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Induction Support Programme for Beginning Teachers 2013-14 The Induction Portfolio Induction Portfolio The Teacher e-Portfolio Working Group for Northern Ireland defines a portfolio as: ‘A collection of authentic and diverse evidence of teaching competence that has been the subject of reflection, synthesis and selection for presentation to a professional audience for professional purposes.’ Teacher e‐Portfolio Project for Northern Ireland http://www.tepni.com This is similar to the DfES definition which defines a portfolio as: ‘… a confidential and voluntary collection of material that records and reflects your work. It is a way of using past experiences and present activities to demonstrate and reflect on skills learnt, to identify future learning needs and priorities and to inform and plan prospective development. It provides a mechanism, together with performance review, for thinking about your practice in a planned and systematic way.’ DfES: Guidance on Producing a Professional Development Record www.dfes.gov.uk/teachers/professional_development www.teachernet.gov.uk/professionaldevelopment Portfolio Purpose The main purposes of your portfolio are therefore to provide you with a forum to: Present evidence of completion of the required elements of the Induction process including classroom based action plan activities illustrate how you reflect on your practice and ‘continue to improve as an effective adaptable practitioner, not only within, but beyond the classroom’ through involvement in other professional development activities and experiences. This has been highlighted as a priority by the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) in its Evaluative Commentary ‘The Language of Learning’ on the promotion of Literacy and Numeracy by teachers in Initial Teacher Education (p 7, May 2011) and also in its ‘Evaluation of the Induction Programme for Beginning Teachers (s 1.1, p 1, Nov 2011) 8 A Beginning Teacher’s Guide to the Induction Process July 2013 edition
Induction Support Programme for Beginning Teachers 2013-14 Portfolio Presentation Format You may present your portfolio in hard copy ‘Word’ format or in electronic format. The hard copy framework is available to download from the ‘Induction Programme Requirements’ page of the regional Induction and EPD website at: http://www.education-support.org.uk/teachers/beginningteachers/induction/induction-programme-requirements/ The ‘Word’ version of the framework contains file dividers and proformas for all of the Induction forms including the Action Plan and reflective logs. Just as many BTs will have already used e-portfolio processes during their teacher training in Northern Ireland to complete aspects of coursework and their Formative and Career Entry Profiles online, so too the option is available to continue using the secure PebblePad e-portfolio system in Induction (www.pebblepad.co.uk/tepni) as part of the ongoing Northern Ireland Teacher e-Portfolio Project (Te-PNI). This DE promoted project features prominently in the Teacher Education Review 1 as the way forward for teachers to map and evidence their career wide professional development in one place. There is a direct link to the Te-PNI PebblePad website from the same ‘Induction Programme Requirements’ page of the NIELB website. The PebblePad ‘e‐portfolio’ system contains online versions of all of the Induction forms and reports, including the Action Plan and the Interim and Summative Reports as well as classroom observation proformas for optional Teacher Tutor use and an Induction webfolio template for optional BT use. The system also offers a range of slick tools to help your BT scaffold their reflections and log their experiences and professional development in a variety of creative and alternative ways to proformas in ‘Word’ format, through, for example, ‘Blog, Thought, Activity’ and ‘Experience’ tools. 9 1 (http://www.deni.gov.uk/index/teachers-pg/4-teachers-teachereducationreview_pg.htm) A Beginning Teacher’s Guide to the Induction Process July 2013 edition
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