1. Portfolio Development CSD 5000-1 & 4010
Reflection Essay
Portfolio Development
CSD & 4010
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2. Sample Reflection Statement
Following with the topic of local sea grasses covered in the Service Learning unit detailed in standards 1 and 7, students were asked to follow the effects of Hurricane Floyd on sea grasses. The hurricane severely affected our county. One student brought in this article. This gave me the chance to tie real life into learning. This helped to further the students' intellectual and personal development. Students were intensely engaged in discussions concerning the hurricane. The discussions were provoked by student questions. It tied well into the information they had gathered from their canoe trip expeditions (Standards 1 and 7). We discussed precautionary safety measures to follow in the event of a hurricane, how hurricanes are named, levels of hurricanes, and other areas of student interest on the topic. The hurricane affected our area for approximately 8 days. I would devote the beginning activity of class each day to questions concerning the latest developments, then provide a fact about hurricanes as food for thought  while we transitioned into other class activities each day. By covering the hot topic at the beginning of class, I felt students were better able to concentrate on the new material covered following the discussions.
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3. Sample of Accompanying Artifact
Thanks to:
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4. Reflection Statement vs. Reflection Essay
Reflection Essay is longer
Minimum of 1 page typed, 12pt font, double spaced
Covers the entire academic year, not just one element
A reflection statement ties your artifacts together within your element
A reflection essay ties your elements together within your portfolio
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5. Reflection Statement vs. Reflection Essay
Reflection statements are always placed in your text box
Reflection essays are uploaded as an electronic word document
Reflection essays are their own element
not placed within an element
Reflection essays need to be placed and named properly
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6. Why reflect?
Integral to your production of a portfolio is the process of reflection
Reflection is not an 'add-on' piece to your learning process, portfolio.
It is integral to the complex process of becoming a therapist
Successful reflection enables self-awareness, personal and professional growth
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7. Reflection essays
Purpose: to gain information from students on how they view their own work
to enable targeted instructor feedback to students
to get students into a habit of looking critically at their own knowledge and skill acquisition
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8. Reflection essay procedure
Students write your reflection essay
Minimum of 1 page
Upload as a word document
Name and Place according to “cheat sheet”
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9. What do I include in my reflection essay?
Describe why you selected your elective artifacts
how they show the uniqueness of your academic year, learning process or life experience
Connect your elements to learning theories, therapy practices, or other knowledge and skills you’ve developed throughout the year
Describe what you learned as a result of the experiences that your elements document
pertaining to learning
working with others
how you grew professionally, academically and/or personally
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10. Reflection essays include things like:
Your role as a future SLP
Knowledge gained throughout your learning experience
Impact of the year’s events on student learning
Interactions with other students, staff & professors
Learning theories/therapy approaches as they relate to your learning
Accounts of field experiences related to your future profession
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11. Reflection essays include things like:
how and why you think the way you do
what actions you took, what choices you made
the meaning of your actions and choices
what learning and growth has occurred
how you can change your practices in the future
what you believe is the social value of speech and language pathology
what you believe is your role as a professional in the field
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12. How can I get started? The strongest part of my ePortfolio is…
The part of my academic year or learning experience that I would spend more time on if I had it is…
The most important concept that I have learned this year is…
Now that I approached the end of another academic year, a question I still have is…
In my next year in the CSD program I plan to….
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13. The benefits
Student reflections on their own work help faculty respond personally to them in a dialogue about their work
Student reflections give valuable information about how their educational experience is going as a whole
Writing reflection essays help students build a way of looking at their work that is beneficial to them over time.
Show growth; student reflection essays often become more insightful as their academic career progresses.
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14. The benefits
Reflection essays allow you to be viewed as a unique individual having a unique learning career
Your reflection essay puts a face and a story to your name
Use your reflection essay to tell the department how your learning experience is unique, and how you are unique
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15. Professionally
Your learning and development does not quit when you graduate
Effective reflection essays tell your viewer about
your continued knowledge and skill acquisition
professional development
Work experiences
Professional memberships and activities
And, most importantly, how all these things add up to make you a unique and qualified professional
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16. Next Task Write a reflection essay Name and place properly
True, it’s not the end of the year!
Reflect on what you’ve done to date
Minimum 1 page
Name and Place properly
This will serve as your starting point for your reflection essay next semester
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17. Next Task Update your shared folder
Add the reflection essay & video clip by November 24th
Presentations on Dec 10th
We’ll see how far we get & adjust as needed
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18. References
Arter, J. A., & Spandel, V. (1992). Using portfolios of student work in instruction and assessment. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 11,
Constantino, P. & De Lorenzo, M. (2002). Developing a Professional Teaching Portfolio: A Guide for Success. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Kilbane, C. & Milman, N. (2003). The Digital Teaching Portfolio Handbook: A How-To-Guide for Educators. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Kimbal, M. (2003). The Web Portfolio Guide. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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