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Instructor:
Ronald Roberts, Ed.D. robertsro@usfca.edu
USF
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0708-601-02 Teacher
Portfolio Development
Saturdays................9:00 am -
12:15 pm.............2/24, 3/24, 4/21,
5/5 .......ED CIT2
0708-601-03 Teacher
Portfolio Development
Saturdays................1:00 pm -
4:15 pm..... ........ 2/24, 3/24, 4/21,
5/5 .......ED CIT2
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Santa
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0708-601- 01 Teacher Portfolio Development
Wednesdays.......7:00
pm - 9:00 pm .........1/17, 1/31, 2/14,
2/28, 3/28, 4/11, 5/09.....
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San
Ramon Campus |
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0708-601- 01 Teacher Portfolio Development
Thursdays.......
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ......... 1/18, 2/1,
2/15, 3/1, 3/29, 4/19, 5/10.....
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Course
Description and Goals
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Teacher Portfolio Development
is intended to help teacher candidates prepare an exit portfolio in an
electronic format, in line with the new California
Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) requirements. This
course is held in a workshop format that focuses both on knowledge and
technological skills to develop effective portfolios.
The goals of this course are
to examine the process of developing electronic portfolios and to produce
an electronic teaching Portfolio based on the California Standards
for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) and Teacher Performance Expectations
(TPEs). In this course, teacher candidates will collect
and/or
develop artifacts that reflect
their growth in the teaching credential program. They will select artifacts
that show competencies in various standards and expectations, with
written reflections and rationales as to their selection. Teacher candidates
will convert
these artifacts into digital formats, organize them, and complete an
electronic portfolio, using templates and/or their own creativity.
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Course
Materials |
A TaskStream account is required.
The USF ePortfolio
Handbook is the main source of information for this
course. This supplemental site contains the required readings for the course.
There is no textbook.
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Course
Assignments
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Participation
and Attendance
This is an opportunity for you to not only develop the knowledge and skills
you will need to develop an electronic portfolio, but also individual consultation
and help in completing your portfolio. Therefore, attendance is important.
If you have to miss a session, we will need to talk. Points will be deducted
for missing class.
In-class activities and attendance: 20 points Electronic
Teaching Portfolio
This is the only product for
this course, worth 80 points. All projects must be turned in on the last
day of class via TaskStream. No project will be accepted after the last
class except by special permission. Late projects will be penalized.
Suggested Portfolio Artifacts
to begin collecting and bringing to class:
1. Resume or Curriculum Vitae
2. Educational Credo/Philosophy Statement
3. Letters of Recommendation
4. Evidence of teaching competence that reflect the CSTP standards and
TPE’s
- Lesson and Unit Plans
- Learning Centers pictures
and artifacts
- Excerpts from University
Supervisors' Observation Reports as well as your own Journal Reflections
- Student Work
- Test, Evaluation, and/or
Assessment Tools
- Photographs of students
participating in lessons, learning activities, field trips, etc.
- Classroom Management Techniques/Tools
- Bulletin Boards
5. Copies of Certificate of
Clearance, TB test, credential(s), test scores, CPR, etc.
6. Professional Development
through workshops, school site participation, special events, etc.
7. Honors and Distinctions such as certificates, award letters, newspaper
articles, etc.
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Course
Calendar - USF Campus - 601-02 & 601-03 ED CIT2 |
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Session |
Topics |
Assignments
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1
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Orientation
Discussion of standards & brainstorming artifacts
Examples of portfolios and artifacts that can meet specific standards
and TPEs
Developing presentation portfolios in TaskStream
Process and elements of portfolios
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Review TPEs
Review and bring materials you are considering as potential artifacts,
bring materials to be scanned
Readings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (see portfolio development section)
Begin posting to your portfolio
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2
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Process and elements of portfolios
Scanning pictures
Preparing images for the Web
Converting files
Organization of artifacts and production of the electronic portfolio
Developing effective teaching résumés
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Continue posting to your portfolio
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3
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Organization of artifacts and production of the electronic portfolio
Developing effective teaching résumés
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4
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Organization of artifacts and production of the portfolio (if needed)
Sharing of electronic portfolios
Packing up, downloading and burning portfolios to CDs
Debriefing
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Calendar - Santa Rosa and San Ramon - 601-24 & 601-29 |
Session |
Topics |
Assignments
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1
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Orientation
Overview to TaskStream
Examples of portfolios
CSTP-TPEs
Evaluation Criteria
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Review TPE
Review and bring materials you are considering as potential artifacts,
bring materials to be scanned
Readings 1 & 2 (see portfolio development section)
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2
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Discussion of standards & brainstorming artifacts
Web Folio design and
organization
Scanning pictures
Preparing images for the Web
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Reading 3 (see portfolio development section)
Review and bring materials for artifacts
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3
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Process & elements of portfolios
Characteristics of good
reflection
Organization of artifacts and production of the portfolio
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Reading 4 (see portfolio development section)
Write and bring in at least one reflection on your artifacts
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4
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Developing effective teaching
résumés
Organization of artifacts and production of the portfolio
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Reading
5 (see portfolio development section)
Continue posting to your portfolio |
5
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Organization of artifacts
and production of the portfolio
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Continue posting to your
portfolio
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6
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Review
of evaluation criteria
Organization of artifacts and production of the portfolio
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Continue posting to your
portfolio |
7
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Sharing
of electronic portfolios
Debriefing
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| Attendance
Policies |
Attendance policies
governing students in the USF Teacher Education program are dictated by
the requirements of California legislation for state credential programs
(CCTC). Attendance and punctuality for all TED courses and field placements
are mandatory. Absences should be for major illness or family emergencies
ONLY. In such instances, students are responsible for contacting the course
instructor and completing work missed due to absence.
Students who are absent for more than the following amount of time will
not receive credit for a course:
1 unit course = 2 hours
2 unit course = 4 hours
3 unit course = 6.25 hours
Four (4) instances of incomplete attendance for any given class period
(arriving late or leaving early) constitutes 2 hours of absence.
Students who exceed the maximum amount of absence time allowed will be
required to withdraw from a course, re-enroll and pay course tuition again
in a subsequent semester.
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| Instruction
and Academic Expectations |
Instruction in the various courses for each program is offered either by
full-time faculty members in the School of Education or by highly qualified
adjunct instructors, many of them practitioners in the field. Students are
expected to attend all classes, participate fully in class activities, and
to fulfill, in a scholarly and professional manner, the requirements of
each course. Students must maintain a "B" average in all work
undertaken in the degree and credential programs of the School or be subject
to academic probation. The grading policy of the School is designed to provide
feedback on the quality of the student's work. Symbols A, B, C, F, I, and
IP are used in grade reporting as defined below:
A (+/-) Distinguished, clearly superior work showing high quality of insight,
depth of knowledge, and with no fundamental deficiencies
B (+/-) Fully acceptable acquisition of basic subject and/or skill
mastery
C (+) Does not show graduate level mastery of the full range of knowledge
and skills; the course must be repeated.
F Inadequate work or the absence of work
I An Incomplete (I) grade is only assigned when required student work is
not completed before the end of the course, and there is a reasonable expectation
that such work can be completed in a timely manner over the following semester.
Incomplete grades may only be issued after consultation with, and approval
by, the instructor. Students who exceed the maximum number of hours for
absences in a course ARE NOT ELIGIBLE to receive an Incomplete grade.
W "Withdrawal": student drops a course after the University census
date.
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| Repeated
Courses |
A student must repeat a course
in which they receive a grade of C (+) or lower. Note that 1) both grades
appear on their transcript, 2) the course units may only be used once to
meet degree requirements, and 3) there is no reduction in tuition when a
course is repeated. If a student fails a required course and is permitted
to continue in the program, s/he must repeat the course and receive a passing
grade.
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| Advising
information |
For students enrolled in a Master‚s
degree program outside of Teacher Education (e.g., TESL, Multicultural Literature
for Children and Young Adults), they are initially assigned an advisor within
the Teacher Education Department with whom they are to work until their
credential course work is completed. Subsequently, they are assigned an
advisor from the appropriate department outside of Teacher Education.
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| Relationship
with Regional Campuses |
While students enrolled in the
Main Campus credential programs of the Teacher Education Department and
those enrolled in programs in the regions, in general, are subject to the
same guidelines and procedures related to the Credential, the programs are
distinct. As such, students enrolled on Main Campus are not eligible to
participate in classes held in the regions (and vice-versa). At the same
time, students who wish to transfer program sites must formally petition
the Teacher Education Department for such a transfer. In all such instances,
approval of the Chair and Faculty of the Teacher Education Department is
required before a student can change program sites.
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