InitialTeacherCertificationPortfolioTheInitialTeacherCertificationPortfolioisusedtotrackyourprogressalongthepathtocertification.Youwillusethisportfolioseveraltimesthroughoutyourprogramandwillsubmititatornearthecompletionofstudentteaching.
1. TheInitialTeacherCertificationPortfolioisaccessedviaTk20(https://go.uta.edu/tk20).LogintoTk20usingyourUTANetIDandpasswordandthenselectthePortfoliotabontheleft-handmenu.
2. Ifyouhavebeenissuedaportfolio,itshouldappearonthispage.ClickontheNameoftheportfoliotoopenit.
3. TheITCportfolioconsistsofseveraltabsofinformation:• PortfolioName
o Thisisthemainlandingpagefortheportfolio.• UTA/TEARequiredDocuments
o Thistabcontainsfourdocumentsrequiredforcertification.• TEARequiredTrainings
o Documentationthatprovidesevidencethatyouhavecompletedtherequiredtrainingmodules.Therearesixofthesetrainingmodules.
• CooperatingTeacherDocumentso Submissionspaceformostdocumentsrequiringinputorasignaturefromthe
cooperatingteacher.Therearesevenofthesedocuments.• UTASupervisorDocuments
o SubmissionspaceforthethreeTeacherObservationRecordscompletedbyyouruniversityfieldsupervisorduringstudentteaching.
• Assessmento Thistabisnotcurrentlybeingused.
• Extensionso Thistabisnotcurrentlybeingused.
• Feedbacko Thistabisnotcurrentlybeingused.
4. Eachtabhasalistofthedocumentsand/orformsthatneedtobecompleted.Youwillaccesseachdocumentand/orformbyclickingthe“Select”buttonnexttothedocumentorformyouwishtoaddtoyourportfolio.The“Submit”buttonwillonlybeusedoncealldocumentsareuploadedtotheentireportfolio.Usethe“Save”buttontosaveprogressuntilyouhaveuploadedallformsand/ordocuments.Onlythenwillyouusethe“Submit”button.
5. Eachdocumentand/orformmayhaveareasforyoutouploadattachments,makeselections,ortypeinshortanswers(i.e.,yourname).Eachdocumentand/orformhasanextraareaatthebottomwhichallowsforadditionaldocumentationtobeaddedtoyourportfolio.Forexample,duringafieldobservationyoumightbegivenacopyofthelessonplan,seatingchart,orhandouts.Theseareappropriateadditionaldocumentsthatcouldbeuploadedalongwiththefieldobservationlog.
