• First, read through the entire page of General Portfolio Information
• A letter will be sent to all teacher candidates informing them of the dates for portfolio interviews. Each teacher candidate is responsible to sign up for an interview time on the sheet posted in the Education Department. Each sign-up sheet will specify the interview location. Please do not call or e-mail the education office secretary or faculty members to schedule your interview.
• Elementary and secondary professors in the Teacher Education Unit may be involved at all interview levels.
• The completed original copies of the interview/portfolio forms will be housed in the Teacher Education Office.
• The entire interview process should take between 15 and 20 minutes. The teacher candidate is expected to respond to direct questions for approximately 10 minutes.
  

• Regular Portfolio Requirements (Level II & III only)
• Electronic Portfolio Requirements (Level I, II, and III)
• Informed Consent Form
• Transition Point Assessment Form (Level I, II, and III)
• ePortfolio Submission Form (Level I, II, and III)
  

In order to qualify for LEVEL III interviews, teacher candidates must do the following:

1. Complete all academic requirements (2.75 GPA in the major and 2.5 cum GPA).
2. Successfully complete the student teaching experience.

The LEVEL III interviews will be scheduled during the final week of the student teaching semester.

COVER PAGE: (N/A for ePortfolio) Include your name, the date, and the title – Professional Teaching Portfolio.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: (N/A for ePortfolio) List all the items you have chosen to include in your portfolio and sequence those items in a logical order. Your portfolio should be user friendly, as well as attractive.

LETTER TO PARENTS: You must provide evidence of competency in your ability to communicate with parents from diverse homes and community situations.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY (INSTITUTE DAY/WORKSHOP): You must provide evidence of participation in continuous learning to support your own development. This can be a flyer, an agenda, etc.

TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES: You must provide evidence of competency in using at least two teaching and learning strategies, one of which must integrate technology. Examples might include cooperative learning, learning centers, higher-level questioning, creative drama.

HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONING: Provide evidence from lesson plans and/or evaluations of your ability to use higher level questioning. Include a brief reflection on your ability to use higher level questioning.

CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE PLAN: You must provide evidence of competency in practicing effective listening, conflict-resolution, group-facilitation and classroom management skills.

TEACHER WORK SAMPLE : You must provide evidence of your competency in moving through all phases of the teaching process, including the assessment of prior learning, instructional preparation, teaching, assessment of student learning, analysis of data, and reflection. For detailed information on this portfolio component, visit http://education.olivet.edu/portfolios.tws.htm.

REFLECTION ON STUDENT TEACHING: You must provide evidence of competency in monitoring and adjusting strategies in response to student learning and results of various assessments.

Transition Point Assessment: Each candidate will provide two completed TPAs. The TAP is designed to assess each candidate's growth and development in the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed for success in the field of teaching. One TPA will be self-assessment, completed by the candidate himself or herself. the other TPA will be completed by a professor  of the candidate's choosing, who has taught the candidate in a course in the Teacher Education Program, usually a professor at Olivet Nazarene University who has an understanding of the Teacher education Program.