Designing Portfolios to Capture Learning Toolkit

How can learners examine their work to tell the story of what they have achieved and where they want to grow next? This toolkit guides the collection, selection, reflection, and direction for your learners. Teachers can use it in conjunction with any digital platform. Tool 1: Collecting Student Work This collection is intended to be a record that documents student growth over time which should be progressively driven by learners taking a leadership role in what is worth collecting. This tool helps educators as they guide students in using an established system (e.g., software program, categorized folders) anchored by key evaluative criteria to collect and save both formative and summative work samples over time. Tool 2: Selecting Significant Work Learners already have a collection of work samples. In this phase, they need to limit their choices and identify which pieces tell their story of continuous learning and are worthy or reflection and commentary. Tool 3: Reflecting on Selected