Undergraduate Portfolio Handbook
Due Date: Requirement to be completed before student teaching
MUST be Electronic
See
FAQs - No. 28
- Index Page with candidate’s name and licensure level
- Menu
- Philosophy of Education
- Autobiography
- Résumé
- Classroom Management Plan (may be an artifact within a Standard and may be a menu item)
- SIX (6) and only 6 Standards must be addressed. Number of artifacts may vary. Select, reflect, and align artifacts from your experience that best illustrate your entry level proficiency in 6 of the 10 Wisconsin Standards. (Do not address more or less than 6 Standards) Two (2) artifacts MUST come from Pre-Student Teaching practicum. Select, reflect, and align the primary UW Platteville Knowledge, Skill and Dispositions in which you show entry level proficiency. Explain the primary and list all secondary UWP KSDs by number and title in which you demonstrate entry level proficiency.
- WSTDL Alignment Chart
- UWP Knowledge, Skill and Disposition Chart
- Licensure Elements REQUIRED for Student Teaching
- Verification of passing PPST Scores or waiver (175 Reading, 174 Writing, 173 Math)
- Letter of Admission to School of Education
- Admission Portfolio Assessment Rubric
- Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. (Highlight courses. Grades must be C or higher.)
- English Composition 1130 and 1230
- Speech 1010 or 2010
- Introduction to Education 1230 or Introduction to Physical Education 2320
- Computer Applications in Education 2010
- Cumulative Grade Point Average of 2.65 or above
- Current Transcripts (Highlight courses. Grade must be C or higher.)
- Teaching 2130 Human Growth and Development
- Teaching 3320 Psychology of Learning
- GPA 2.75 overall
- GPA 2.75 in Major/Minor and Professional Courses
Include the following Licensure Elements IF available at time of submission
- Verification of passing Praxis II Scores
- Pre-Student Teaching Midterm Evaluation
- Final Pre-Student Evaluation (added upon completion of pre-student teaching)
Design and Organization Features
- Links/Menu; all links should be working; menu should be logical and consistent.
- Color, background, font all should allow for ease of reading.
- Photo Editing - Photos are of appropriate size. UWP recommends that photos used as part of an electronic portfolio not contain pictures of children that are easily recognizable.
The completed and signed assessment instruments for each of the three levels of portfolio assessment should remain a part of the candidate’s portfolio. It is the candidate’s responsibility to be certain that the instruments remain a part of the portfolio as it proceeds throughout the stages of review to a final product presented as recommendation for licensure.