Undergraduate Portfolio Handbook
Attachment A
What IS and IS NOT an Artifact?

 ISIS NOT
Photos Of student actively engaged with students: teaching, coaching OR actively doing something (showing student knows content or has a skill)
Photos usually accompany documents and are used to enhance the documentation.
Photos showing projects, materials, processes or activities specifically related to the content of the standard.
Non-action photos of a school, an empty classroom, or empty practice field

Individual or group photo where nothing in the photo is related specifically to the content of the standard or where the relationship is implied
Documents student generate in class as a student College Papers
Powerpoint presentations
Drawings, etc. (showing student knows content or has a skill)
Lesson Plans
Games
Documents made by professor and provided to the student

Documents created by a group where student’s individual input is unclear.
Documents generated as a student teacher Quiz/assessment/rubrics
PPT presentations
Drawings, etc. (showing student knows content or has a skill)
Lesson plans
Handouts
Games
Reflections of how/what they teach
Letters to parents or administrators
Letters to local newspapers
Floorplans , layouts, or other organizational documents
Documents made by cooperating teacher and provided to the student
Documents created by others Certificates/letters stating excellence/proficiency in skill/knowledge

Certificate showing evidence of participation

Letters of recommendation
Materials created by professor or teaching mentor

Certificates/letters of support used inappropriately or for wrong standard

Thank you notes from children