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Artifact for Domain F

Brittini Wade

National University

June 15, 2019

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Rationale for choosing artifacts for Domain F

Understanding that we as educators are lifelong learners will help us develop our

teaching practice. Developing as a professional educator is part of the California Teacher

Performance Expectations. In my eportfolio, I included four different artifacts that I feel

showcase the different aspects of professional development.

The first artifact I chose is a letter of recommendation from my employer. I have worked

at the same school for six years. I started my internship credentialing program at this school so

my administrator has seen my teaching practice evolve over the years. The letter of

recommendation speaks about my growth as an individual and as an educator. I think my

administrator explains the progress I have made over the years in a great way.

The second artifact is my 5 year professional development plan for myself. I list out my

goals and my rationale for choosing those goals. This instills the mindset that we as educators are

lifelong learners, even if we have already cleared our credential like myself. There’s always

room to grow and improve. I am working toward taking more of a leadership role at my school. I

would like to one day be a mentor to my coworkers while they are going through their programs.

I am going to work toward this starting next school year.

The third artifact I chose is a literature review of an article titled, “From Professional

Development to Professional Learning”. Being responsive to our students’ needs is crucial to

being an effective educator. This means that instead of receiving professional development at the

beginning of the school year and then never revisiting the practices or ideas discussed until the

following school year, we should work toward professional learning goals. This will instill the
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notion that we should be adaptive and supportive of our students. We should view ourselves as

lifelong learners and be collaborating throughout the whole school year rather than just at the

beginning.

The fourth and final artifact I chose is a professional disposition survey that I took in the

middle of my credentialing program. I think this is a great checklist to reference and determine if

I am exhibiting the professional aspects of being a teacher. I was relatively new at teaching when

I took this survey, and after reviewing it now, I feel like I would score myself the same. It is a

great way to understand the different aspects of being professional and following the criteria of

the teacher performance expectations.

I feel that these artifacts showcase my professional development thus far in regards to

Domain F. “The key is to be highly selective by sorting out the best from the rest, choosing only

those items that are critical and essential to the purpose of your portfolio” (Constantino & De

Lorenzo, 2009). These artifacts will allow anyone who is looking at my eportfolio to better

understand my professionalism as an educator.

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References

Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (2016). California teaching performance

expectations [PDF file]. Retrieved from https://www.ctc.ca

Costantino, PM., De Lorenzo, M.N., & Tirrell-Corbin (2009). Developing a Professional

Teaching Portfolio: a guide for success. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson