Getting Started

The following tips are designed to help you prioritize your activities and organize your thinking as you build your ProTeach Portfolio.

• Choose a ProTeach Portfolio registration window that best suits your personal and professional needs. For each registration window, you can choose from 2 submission deadline dates.
• Register and pay the fee to gain access to the private, secure website in which you will build and submit your portfolio.
• Review the directions for each entry (Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3) and the corresponding rubric (Rubric 1, Rubric 2, Rubric 3).
• Read the resource documents for ProTeach Portfolio.
• Get a calendar and work backward from your submission deadline date to set an entry completion schedule.
• We recommend starting with the Needs Assessment and Entry 1 because the material you include in Entry 1 will influence Entries 2 and 3.
• Develop a simple task analysis that lists what you are going to do, the evidence you need and by when you will complete the task (see suggested sample below).

  What do I need to do?	What evidence do I need?	Completion date
  (List)	(List)	(Date)
  (List)	(List)	(Date)

• Build each entry on your private, secure website.
• Review your responses to ensure that you have demonstrated the knowledge and skills required in the 3 standards and 12 criteria.
• Score your responses against the rubrics.
• Ask a colleague or support provider to read your entries and score them with the rubrics.
• Submit your portfolio no later than your selected submission deadline date.