Education Department

Portfolio Evaluation Policy

A successful Pre-Student Teaching Interview is required prior to student teaching. To be successful, a student must be rated as "Developed" or "Exemplary" on all four standards.

If a student receives an emerging or underdeveloped in any one standard:

1. the student will be informed in writing that she/he must work with the review team to create a plan to remediate the weakness;

2. the student and the review team will arrange a date for the student to re-present her/his evidence for the underdeveloped or emerging standard; and

3. if after the second presentation, the student is still at the underdeveloped or emerging level, the Initial Licensure Program Director will work with the student and the review team to determine the appropriate action, which might include additional course work, independent work, mentoring, etc. The student may not proceed to student teaching until the underdeveloped and/or emerging classification has been removed.