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 No Proficiency Limited Proficiency Emerging Proficient Advanced Weight

Proficiency

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

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

Score 0 3 5 8 10
Total 100%