FAQs for the INTASC Portfolios

Why two portfolios?

There are two portfolios due: the paper version of the electronic documents and the electronic version of the paper documents. Usually all of the files you create are electronic before you print them out to give to an instructor. So, they mirror each other.

• The electronic version of your documents are easy to access and can be used to rebuild your paper portfolio if it gets lost.
• The paper version is easy to pass around in a group without access to a computer. And you can reuse the printed, graded versions of your assignments by putting them into your portfolio.
• Your portfolio will become part of your evidence for your Level 2 licensure after you are hired by a district. Some of the school districts in the state are using the Electronic version of portfolio, some are use the paper version of portfolio.

What do I need to have in the paper portfolio?

It is important to remember that the portfolio is accumulative. You don't take anything out.

1. A 3-ring binder with 10 numbered tabs (1-10)
2. The template you download from the portfolio web page should be completed, saved, and printed out. The template is set up to print out as separate pages for each of the INTASC standards. Put the pages that have information on them, into the portfolio in the appropriate order.
3. Put the Cover Sheet as the first page of your portfolio.
4. Put the Artifacts At a Glance spreadsheet behind your Cover Sheet. Fill it in with the information about what artifacts you have placed in the portfolio and mark the standards where they are placed. Update it every semester. When you reach the Student Teaching Level, the template you use will have a Table of Contents and additonal areas for your resume, etc. Keep and update your Artifacts At a Glance even after you add the Table of Contents. It makes it much easier to find your artifacts quickly.
5. The end of level reflection goes before the standards begin. When you reach the Student Teaching Level, you will create a Philosophy Statement. That will be placed on top of the end of level reflections you have done.
6. Put the artifacts you have chosen as examples for the required INTASC standards into the binder, behind the reflection page you wrote which in turn goes behind the Standard tab. For example, for Standard 2 (Human Development), behind the tab for Standard 2, you have the reflection about your Learning Theory paper, and behind the reflection sheet, you have your graded version of the Learning Theory paper.

Every semester you will add to your portfolio. The newest artifacts will go on top of the older ones.

How do I put my PowerPoint presentation into the paper portfolio?

Print out a "handout" version of your PowerPoint presentation. To get the handout view which shows several slides per page, open your PowerPoint presentation. Choose the "Print" command from the File menu. Look at the print window. You will see "Print what" and it will show "Slides." Click on "Slides" and choose "handout with 3 slides" to print out a version of your PowerPoint presentation that has 3 slides per page.

How do I put a digital movie into the paper portfolio?

Burn a copy of your movie onto a CD or a DVD. Use a plastic holder sheet for 3-ring binders specifically for CDs. You can get one from most places that sell office supplies. Put it into the binder behind the reflection about your movie.

What do I do if I reflect on my TWS in more than one place?

Don't put the TWS in multiple places. Do reference the section of the TWS you are reflecting on in the area that requests the name of the artifact. For example, you might reflect on the assessment plan in your TWS in Standard 8. Simply indicate "See assessment plan in TWS" on the reflection sheet, and then reflect on the assessment plan.

What goes into the electronic portfolio?

Everything that you put into your paper portfolio, should be saved into your eFolio. Click here to find out more about the eFolio