| If you want to apply for teaching jobs, many times | | | | include information in the following categories: |
| you'll need a professional teaching portfolio. But it | | | | Lesson Plans including different levels. You can also |
| shouldn't be difficult to create your portfolio if you've | | | | include pictures of students at different lessons |
| been keeping track of your successful lesson plans | | | | activities/trip. |
| and projects. During the teacher interview, you | | | | Projects or performance tasks |
| should be prepared to share your insights on what | | | | Your teacher resume and recommendations |
| makes a lesson successful, your approach to handling | | | | Awards (for your teaching, if any) |
| discipline problems and your methods for engaging | | | | Professional Organizations (teaching related ones you |
| the class. If you're a new or beginning teacher, make | | | | currently belong to) |
| sure you also ask about mentoring and/or support | | | | If you still haven't landed a teaching job of your |
| systems for new teachers. If the principal doesn't | | | | dreams, chances are you haven't created a teaching |
| have an answer, that should be a red flag. All new | | | | portfolio that makes YOU stand out from the |
| teachers MUST have some kind of support during | | | | competition. And if you haven't been called back, |
| their first years. This is not merely a request, this is a | | | | chances are you aren't doing the proper steps for |
| necessity. | | | | creating a professional teaching portfolio. |
| The principal does not care so much as to why | | | | Not everyone is willing to take those extra steps to |
| seating chart "A" is better than seating chart "B" - | | | | make themselves stand out from the competition. |
| but is interested in knowing your method for | | | | And nowadays, there's A LOT of competition! So |
| preventing discipline problems - monitoring students' | | | | many teachers still continue to look for work in |
| progress and your systems of effective classroom | | | | August hoping that a teaching job will pan out at the |
| management. | | | | last minute. And that's not a great situation to be in |
| Your professional teaching portfolio only needs to | | | | either. |