Suggested Professional Portfolio Components:

1. A Table of Contents

 
2. An introduction describing the contents and why you chose each.

 
3. One or more lesson plans—you might want to include a lesson from a previous year and one from this year to show how your planning may have changed as a result of participating in SPIRAL.

 
4. Student products. These may include completed tests, projects, essays, or lab work. Please remove any identifying information. Again, you might want to include sample from previous years to show how student products have changed or improved. You might also include a contrast of overall student test scores from previous years and this year to show the impact of SPIRAL on your students’ learning.

 
5. Pictures of students using equipment, working in groups, or while on field trips.

 
6. Student feedback of any kind. This might include unsolicited notes or planned surveys.

 
7. Brief reflections on each lesson/activity you include—what was the best about that experience or assignment; how might you change it for next year?

 
8. A record of your professional "log"—your contacts (e-mail, SPIRAL listserve, telephone calls, face-to-face discussions, etc.) with colleagues at IUP and at the elementary and secondary levels. Be sure to include the On-site Summary Sheet, the lesson plan, and the participant evaluation forms for any SPIRAL professional development activities that you conduct at your school (or other schools/districts).

 
9. A printout of Internet activity—a website or online lesson you develop.

 
10. A final reflection on your SPIRAL experience. What were the best elements? What would you change? Was the commuter experience good? Would a residential experience have been better? Was the time allotted for the initial summer institute (5 days) sufficient? Was the week chosen at a good time? What weeks during the summer would you suggest? Do you wish the program could continue or have been spread out over two years? Did you need more training in publishing on the WWW? How about your role in the professional development of others? Did you need more leadership training activities, mentorship, or support?