This electronic-portfolio is designed to highlight my professional qualities, background knowledge, capacity to plan and teach - abilities that constitute a competent beginning teacher. These aspects are referenced to the Teacher Regulation Branch (TRB) Standards. The standards demonstrate educational competence and professional conduct of educators in BC. Collectively, these competencies present accurate directives of what professional educators should know and be able to do.
My ePortfolio highlights evidence of my competencies in reference to these aspects and includes self-reflections on my personal context for learning. This ePortfolio clearly identifies my strengths and my capacity to teach and learn as a professional educator.
The metaphor I have chosen for me e.Portfolio is 'Teachers are like Gardeners'. Teachers grow and cultivate the seeds of knowledge they plant within their students. Teachers should know as much as gardeners do about the necessary nurture of their garden/class, planning lessons and taking as much pride in the eventual flowering. Teachers need to appreciate what nutrients or input will produce the best results with a particular group. They also need to know exactly what to expect from their students and be excited as each student blooms in his or her own unique fashion.
In addition, as gardeners, teachers also need to recognise what can harm a harvest so that anything that might hurt student growth and development is avoided. Children are the flowers of my world. Regardless of their shape, size, colour, smell, I believe they can reach their full potential- blooming into beautiful and unique individuals.
Here is a link to the BCTF Code of Ethics
http://bctf.ca/ProfessionalResponsibility.aspx?id=4292
Also a link to the BC TRB standards:
http://www.bcteacherregulation.ca/Standards/StandardsDevelopment.aspx
My ePortfolio highlights evidence of my competencies in reference to these aspects and includes self-reflections on my personal context for learning. This ePortfolio clearly identifies my strengths and my capacity to teach and learn as a professional educator.
The metaphor I have chosen for me e.Portfolio is 'Teachers are like Gardeners'. Teachers grow and cultivate the seeds of knowledge they plant within their students. Teachers should know as much as gardeners do about the necessary nurture of their garden/class, planning lessons and taking as much pride in the eventual flowering. Teachers need to appreciate what nutrients or input will produce the best results with a particular group. They also need to know exactly what to expect from their students and be excited as each student blooms in his or her own unique fashion.
In addition, as gardeners, teachers also need to recognise what can harm a harvest so that anything that might hurt student growth and development is avoided. Children are the flowers of my world. Regardless of their shape, size, colour, smell, I believe they can reach their full potential- blooming into beautiful and unique individuals.
Here is a link to the BCTF Code of Ethics
http://bctf.ca/ProfessionalResponsibility.aspx?id=4292
Also a link to the BC TRB standards:
http://www.bcteacherregulation.ca/Standards/StandardsDevelopment.aspx