with Exceptionalities
7. Communicating with Parents
8. Addressing Digital Literacy and Students with Exceptionalities
9. Lesson Plans
10. Professional Development
11. “unique feature”

24. To Do…
 Log in
 http://google.com/sites
 Add the sections
 Delete OLD sections (you may keep if they are
relevant)

25. Reminder!
 Google Yourself
 Clean up social networking
 Keep Tweeting!

26. Open Labs for Winter:
4:30-6:30 in SOE
January 10th
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