guide to student portfolios
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Students need to reflect on what they have learned and demonstrate that growth constructing a student portfolio of their learning and ways they can improve their learning outcomes.TRANSCRIPT
Student Portfolios
Year Long
Celebration
Of Achievement
© Victor Bradley | Cascade Middle School | Sedro-Woolley [email protected]
Student Portfolios
Show What You Know & Learn
Throughout the Year! !
Learning isPersonal & Ongoing:A Continuous Life Skill
A Permanent Record ofWhat You Have Done & Learned
Evaluation Is Performance Based:Document Your Achievement Of 7th Grade Learning Goals
Create An Ongoing Record: The How & Why of What You Learn!!
Meeting Learning Goals:Required Expectations
For All 7th Graders
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1.1 Portfolios Include All Work
Done In Each Quarter
Show What You Know & Learn
2.2 How You AchievedYour
Learning Goals
2.1 Serious WrittenReflection on: >>>What Is Learned<<<
1.2 Document All Work Properly | Save to Proper
Locations
1.3 Organize All Assignments:Subject>>LA/SS/Lit
Task|Date|Learning Goal
2.3 Set Specific GoalsFor
Future Learning!
Why Portfolios??
• Students demonstrate what they learn• Students are vested in evaluating what they learn, no longer will they be in
the dark about what is achieved• Students master learning goals and set goals for future learning• Self-assessment and reflection become central to how students learn and
how they are evaluated• All learning is tied to personal goals, state expectations, and individual
outcomes. • The students have a continuous and ongoing record of what they achieve,
and what needs improvement.• Evaluation is student centered, multi-faceted and permanent—burned on a
CD.
• A CELEBRATION OF WHAT YOU ACHIEVE!• SHOWING THE WORLD WHAT YOU LEARN
What Portfolios Are Not
•Teachers in ivory towers bestowing grades on their charges. Portfolios require students to be organized and share the responsibility for documenting what they learn and achieve. Portfolios are systematic, in-depth, and ongoing.
Easy: portfolios require that you set goals, self-assess or reflect on what is learned, master requirements set by the
state, and continually strive to improve your best.
•Grades that sort students out as successful or not; students will present substantial documentation that they are meeting required learning goals & doing their best.
•Teacher centered: your teacher will be your mentor, coach, and advisor more than your judge
Portfolios Change Grading & Evaluation Completely
Students sets goals, evaluate meeting 7th grade standards, and demonstrate achievements.
Teachers Judge & Assign Grades
Student Self-Evaluation
Student Passively Earns
Letter Grades
Students only vaguely know what is achieved, what requirements are met, or standards achieved.
Students actively compile permanent records, documenting competencies & achievements!
Creating Your Student Portfolio
2.) You need to be especially careful to save your work every time to 1) student accounts and 2) the Corezone zip drive!! 3) your floppy.
1.) Your portfolio will be a permanent record saved to 4 locations: 1) student accounts on CMS server, 2) student Zip drive in Mr. B’s class, 3) personal floppy, 4) eventually a burned CD to take home.
3.) Each assignment records:
1) Date, 2) Assignment, 3) Learning Goal(s) Met 4) Subject Area
Be sure to celebrate your achievements & set goals for future work!
4.) Each assignment must document the how and why of what you learned & achieved.
