UGA : COE : EPIT : SLM : MAF : 7650 : Assignments : Ed.S. Portfolio

Ed.S. Portfolio
Value: 10 points; required for certification
This description is for Ed.S. only. The M.Ed. version is more extensive.

updated 1-20-09

Task
Throughout your graduate program, you have been required to maintain an Assignment Page that provides an online presentation of your class assignments.  Your task is now to finalize this resource into a Portfolio. 

The "Big 8" assignments were carefully designed to completely cover and align with the AASL Competencies.  We require M.Ed. students to demonstrate this alignment, but you are not expected to do that.

Take meticulous care to present a mechanically clean product. This portfolio represents your online professional self, and therefore should be error-free.

• "Big 8" assignments: Program Development & Evaluation Plan; Reading & Literacy Project; I-Search; Collaborative Unit(s)*; Selection Policy; Order; Internship; GACE or PRAXIS results.
• The first six projects should be the acceptable drafts of the completed projects.  That is, if your first score was below 90%, then you should have revised the project until it met the "A" standard.  Submit the assignment version you completed while enrolled in the corresponding class (assignments themselves evolve over time; you are not expected to change your product to this year's version).
  
• Internship documentation must not be made public.  For your Portfolio, write a simple summary of where you worked and the kinds of things you did. Your audience for this document should be a potential employer.
• For the test results, simply report that you took the test or when you plan to take it, and whether you have passed.
  
• If a component is in progress (for example, the Internship is a current class for most of you), make a placeholder for it and explain its status.
• *Collaborative Units dilemma: in Cohort 7, Dr. Tallman took a different route with EDIT 6360 (in which this assignment is usually required).  You have the option to post a unit designed for SLM instruction designed elsewhere (preferred), or to provide a substitute project of your choice.
  
• Package: without spending an inordinate amount of time, assemble the portfolio into a reasonably professional-looking product. You may use any online tool as a host.  It's possible that you will simply "neaten up" what you have done so far.  The Home page should indicate to any outsider what the site is about and who you are.  Keep in mind that the site can be very simple; it need not have a large number of pages.
  
• If you find yourself building pieces for a job-hunting portfolio (such as a resume), this Portfolio is an ideal place to collect and present all such pieces.

Submission Format

• Create a document containing your portfolio URL and the rubric below and submit to the Dropbox..
• I highly recommend that you link the Applied Project and the Portfolio together so that the Committee can find all of your products easily.
• Self-assess.