Portfolio Collection Process | Overview

Collection is the process of teaching and learning that occurs in a classroom. This is where students construct, build, write, set goals, etc. 

Elements of portfolio come into play through establishing
| a class's definition or a portfolio, its use, and purpose
| personalizing a portfolio to reflect the student who owns it
| discussing and building on criteria when completing collection tasks
| establishing goals linked to criteria, affective learning, etc.

 
Collection | Practical in the Classroom
Here are some classroom tools for the collection phase of the portfolio process. It is our view that the phases of the process are permeable and iterative, so some tools are appropriate for more that one phase and some are meant to be revisited. These are tools that help students begin to gather trace evidence of their learning processes, to set goals or to organize the first elements of a portfolio. Tools can be downloaded and printed for paper use or completed in Word and uploaded into an electronic portfolio.

How to use these tools
Many of the tools provided come from teachers' classrooms. The content may be specific to their use of portfolios, you may use these tools as a basis to begin your own or use them as they are. There may be more than onve type of a similar tool (e.g. multiple reflection tools). Select the ones that are most useful and beneficial to your students.

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2 Tool formats

	PDF	not modifiable
	Word doc	modifiable

Tools by cycle |
Tools have been sorted by cycle to offer some organization to this site. However, it is worth a glance at the tools used in each cycle as they often can be easily adjusted to meet the needs of your students.
Cycle 1 elementary (grades 1-2)
Cycle 2 elementary (grades 3-4)
Cycle 3 elementary (grades 5-6)
Cycle 1 secondary (grades 7-8)

Portfolio Collection Tools
Cycle 1 elementary (grades 1-2)

Tool	description		Tool Format
	A simple graphic organizer that guides young learners to draw and write key words related to their goal.

Portfolio Collection Tools
Cycle 1 secondary (grades 7-8) |

Tool	Description	File format
Portfolio criteria	Establishing criteria with students
Criteria	Establishing criteria with students

Portfolio Criteria Criteria (AppleWorks) Critera (MSWord)	Criteria Criteria (AppleWorks) Criteria (MSWord)
Learning Goals Learning Goals (AppleWorks) Learning Goals (MSWord)	Goals Mountain Goals Mountain (AW) Goals Mountain (MSW)

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Learning Goals Balloon Learning Goals (MSWord)

Learning Goals   My Learning Goa ls (AppleWorks) My Learning Goals (MSWord)

Book Log Part of on-going classroom literacy activities to help document reading

Reading Log Part of on-going classroom literacy activities to help document and organize reading time