This is a legitimate and very useful portfolio function. If you think of portfolios as part of a unique assessment method, you will still put everything in them., including the things listed above plus reading logs, and anecdotal records. However, you go one or two steps further. You will also use these materials as a basis for reflection by both the teacher and the students themselves. Portfolios can be used at any grade level, in any kind of classroom, for any variety of subject matter.
Portfolios can assist teachers in evaluating their own teaching methods and materials.
Many teacher-training programs ask student teachers to build portfolios of their teaching units for the purpose of reflecting on their own experiences. These materials can then be clarified or elaborated upon with the benefit of hind sight. Any teacher can build this kind of portfolio, eliminating the need to undergo unpleasant teaching experiences more than once or to reinvent the perfect plan. Dr. Dan all rights reserved.