StandardsPortfolios

toc =Overview= In order for pre-service teachers to graduate from University of Maine Farmington, they must complete student teaching and create a Standards Portfolio that demonstrates that in their student teaching, they have carried out all 11 of the Maine Common Core Teacher Standards. We celebrate the major accomplishments of our student teachers by having a Student Teacher Portfolio Showcase. (We have so many student teachers, we usually have 4 or 5 showcase days in a semester.) At the showcase, each student teacher has a table where they display their portfolio and for 3 hours share their work with the public. They typically invite family, friends, colleagues, mentor teachers, and professors, but the event is open to the public and the student teachers are prepared to explain their portfolio to people they don't know as well as those they've invited.

Attendees are invited to give feedback to the student teacher using one of several different forms.

=Going Digital= In the past, the portfolio consisted of a 3-ring binder filled with artifacts and rationale statements that documented that they understood and were able to carry out each of the standards. The artifacts often consisted of photocopies of actual student work (with names removed for privacy/confidentiality) created by the K-12 students of the pre-service teacher. As student work started becoming more digital, portfolios often referenced the electronic creations with a URL, a printout, or screenshot. In recent years, as student teachers had more digital artifacts, they used a laptop as an addendum to their 3-ring binder so that artifacts with a screenshot in the binder could be fully viewed by attendees. This was especially helpful as students created animations and videos.

In fall 2010, four Secondary/Middle Education majors received permission to create their portfolio electronically instead of in a 3-ring binder. It wasn't in addition to the binder, it was *instead* of the binder. These students individually proposed the idea and sought permission. It is not a policy yet, it's more of a grass roots movement. Because UMF believes that portfolios should be a personal expression of the accomplishments of the individual student teacher, the assessments are open-ended tools. It turns out the current assessments can be used for both electronic or paper portfolios because it's the content, not the platform, that's being assessed.

Please enjoy the accomplishments of our students:
 * ** Semester **
 * & Year ** || ** Student ** || ** Concentration ** || ** Standards Portfolio ** || ** Teacher Work Sample ** ||
 * Spring 2017 || Tiffany || English || http://standardsportfolio-tb.weebly.com/ || http://teacherworksample-tb.weebly.com/ ||
 * Spring 2017 || Tucker || Mathematics || http://atwoodstandards.weebly.com/ || http://atwoodtws.weebly.com/ ||
 * Fall 2016 || Chris || Mathematics || http://mrcolemaninkorea.weebly.com/portfolio.html ||  ||
 * spring 2016 || Elizabeth || English || http://elizabethferry.wix.com/portfolio ||  ||
 * spring 2016 || Kristi || Mathematics || http://Klbean.wix.com/standardsportfolio ||  ||
 * spring 2016 || Nick || Mathematics || http://lacassestandardportfolio.weebly.com/ ||  ||
 * fall 2015 || Kiera || Mathematics || http://www.ktimmestandardsportfolio.weebly.com ||  ||
 * fall 2015 || Ashley || Mathematics || http://www.msgodboutsstandardsportfolio.weebly.com ||  ||
 * fall 2014 || Kellie || English || http://kelliesanborn.wix.com/teachingportfolio ||  ||
 * spring 2014 || Mel || Science || http://christensen-earth-science.weebly.com/ ||  ||
 * spring 2014 || John || English ||  ||   ||
 * spring 2014 || Sam || Mathematics ||  ||   ||
 * spring 2014 || Alyssa || Mathematics || http://alyssaamari.wix.com/stpalyssaamari ||  ||
 * fall 2013 || Kaitlyn || Mathematics || http://khaase.wix.com/portfolio2013 ||  ||
 * spring 2012 || Linda || Science || http://lindabarrystandardsportfolio.weebly.com/index.html ||  ||
 * spring 2011 || Jenn || English || http://wix.com/jennifertrautvetter/portfolio ||  ||
 * spring 2011 || Cara || English || http://www.wix.com/carabrouse/caraportfolio ||  ||
 * spring 2011 || Tracey || Mathematics || http://www.wix.com/thollingsworth/portfolio ||  ||
 * fall 2010 || Laura || Science || [|columbiaportfolio.com (not currently available)] ||  ||
 * fall 2010 || Sam || Social Studies || [|boyntonportfolio.com (not currently available)] ||  ||
 * fall 2010 || Lydia || English || [|wix.com/lydiakinney/portfolio] ||  ||
 * fall 2010 || Monique || English || http://mtrundyportfolio.com/ (not currently available) ||  ||
 * fall 2010 || Monique || English || http://mtrundyportfolio.com/ (not currently available) ||  ||

Each of these students found their own digital tools--iWeb (purchased software), weebly.com, and wix.com (free web-based software)--and their own server (wix.com and weebly.com provide a free server, some bought a domain name and are paying a company to host their site). Not every student will have the initiative or the expertise or the financial ability to create an electronic portfolio.

__**Fun tips**__ Kaitlyn incorporated her wiki link, with a QR code, into one of her handouts at her portfolio presentation. Tracey put her URL on a business card with her contact information to give out at interviews.