Unit 2: Teaching Standards and Artifact Selection

Target Objective: From existing files and work products, course users demonstrate professional growth and development in accordance with New York State Teaching Standards and APPR requirements through selecting and displaying relevant artifacts.

Congratulations! You have learned the basics of using WordPress and are now ready to begin Unit 2 of "WordPress Portfolio for Teachers".

In this unit, you will acquire knowledge of the New York State Teaching Standards. These standards form the basis of teacher preparation, professional development, and APPR teacher evaluation in New York State. You will connect the Teaching Standards to the APPR document used in the district in which you practice. You will explore expert portfolio designers' suggestions and recommendations about portfolios and artifacts.

You will use what you learn in lesson activities to select between two and five artifacts to display on one page of your portfolio. Completing Unit 2 will enable you to select relevant artifacts that demonstrate your professional growth in accordance with any one of the seven New York State Teaching Standards. This in turn will provide meaningful evidence of ongoing professional growth that can be used to positively inform teacher evaluation at all phases of your career.

Use the guiding questions in Lessons 2.1 and 2.2 to frame your thinking about the content you are learning. You may wish create a Portfolio folder in Windows where you can organize your thoughts and ideas as you develop portfolio conceptual knowledge. I strongly suggest that you do this. It will simplify your decisions regarding portfolio design and accelerate your development process.  :)

Are you ready to explore your practice? Start with Lesson 2.1.

Lesson 2.1: Professional Standards: Tracing the Trail of Expectations

Lesson 2.2: Necessary Things: Artifacts

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