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 Thursday March 18 2004

Teaching Portfolio Tips

Pedablogue posted a great series of links on how to prepare a teaching portfolio. This is a must read for any teacher.

I have already prepared a portfolio of material that helped me to get my latest job. In fact when I went in for the interview I was told I had the job and there was no need for me to come back for a second interview or do a teaching demo.  I have since found out that the other new teachers this semester all had to do a second interview and teaching demo. Portfolios work.

These sites seem more geered towards working in academia rather than in the ESL feild, but as I said it helped me. Additionally there is every advantage to be had by doing more than the next guy.  Good luck in your future job searches.



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Thursday Mar 18, 2004 at 07:53 PM
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