Professional Portfolios for Teachers: A Guide for Learners, Experts, and Scholars - Softcover

As a teacher you may already use portfolios with your students. If you do, you've no doubt come to understand how powerful and effective they can be as a classroom tool. But have you ever considered what keeping your own professional portfolio can do to help you more accurately assess your student's progress?

These forward thinking authors have!

This first-of-its-kind new guide shows you step-by-step how to create a professional portfolio as a record of your work history. Here you learn a portfolio process that's well suited to you as you transition through your career. No matter where you are in your career whether the emphasis is on gathering information to build a knowledge base, honing your skills to gain expertise, or doing research and writing to make a contribution to the discipline - this guide helps you to keep a record of your own individual growth and development.

There's even a CD-ROM that gives you a four-step self-assessment exercise showing how to best develop and use your personal portfolio.