Portfolio Activity Rubric

Use this rubric as a guideline for designing your portfolio refection. Your instructor will use this rubric as a guide to assess your portfolio activity.

Categories Advanced Proficient Emerging Limited Proficiency No Proficiency Weight

Proficiency

Self-improvement Demonstrates clear Demonstrates clear Shows awareness Shows very limited Shows no evidence
understanding that understanding that that reflection is a evidence of self- of self-reflection or
self-reflection is a key self-reflection is a key component of self- reflection or of of understanding
component of component of improvement but can understanding the the role it plays in
improving both a) improving both a) be superficial in role it plays in improving one’s
her/his own teaching her/his own teaching examining his/her improving one’s teaching practices
practices and b) the practices and b) the own practices and teaching practices and, by extension,
growth, development growth, development can sometimes be
and, by extension, student learning.
and learning of one’s and learning of one’s defensive or one-
student learning.
students. Clear, students. sided in the analysis.
Efforts at self- 30%
applicable details and Asks some probing
examples are questions about self authorship tend
provided in the but does not merely to be
reflection. demonstrate statements of the
meaning-making and facts of the matter,
may not extend with no attempts to
reflections to interpret them.
consider impact on
student achievement.

Score 10 8 5 3 0
Connection to Engages in detailed Provides clear detail Provides some detail Limits explanations No explanations of
outside analysis of aspects when explaining when explaining of her/his outside her/his outside
experiences of her/his own ideas or issues from ideas or issues from experiences and experiences or of
experiences and his/her own outside his/her own outside those of others that those of others that
those of others that experiences and experiences and relate to the topic to relate to the topic.
centrally relate to those of others that those of others that general ideas with No attempt to 35%
the topic. Makes relate to the topic. relate to the topic. vague attempt to analyze them or
substantive Makes specific Makes general analyze them or make connection to
connections connections connections make connection to teaching practice.
between these between these between these teaching practice. No evidence of an
experiences and experiences and experiences and Limited evidence of understanding of
 their application to their application to their application to an understanding of the role of reflection
teaching practice, teaching practice. teaching practice. the role of reflection on experiences as a
and cites texts, Submission Submission on experiences as a tool for self-
scholarly journals, demonstrates a demonstrates a tool for self- improvement.
and other resources willingness and willingness to use improvement.
to articulate their understanding of reflection on
meaning. how to use experiences as a tool
Submission reflection on for self-
demonstrates experiences as a tool improvement but
understanding of for self- needs further
the importance of improvement. practice employing
reflection on it.
experiences as a
critical tool for self-
improvement and
effectively employs
it
Score 10 8 5 3 0
Connection to Synthesizes those Explains specific Explains some Limited evidence of No evidence of
course readings aspects of the ideas or issues from specific ideas or having connected having connected
(videos, readings that relate readings that relate issues from readings the assigned the assigned
presentations, etc.) to the topic. Makes to the topic. Makes that relate to the readings to the readings to the
and discipline substantive general connections topic. Makes general topic. May identify topic. No analysis or
specific literature connections between what is connections some general ideas interpretation of
between what is learned from between what is or issues from the issues from the
learned from the readings and the learned from readings as they reading. No
readings and the topic. Includes readings and the relate to the topic evidence of having
35%
topic. Includes references to topic. Sometimes but provides little or engaged in a
references to other sources other than includes a reference no analysis or broader search for
sources to those assigned for to sources other interpretation. Little additional sources
demonstrate the class. than those assigned evidence of having on the topic.
ability to extend for class. engaged in a
one’s own learning broader search for
through additional sources
independent on the topic.
discovery.
Score 10 8 5 3 0
Total 100%