This ultimate guide to portfolios makes the process of developing and using portfolios easier and more rewarding for you and your students. Clear steps guide you through critical decisions in 10 major categories. Hands-on activities, discussion questions, and planning tools help you anticipate and address every key issue. Practical samples and easy-to-use templates and forms ensure that the portfolio process is meaningful to students and manageable for you. - Publisher.

This book explains how teachers can serve as facilitators as students lead their parents through discussion of their work. The 9 chapters are: (1) "Philosophy and Purpose of Student-Led Conferences" (relevance, responsibility, and reporting to parents); (2) "Roles and Responsibilities of Participants" (teacher, student, parent, administrator, office staff, and support teacher role); (3) "Designing Formats for Student-Led Conferences" (individual or student-involved conferences, simultaneous conferences with multiple families, and presentation or showcase conferences); (4) "Preparing Students to Lead Conferences" (e.g., portfolios, making time for reflection, role-playing, and preparing students); (5) "Preparing Parents and Colleagues for Student-Led Conferences" (communicating the concept, preparing parents, and introducing the concept to colleagues); (6) "Organizing for Student-Led Conferences: It's All in the Details" (e.g., scheduling, arranging facilities, and encouraging parent participation); (7) "Anticipating and Handling Unique Solutions" (e.g., parents who cannot attend, potentially abusive parents, and students with special needs); (8) "Evaluating Student-Led Conferences" (e.g., gathering comments from parents, students, and colleagues); and (9) "The Role of Student-Led Conferences in Authentic Assessment and Reporting." Student conference resources are included. (Contains 20 references.) (SM)

This book is developed to provide students with everything they need to know to make the transition from design student to design professional. It provides step-by-step instruction for creating professional portfolios, both traditional and digital. Interviewing tips, sample resumes and cover letters, and action verb lists help students prepare for their job search. The second edition includes new sample portfolios, robust case studies, and updated information on digital portfolio trends and techniques.

Provides a practical guide to make assessments more meaningful and manageable and help make cooperative learning an inherent part of the assessment process.

For trainers and managers who are involved in competence based training and development programs and in using established standards of occupational competence to measure workplace efficiency, this volume explains what a portfolio of evidence is and how it links in with the current training revolution taking place through the introduction (in the UK) of National Vocational Qualifications. It shows how portfolios can be used to develop individuals, teams, and the organization within the organization's own training and development program. Real-life examples from companies and organizations show different ways of using portfolios, pointing out possible pitfalls and highlighting good practice. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A reference for experienced teachers showing how to implrment simple programs and get substantial results.