How to Develop a Professional Portfolio: A Manual for Teachers (4th Edition) - Softcover

Campbell, Dorothy M.; Cignetti, Pamela Bondi; Melenyzer, Beverly J.; Nettles, Diane H.; Wyman, Richard M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205491006 ISBN 13: 9780205491001

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2006

Synopsis

This versatile and practical book helps pre- and in-service teachers create teaching portfolios to be used effectively in interviews and throughout their teaching careers.  Portfolio development serves as a fair, authentic, broad-based, and impartial means of teacher assessment. The growing emphasis on creating and maintaining professional teaching portfolios enables pre-service and in-service teachers to play a more active role in charting their own professional growth and then demonstrating their competence and achievements. This manual provides clear, manageable, step-by-step guidelines and tips for professional portfolio development that can be followed by teachers at all stages of their careers.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“This book addresses as many aspects of portfolios as I can think of, and does it in a concise, easy-to-read manner.”

–Laurie M. Hawke, Tarleton State University

This versatile and practical book helps pre- and in-service teachers create teaching portfolios to be used effectively in interviews and throughout their teaching careers. Portfolio development serves as a fair, authentic, broad-based, and impartial means of teacher assessment. The growing emphasis on creating and maintaining professional teaching portfolios enables pre-service and in-service teachers to play a more active role in charting their own professional growth and then demonstrating their competence and achievements. This manual provides clear, manageable, step-by-step guidelines and tips for professional portfolio development that can be followed by teachers at all stages of their careers.

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About the Author:

The authors are faculty members California University of Pennsylvania, and have been involved in teacher portfolio assessments for more than ten years.  All have published and presented in the teacher education field in a variety of professional interests including early childhood, literacy, social studies, National Board certification, and curriculum development. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0205491006
• ISBN 13: 9780205491001
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 128