Portfolios as a Pathfinder Through the Forest
Gail Luera, Ph.D.
Tiffany Marra, Ph.D.
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Presentation Overview
Proven implementation strategies, both technical and
pedagogical, for portfolios at the program, college, and
university level to help with four targets:
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making students aware of what they should learn
capturing learning over time
establishing a sense of community
sharing models for new students as they begin their course
of study
Examples of these strategies in action at multiple
institutions
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Context and Challenge at UMD CEHHS
College of Education, Health and Human Services
(CEHHS)
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Public University
Shared governance
Student population
Faculty/teacher scholar model
Changing landscape
Goals emerged from bottom-up model
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Target One
Target One: Making Students Aware of What They
Should Learn
Portfolio structured around
unit-wide outcomes:
–Pedagogical knowledge
–Content Knowledge
–Caring-reflective practitioners
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Target Two
Target Two: Capturing Learning Over Time
– Identify common touchpoints across the curriculum
– Integrate into introductory, mid level, and capstone
courses
– Acknowledge and validate learning outside of the
classroom as a component of professional
development
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Example One
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Example Two
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Target Three
Target Three: Establishing A Sense of Community
– Peer Review
– Showcase at the end of the term
– Community of support for bidirectional feedback
• Student teaching university supervisors
• Student teaching faculty
• Past instructors
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Rubric for Portfolio Review
Used at beginning, middle and end of student teaching
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Target Four
Target Four: Sharing Models for New Students As
They Begin Their Course of Study
– Gallery of portfolios for new students to see examples
of real student work and experiences in student
teaching
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Example
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Moving Beyond CEHHS to Other Colleges
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Engineering
Blueprints
Sociology
Chemistry
Health Policy Studies
Academic Service
Learning
• History
• Psychology
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Considerations for Implementing At Other
Institutions
• Tribeca Flashpoint
Academy
• Purdue University
Calumet
• Prairie View A & M
• Colorado Technical
University
• University of Toledo
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Implementing At Your Institution
Discuss guiding questions:
– What do you hope to enhance through the use of
portfolios in your area of responsibility?
– What learning outcomes do you hope to see students
displaying on portfolio?
– What do you hope to see in your gallery after one
year?
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You’re Invited to Our Teaching & Learning
Collaboratory
• Share a business card
• We will send you an
invitation to an online
community where we
can continue to share
best practices in
teaching and learning
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Questions?
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Contact Information
• Gail Luera
– grl@umich.edu
• Tiffany Marra
– tiffany@seelio.com
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