Traditional+Portfolios

=**Portfolio Slide Show**= media type="custom" key="3177552"

=**Handbook on Education Website**= http://education.mercyhurst.edu/Portfolios/INDEX.HTM http://education.mercyhurst.edu/

=**Mercyhurst Admission Portfolio**= - Sophomore Review

=**The Art Teacher Professional Teaching Portfolio**=

This is the order of all documents/pictures, etc. expected in Art Teaching Portfolios:

1. Letter of Introduction 2. Philosophy of Education 3. Classroom Development Plan 4. Resume 5. Transcripts 6. FBI Clearance 7. Child Abuse Clearance 8. Fingerprints 9. Praxis 10. Honors and Awards (Documents and Pictures) 11. Letter of Recommendation 12. Art Service in the Community (Pictures/Lessons Taught/Project Evidence) 13. Student Teaching Placement #1 (Lessons by grade with pictures!) 14. Student Teaching Placement #2 (Lessons by grade with pictures!) 15. Praxis 2 and 3 Exams 16. Certification Documents 17. Copy of NAEA Membership (and other professional memberships) 18. Transcripts 19. Professional Art of the Teacher 20. Artist's Statement 21. Professional Development Plan (one for junior year and one for senior year)
 * Table of Contents** (This is the list below. It should appear as a document in the front of your portfolio.)

//*For interviews later consider having a separate portfolio for middle, high and elementary schools (or take out inserts for those areas not being interviewed for)...//

//*Student Teaching CDs (All grads submit their professional teaching portfolio on CD or post to wiki.)//

**Letter of Introduction Samples:**
[| LetterIntro.doc]

**Philosophy of Education Samples:**
[| 2. Philosophy of Education.doc] See other example: [| teach_Philos_Sample.pdf]

**Classroom Development Plan Samples:**
[| 3. Classroom Management Plan.doc] [| ClassroomManagementFloorPlan.doc]

**Resume Samples:**
=== [| 4. RESUME_MJ.doc] Contact career services for resume development. ===

**Honors and Awards (Documents and Pictures) Examples:**
-Dean's List Certificate -Kappa Delta Pi Documents -Clyde McGeary Award Cert. -Habitat for Humanity Cert. of Appreciation -Service Honor Society Cert. -Empty Bowls Award (s) or Other Service Award -Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Cert. -Sr. Angelica Senior Art Award for Creative Excellence -Art Scholarships -Juried Student Show Cert. of Participation

===**Professional Development/Art Service in the Community (Pictures/Lessons Taught/Project Evidence) Examples (Very important evidence particularly if you have little or no experience teaching (SEE CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING EVENTS):**=== -Presenting at National and State Conferences -Teaching at the Art Museum (This includes volunteering and working with different populations. They also have paid children's classes. Consider writing a proposal to do this.) -Teaching/Volunteering at the Children's Museum, Maritime Museum, History Center, Watson Curtze Mansion, Tom Ridge Center, etc.) -Gannon University Reading Arts Activity (Reading Wonderland, sponsored by Hooked on Books!) -Diversity Grant Art Fair (Teaching Inner City Children on Campus) -Earth Week Art Activities -Empty Bowls Project Service -Research in the Art Ed. Program -Work Study in the Art Department -Substitute Teaching Evidence (Pictures) -Attending Professional Development/Social Networking Opportunities (Erie Zoo Art Teacher workshops, Erie Art Museum Art Teacher Workshops, etc.)

**360 Art Lesson Sample Items:**
Example of student feedback: [| 360handout.doc] Example of Postmodern Dwelling Entry Slip: [| ceramics entry slip.doc] [| EntrySlip1.doc]

**Adapted Art Lesson Sample:**
[| LessonPlan_PerfectPet.doc] [| AdaptiveLessPlan_Perfect_pet.doc] [| 1st grade critique]

**Professional Development Plan Samples (for Junior and Senior Year)**
[| ProfessionalDevelopmentPlan.doc]