Identify a Moment of Professional Growth

The purpose of your education portfolio is to capture moments of professional growth generated from your program.

The purpose of this course is to help you author a moment of professional growth into your portfolio.

The purpose of this task in the course is to help you identify a moment of professional growth to capture in your portfolio and identify where in your portfolio site you will author this moment of professional growth.

Identify a Moment of Professional Growth

Take a moment to reflect on your past experiences in the program so far. Consider how you have grown as a professional. What moments stand out to you as you consider all the different ways you have grown as an educator? Use the questions below to brainstorm and identify a moment to author into your portfolio

  • Consider the moments of professional growth you have had so far in the program.

  • Which moments from your list stand out to you the most?

  • Which moment can you most clearly describe why it was important to you and your growth as an educator?

  • Select one moment of growth as a professional growth as you move on the to the next task in this course. This would be a moment where you can describe when and where the moment happened (be specific) and why it is important to you and your growth as an educator.

Portfolio Site Task

To identify where you in your education portfolio you will author this moment of professional growth, execute the following steps:

  1. Open your Chrome Web Browser.

  2. Log in to Google Drive using your @go.olemiss.edu email address.

  3. Open your Education Portfolio

  4. Locate the first empty artifact page.

You have identified a moment of professional growth that you will capture in your education portfolio. You have also identified where in your education portfolio you will author this moment of professional growth.