Primer to developing a successful pre-service teacher portfolio

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: Orientation; Reform Movement; Teacher Quality and Assessment; Summary of Key Points Chapter 3 Evolution of Assessment: Retrospective and Prospective: Orientation; Tracing Assessment Practices; Events Impacting Assessment; Era of Standards; How are We Doing?; Summary of Key Points Chapter 4 Setting Learning Expectations: Orientation; Keeping your Fours; Emergence of Standards; Mission Statement; Role of Standards; Summary of Key Points Chapter 5 Assessment in Teacher Education Programs: Orientation; Is this Going to be in the Test?; Terminologies and Concepts; Importance of Assessment; Shift from Traditional Assessment Procedures; Purpose of Assessment; What is Performance Assessment?; What Chapter 6 Purpose of Pre-service Teacher Portfolios: Orientation; Defining a Portfolio; Why a Pre-service Teacher Portfolio; Today's Classroom Environments; Pre-service Teachers as Assessors; Taking Responsibility of Learning; Partnership in Assessment; Self- Chapter 7 Conceptualizing Professional Development and Growth: Orientation; Concept of Competence and Attainment; Gauging Competence and Attainment; Process of Self-Assessment; Summary of Key Points Chapter 8 Stages in Developing an Exemplary Portfolio: Orientation; Whose Work is it Anyway? Portfolio Development Cycle (PDC); Who is Out there to Help?; Summary of Key Points Chapter 9 Content of a Portfolio: Orientation; Attestation Documents; Evidence Documentation; Checklist of Content; Summary of Key Points Chapter 10 Portfolio Template: Orientation Chapter 11 Evaluation of the Pre-Service Teacher Portfolio: Orientation; Proof of Purchase- Where is It?; How Will it be Evaluated?; System of Grading; Summary of Key Points Chapter 12 An Effective Pre-Service Teacher Portfolio: Orientation; Shaping and Organizing Strategies; How Will You Know When You Got it?; What Color are the Stripes; When you Really Have to Work on It; Celebrate Completion; Summary of Key Points Chapter 13 Appendices Chapter 14 Glossary of Terms Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 About the Author