Professional Portfolio

PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO

Definition and Purpose: The required portfolio is a concise, yet carefully selected collection of examples of a principal’s work related to the six Administrator Standards. This required portfolio serves as a supplemental data source for the principal evaluation process on the agreed upon criteria and also serves as a self-assessment tool to guide the principal in making professional development decision. The portfolio would be updated regularly during the Summative Evaluation year. Portfolio evidence would be reviewed at least twice annually by the evaluator and once by the collegial team during the Major Summative Evaluation.

Contents: The portfolio would have a separate section for each Standard and would also include an updated copy of the Professional Growth Plan. Sections would contain entries labeled to reference the specific performances under each Standard. The portfolio would be organized into a single binder notebook for easy review or may utilize n alternate format approved by the Assistant Superintendent. Entries should be concise, yet clear and thorough. Principals would only show a representation of entries across the ISLLC Standards and would not try to address all Performances. A few well-selected entries that reflect the principal’s best work in each standard would be most appropriate. Typically, portfolio entries would consist only of those kinds of activities that an evaluator would not see by visiting the principal’s school.

SUGGESTED PORTFOLIO ENTRIES MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

 Copy of School Consolidated Plan end the principal’s rationale of how it focuses on students.  Samples of communications with teachers, parents, media and central office personnel.  Documentation of involvement with internal and external communications with teachers, parents, media and central office (embedded within these communications should be efforts to communicate with diverse groups).  A demonstration of the principal’s professional involvement.  Copy of budget and the principal’s rationale of how it focuses on students.  Evidence of involvement with the overall management of the school (e.g., plant management, extended school services, family resource and youth service centers and school councils).  A reflective piece chronicling the principal’s vision of his/her learning community that focuses on how children learn, how to develop staff and how to involve parents.