MIL Portfolio

Mathematics Learning, Teaching, & Leading Programs

Mathematics Instructional Leader (MIL) Portfolio

Purpose

Your MIL Portfolio is a purposeful collection of your work as a mathematics learner, teacher, and leader. It represents elements of your coursework; your classroom-, building-, and district-based activities and experiences; and the outreach and advocacy activities in which you have engaged. The purpose of your portfolio is to document and reflect on your learning as a mathematics teacher leader.

Considerations

Your MIL Portfolio showcases artifacts from the CI 518, 519, and 521 courses that provide evidence aligned with AMTE's Mathematics Specialist (MS) Standards (2024). Specifically, the overall site includes 1) an opening page communicating your “why” and your philosophy about mathematics teaching, learning, and leading; and 2) a page with your current resumé. For each practicum-related course, there is a Table of Contents page where you will link your Practicum Plan and Log along with links to pages for each of four artifacts (i.e., 2 required projects, 2 artifacts connected to practicum activities and experiences). There are MS Standards checklists for each course communicating the portfolio requirements: (CI 518, CI 519, and CI 521). Note: Be sure to secure appropriate permissions for any photographs or de-identify any student and/or teacher work you include.

Helpful Hints

For seamless access to your e-portfolio in Google Sites, we encourage you to create the site using an account that is separate from your work or PSU accounts (i.e., a personal gmail account is highly recommended). This is because you are not able to change ownership across domains (e.g., pdx.edu → gmail.com). To allow access to your items in another account, simply share the “parent” Mathematics Learning, Teaching, and Leading Program folder (the one with your name) with your personal gmail account.

Here is a brief video ▶️ ⏯️ you can watch to get started with creating a Google Site.

Check your status by clicking on either your picture or initial in upper right corner ↓

Creating Your Portfolio

Step 1: Getting Started with the Portfolio Template

OPEN the MTL Portfolio Template link.
CLICK on the three vertical dots next to the "Publish" button and SELECT "Make a copy."

- ADD your name to the file name.
- SHARE the portfolio site with your preferred email address for accessing course materials and, if you haven't already, SHARE your program folder with your personal google account.
- ADD your name, role, and affiliation on the front page along with a photo.
- DELETE the "Please DUPLICATE..." text.
- PERSONALIZE your site and make it your own by changing themes (e.g., colors, fonts, layouts), sharing your philosophy and why, adding images, linking your resumé, etc.

MOVE your MTL Portfolio Google Site into your program folder (i.e., the folder with your name) as this will be built across three courses.

Step 2: Prepare Your Materials

CREATE an MTL Portfolio Folder within your program folder.
MOVE your Google Site into this folder.
POPULATE the folder with copies of your course projects and related materials, your practicum plan and log, as well as the items you choose from your practicum work.
SET the permissions on this folder so that "Anyone with a link can view."
TEST your sharing settings by either logging out of your account or by opening a different internet browser where you are not signed into your google accounts.

Step 3: Build Your Artifact Pages

ADD your Practicum Plan and Log to the course landing or Table of Contents page.
RENAME the Choice 1 and Choice 2 pages to align with the artifacts you have chosen.

edit the text on the page by clicking on the existing text and typing
edit the page headings by clicking on "Pages" in the sidebar and typing

BUILD out each artifact page by
- - providing contextual information;
  - linking related documents, images, audio or video files, resource folders
  - provide a description of what the artifact(s) represents to you along with your major takeaways from the project or experience as a mathematics teacher leader, referencing specific MS Standards addressed through your work (i.e., reflection, the artifact(s)). The references should be parenthetical within text and a list of the standards referenced should be provided at the bottom of the page.

Sample Portfolios

Interesting Portfolio Resources

If you have any questions about the courses or TSPC specialization, email Nicole Rigelman, program coordinator, at rigelman@pdx.edu.

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