Module 6: Outcome #9 Students will investigate different kinds of portfolios and create a plan for a portfolio system in their classrooms or evaluate an existing portfolio system. Outcome #10 Students will create a final project and reflect on their learning, proposing improvements they could make in the assessments administered to their students.
I use portfolios as a documentation tool for IEP progress reports and parent communication. I think that it is a great way to visually see the growth made over a period of time. Students often forget where they started and how far they have come along. When they can look back in the portfolio, they can be so proud of themselves. On the contrary, when a student is not making the progress expected portfolios also have the documentation to see the struggle. Parents often wonder if their child has made progress, this is a perfect way to show them the progress being made! I think learning targets attached to it are an absolute need to track the right skills.