The Senior Portfolio
All files MUST be in Microsoft Word or PDF Format, unless specified. Use the following to organize your Senior Portfolio.
You will need to create 6 main folders and in each main folder you will have several sub-folders.
Below is how each folder and sub-folder should be titled and laid out.
What is in the portfolio?
- The portfolio contains key assignments from your secondary education courses.
- The portfolio is composed of the 7 sections listed below.
Why a portfolio?
- UVU School of Education must be able to document our claim to the State of Utah and to our national accreditation association that we are preparing students to be successful beginning teachers. The portfolio of key assignments demonstrates your preparation in meeting InTASC standards.
- It gives you the opportunity to reflect upon your training prior to your student teaching.
You should save the following “key assignments” from your courses for your portfolio.
By saving we mean: Save a hard copy, save electronic copies in more than one place.
Name of folders and sub-folders:
Folder 1: Learning Environment Folder
Sub-Folder
Building Classroom Community (EDSC 4200 Management I)
Management Case Study (EDSC 4250 Management II)
Folder 2: Instruction/Planning
Sub-Folder
Field Response Journal (EDSC 3000 Educational Psychology)
Digital Storytelling (EDSC 3250 Instructional Technology)
Content Area Methods Course Lesson Plan/Units (Content Area Method Courses)
Folder 3: Assessment
Sub-Folder
Differentiated Writing (EDSC 4440 Reading & Writing in the Content Area)
Backwards Design Unit with Lesson Plans (EDSC 4550 Secondary Curriculum & Assessment)
Assessment Inventory (EDSC 3000 Educational Psychology)
Folder 4: Reflection
Sub-Folder
ABC Project/Cross-cultural Comparsion (EDSC 4450 Multicultural/ESL)
Folder 5: Professionalsim
Sub-Folder
Public Education Case Study (EDSC 3050 Foundations)
Folder 6: Senior Project
Sub-Folder
Pre-lesson Plans (Entrance into the SOE Program)
Senior Project (EDSC 4850 Student Teaching)
Folder 7: Portfolio Reflection
Sub-Folder
Portfolio Reflection
Go to the Senior Portfolio Template to view the layout and sturcture of what your portfolio should look like on the CD.
To download and print a copy of the Senior Portfolio Requirements: Senior Portfolio Requirement Document
Once your Senior Portfolio is set up according to the above outline and saved to your computer and/or flash drive make a copy of the main folders and burn the copies to a CD-RW.