Developing Your Portfolio - Enhancing Your Learning and Showing Your Stuff: A Guide for the Early Childhood Student or Professional

by Marianne Jones, Marilyn Shelton

Portfolios have often been used as a way for teachers to monitor and assess their students' progress, but this book picks up on the current trend of using portfolios to assess teachers themselves as part of their degree requirements. As a professional development tool, portfolios are also useful for classroom teachers in evaluating their practice, and in showcasing their skills and accomplishments for use in interviews.Veteran teacher educators Marianne Jones and Marilyn Shelton provide practical and comprehensive guidance specific to the needs of pre- and in-service teachers of young children. This thoroughly revised and updated new edition





A flexible and friendly approach that guides students at varying levels of experience through the portfolio process.





New material on the portfolio planning stage and additional coverage on the importance of developing a personal philosophy.





A companion website with additional instructor materials such as printable templates, exercises for improving portfolio skills, and more. Both theoretical and practical, the book addresses issues and mechanics related to process and product, instruction and guidance techniques, the role of reflection, and assessment strategies. With concrete examples, rubrics, tips, and exercises, this book will provide a step-by-step guide to creating a professional teaching portfolio.

269 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2005

About the author

Marianne Jones was born shortly before the end of World War 2 and grew up on Ynys Môn/Anglesey, where she now lives with her husband, an environmental campaigner. After completing a first degree and qualifying as a teacher, she lived and worked abroad for several years: in Kyushu, Tokyo, Vancouver and Montreal. When she arrived back in Britain, she worked as a lecturer/teacher of English as a second language and later as co-ordinator of Japanese educational projects. She completed a second MA (the first was in Montreal) and a postgraduate diploma in multicultural education. She started writing short stories at the age of eight, and poetry at the age of ten, and won a camera and some useful pocket money in competitions. A few years ago, an opportunity to take voluntary early retirement from running an educational centre enabled her to focus on writing again.