Implementation Outline
Below is the current tentative plan for implementing ePortfolios for students at the Bill R. Johnson CTE Center. ePortfolios will allow students to reflect on learning actively, monitor their progress, and support students in analyzing their learning in secondary science. The outline shows the extensive timeline necessary to implement this within the course to implement complete secondary education by the 2025-2026 school year.
PHASE 1 - PREPARATION FOR LEARNING (months 0 to 2 - Aug. to Sep. 2024)
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Establish learning goals and objectives
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Share the innovation proposal:
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Administrators - Would you consider allowing me to implement a pilot of my innovation plan with the goal of expanding? Refer admin to literature review
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Teachers - Would you learn with me and support the students in this endeavor?
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Parents - Would you consider supporting your child as they explore and deepen their learning through digital creation? - Letter to Parents
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Students - Would you take ownership of your ePortfolio and continue to develop it as you learn and grow? - Sign in Class Contract
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PHASE 2 - PLANNING (months 3 to 4 - Oct. to Nov. 2024)
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Learning Goals & Objectives
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Before assigning the student ePortfolio
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Explain the goals of the portfolio - to have a central place to show progress and examples of student work
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Explain how it will be graded
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Supply a checklist of items that you will be looking for to be included
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How will ePortfolios enhance learning?
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COVA
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Real-world connections
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Increase engagement
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Assessment as learning
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What pieces of information are students adding to ePortfolios?
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Teacher guided options
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6wks ePortfolio checkups
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Image documentation of projects or experiences
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Reflection posts
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Student choice
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Platform
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Advanced & Practicum level classes - Wix
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Basic level classes - Google Sites with option to use Wix
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Devices
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Computer lab or school Chromebook - inital set-up
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School Chromebook - continued development
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Reflection Planning
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Prepare administrator and teacher survey (Google Forms)
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Prepare self-reflection survey for students (Google Form)
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PHASE 3 - PILOT IMPLEMENTATION (months 5 to 10 - Dec. to May 2025)
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ePortfolio Pilot in Mr. Komorowski’s classes
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Show students examples of ePortfolios
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What stood out?
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What would you do differently?
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Was the ePortfolio set up easy to navigate?
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Introduce the idea of creating their own ePortfolio
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Motivate and get students excited
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Talk about how they will have complete ownership over the project
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The sky’s the limit! Encourage students to express their personality through color and design.
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They will be able to be creative and add original content
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Explore benefits of creating their own ePortfolio
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Give ideas, but also let students come up with benefits on their own
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Learner-centered/COVA, reflection, creativity
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Creation of ePortfolio
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Students explore templates and starting initial setup for ePortfolios
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Students will use personal email for use after graduation.
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Students will have time for creative development in class.
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Students choose content that displays evidence of learning to share and reflect with peer groups
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Continued work
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Students will post regularly on ePortfolios
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Select three significant assignments that exemplify different design principles (taken from design principles covered in class).
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Encourage further development
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Evaluation (via critique process in class)
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View student ePortfolios
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Communicate with students to discuss learning experience
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Did they take ownership of their learning?
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Did they find the learning to be authentic and meaningful?
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Share self-reflection survey for students (Google Form)
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PHASE 4 - REFLECTION (months 11 to 13 - June to Aug. 2025)
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Share ePortfolios with parents, teachers, and administration
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Share surveys with administration and teachers (Google Forms)
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Reflect on connections to the learning, implementation, and rollout of ePortfolios
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Present findings and reflections from the pilot implementation and the parent, teacher, and student surveys
PHASE 5 - EXPANSION (months 14 to 24 - Sept. to July 2025)
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Develop ePortfolios at the start of the next semester with the incoming classes
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Students who created ePortfolios previously will continue with development
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Support fellow career pathway teachers in development of ePortfolios with their students
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Suggest fellow career pathway teachers create their own ePortfolios to model use with students
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Teachers can also use provided examples of ePortfolios
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Students and teachers will follow guided implementation plan from pilot
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Utilize career pathway teachers to share findings throughout the year
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Discuss implementation of ePortfolios in all classes at the Bill R. Johnson CTE Center.
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Use professional development time for planning
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Stress importance of choice in student ownership and ePortfolio presistance.
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Discuss expansion of ePortfolios across all high school campuses.