Resources for Defenses of Learning

This is the official JCPS defense planning guidelines. It describes elements that portfolio defenses must have and areas that schools can customize to meet their students' needs.

This PDF rubric , from Envisions Schools, can function as a general rubric to guide the design of Portfolio Defense. 

This is a printable, simple starter guide to organizing defenses from the teachers at High Tech High.

On Expeditionary Learning, you'll find a link to this table, which outlines the who, what, and why of Passage Presentations.

Here, a teacher gives practical, step by step advice for planning process of preparing for Defenses. Included are scheduling, preparation, practice, presentation, and other logisitcal concerns.

This is collection of resources and videos will illustrate the Student Portfolio Conference process, and provide some tools for making it happen for your students.

This collection of highlights from Envision Schools will help you imagine defenses in your own context.

This collection of clips from High Tech High's Presentations of Learning highlight students reflections on the process they go through.

Here, find a video secondary students presenting and defending their learning at several Expeditionary Learning Schools.