Pre-service teachers must construct a professional portfolio that contains evidence of learning accomplishments related to Texas Education Agency adopted standards. These standards describe what every beginning teacher should know and be able to do. Pre-service teachers’ levels of competence are assessed based on Four Quality Indicators. See rubric.  Students must upload portfolio link or document here as well as complete the self assessment rubric. Within the portfolio they are to include the standards for the certification they are seeking (if not seeking any certification then they use the New Technology Teacher standards).They are also to include a picture of themselves, an educational philosophy and the artifacts from course are to be linked.  With each linked artifact, they are to reflect on what they learned completing the artifact and also why they think the artifact meets some of the requirements for the standard they linked it to. Specific requirements can be found in the handbook.

Instructions: The student will respond to each variable on this self-report scale by placing an X by the rating that best describes his/her behavior in the course that he/she is currently enrolled. The ratings are 3 = Target, 2 = Acceptable, and 1 = Unacceptable. The total number of points that may be earned range from 7-21. Points from 18-21 indicate that the student’s performance is On Target. Points from 14-18 indicate that overall performance is Acceptable. Points from 10-14 indicate that Improvement is Encouraged. Points at 9 or below indicate Unacceptable performance. Your professor will review your responses and agree or disagree with the findings. If your professor determines that you have Unacceptable performance in any area, it is your responsibility to provide evidence that you have Acceptable or Target performance. You will arrange to meet with the instructor during the instructor’s office hours or an agreed upon time within 1 week if total points are below 14 or there is any rating of “1.”