GUIDELINES FOR A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT The Student Teaching Portfolio OF THE IUPUI SCHOOL OF EDUCATION INTRODUCTION The Student Teaching Portfolio gives you the opportunity to assemble con-vincing evidence that you understand and practice the Principles of Teacher Education. Your portfolio will include your personal philosophy about teach-ing as well as artifacts that show you can plan for, invite, and assess students’ learning. The contents of your portfolio will come directly from the preparation and teaching you do as a student teacher. It is important to keep the require-ments of the portfolio in mind as you embark on your student teaching ex-periences as you will include a videotape of your teaching and samples of stu-dents’ work. This booklet explains the purpose of each part of the portfolio and provides guidelines that will help you develop professional quality entries. Teachers and principals from local schools help to evaluate these portfolios, and they are anxious to see conscientious and effective new teachers. This portfolio is a rite of passage into a profession with new standards for beginning teachers, new licensing requirements, and new professional devel-opment expectations. It is the most important of the multiple performance assessments required in the Learning to Teach/Teaching to Learn program. When you successfully complete this portfolio, you will have demonstrated that you have the habits of mind ...
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