0.4 Part four: your e-portfolio  (Page 2/2)

• List their names, titles, school/organization they are connected to, location of that school/organization, and contact information.Ask your reference what telephone number, address, and email they would like you to list. (Only list the ways in which the person wishes tobe contacted.)
• Put these references on the second page of the document you created for your résumé. To see a sample page of references, click onto theSample Résumé and References in the E-Portfolio site .

Letters of Recommendation

We suggest that you post your Field Advisor's letter regarding your Service Project and your mentor's Letter of Recommendationin the "Résumés/References/Letters of Recommendation" section of your Teaching Portfolio.

For now, you can include your Field Advisor's letter and any other letters you have regarding yourlife as a teacher, and include these in the document you started that contains your résumé and references.

3) Follow the instructions in Part One of Course 5 under the section "Posting Your Work" to review how to post these materials to the"Résumé/References/Letters of Recommendation" section of your E-Portfolio.

To access your E-Portfolio, click here .

Photos

This is the only part of your E-Portfolio that is optional. This is due to the fact that some of you have easy access to creatingdigital photos, while others may find it more difficult.

If you choose to add photos, you may wish to post one of yourself in the section called "Photograph of Teacher" and one photo of yourstudents and put that photo in the "Picture of My Classroom" section of your E-Portfolio.

Follow the instructions in Part One of Course 5 under the section "Posting Your Work" to review how to post these items in yourE-Portfolio.

To access your E-Portfolio, click here .

Expertise i wish to share

As you know, you have not been traveling through this Certificate of Teaching Mastery alone. Thousand of teachers are takingthis course with you from around the world. Think now about what specific skills you have that can serve as a resource for your colleagues.

Your Service Project has given you some unique experiences, perspectives, and skills. Writing your resume may haveconnected you to other skills you have developed over the years. It may be that you have experience in starting health programs in schools; you may befluent in Hindi, French, and Japanese; you might be an experienced carpenter - whatever it is, make a list of those skills now.

Another way to think about this is as follows: what if you were to create an on-line, e-learning course, what courses might youoffer? Introduction to rug weaving? Starting a small business? Starting a pre-school? Introduction to building a well? Building a one-roomschoolhouse?

• Create a new Word document, list and describe some of the concrete things you can offer others. What expertise do you wish to share?
• What would be your course titles if you were to create on-line courses? List the possible course titles and write a 2-3 sentencedescription for each explaining the possible course content.
• Post this document to your E-Portfolio under the section "Expertise I Wish to Share."
• Follow the instructions in Part One of Course 5 under the section "Posting Your Work" to review how to post documents in yourE-Portfolio.

To access your E-Portfolio, click here .

Help i need

Teachers are perpetual learners and doers - and when you do things in the world, you usually need some help.

Imagine a team of eager, warm, generous people just waiting to help you. We're here and we can support each other. The first stepis to ask.

• What do you need? Be specific.
• Post what you need in the "Help I Need" section of your E- Portfolio so that your global colleagues - your team of eager helpers from around theworld - can join you in your efforts.
• Follow the instructions in Part One of Course 5 under the section "Posting Your Work" to review how to post documents in yourE-Portfolio.

To access your E-Portfolio, click here .

Portfolio reflection

Now that your E-Portfolio is complete, reflect upon the following:

• The experience of creating your Teaching Portfolio - the process of putting it all together.
• The Big Picture - It's almost as if you've been an artist standing inches away from the canvas. Now, as you take a step back, what do you see?What's the big picture that's coming together for you?

Answer 1 and 2 from above in 3-4 paragraphs and add this "Portfolio Reflection" to the "Reflection" document that you havepreviously posted to your E-Portfolio. To do this, first go back to the original document you saved on your disk or computer hard drive called"Reflection" and cut and paste the words contained within your "Portfolio Reflection" into this "Reflection" document making the "Reflection"document longer. Save it again with this new information and rename the document "Reflection2."

To Delete the previous "Reflection" document from your E-Portfolio and to post the new "Reflection2" document to yourE-Portfolio:

"Log on" to your E-Portfolio and go to the posting area. Find the section for the document you wish to delete (i.e. "Reflection").Press the "Delete" button to the right of that section and the file will be deleted. A screen will pop up to indicate that the document has been deleted.

Simply, post the new version called "Reflection2" following the regular posting instructions as outlined in Part One ofCourse 5 in the section "Posting Your Work."

To access your E-Portfolio, click here .