How do you demonstrate your effectiveness as a teacher? A classroom full of engaged learners is one place to start. Unique projects with something for every learner. Creative lesson plans that help students make connections with previous learning as well as the world around them.
Unless you invite a prospective employer or evaluator into your classroom, how can show evidence of this great classroom experience you’ve created? A professional teaching portfolio enables you to capture highlights of your teaching approach, method, and style, and to share those examples of good practice with others. This page provides some basic steps to get you started.

Share your teaching philosophy.

State your teaching goals

Showcase your teaching ability.

Organize aspects of your teaching practice.

Demonstrate your growth as a teacher.

Demonstrate the quality of your lessons.

Reflect on and articulate your practice.

Share your personal teaching style.

Show evidence of your teaching goals.

Collect material throughout the year and organize it as you go.

Include various types of examples that demonstrate different aspects of your practice.

Focus on quality, not quantity.

Style it to be readable and engaging

Use friendly, but professional, introduction and parts pages.

Include your teaching awards, student feedback, sample lessons, and teaching evaluations.

Invite a friend or colleague to review it before you share it with an evaluator or prospective employer.

Use it in a job search to demonstrate evidence of your practice.

Share it as part of a licensure review.

Access it to demonstrate growth in a promotion or tenure review.

Refer to it as a teaching tool when you are acting as a teacher-leader or mentor to new teachers.

Document your practices, continued learning, and roles in your district to record your personal and professional growth.