Standard+9

**Standard 9** ** Teachers are able to evaluate themselves. ** The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
 * Adam Peters EDT 678 Portfolio** **Home / Standard 1 / Standard 2 / Standard 3 / Standard 4 / Standard 5** **Standard 6 / Standard 7 / Standard 8 / Standard 9 /Standard 10 **


 * Evidence 1: [[file:Peters, Adam Action Research.pdf]]** **Rationale 1:**

My action research paper was created for my 9-12th grade students. My action research was to research whether the use of wiki portfolios would become more engaging to students than the normal paper and three ring binders. The students that are in this class are required to create a portfolio of their work to submit for college credit upon completion of the course. Students were presented with each style of portfolio in the beginning of the school year and then were asked to pick one of their choice.

This project was very important to me because I am continually trying to find a new and interesting way to motivate my students. My thought was that the wiki portfolio would attract many students and they would be able to see its benefits for outside of our class as well. Despite my hopes, only a small amount of students actually choose to complete the wiki style of portfolio. Those students that chose the wiki portfolio found it interesting in the beginning but then saw the draw backs of the amount of time they needed to spend scanning and trying to upload documents to their wiki account. Some did state that it could be better for the long run, but the paper and binder portfolio was much easier and would choose that if given another chance to choose.


 * KSD**


 * 9.K.2 The teacher understands critical **
 * frameworks for reflecting on teaching practice **
 * (e.g. frameworks for social, cultural, and **
 * philosophical foundations of education). **

Our district is currently pushing for us to become more reflective of our teachings. They have set up 1 hour late starts each month so that we can meet with Collaborative learning teams and talk about what has work and what has not. We then can work together at those times to create new units that will improve student achievement. This research paper gave a topic of discussion for many of these meetings.


 * 9.S.2 The teacher uses classroom observation, **
 * information about students, cultural, social, and **
 * philosophical frameworks, and research as **
 * sources for evaluating the outcomes of teaching **
 * and learning and as a basis for reflecting on and **
 * revising practice. **

My action research gave me a great opportunity to continually observe and collect data on how well students were doing with their portfolios. Students were able to give constructive feedback and our portfolios in the future will only improve because of it.


 * 9.D.3 The teacher is willing to give and receive **
 * help. **

This research paper gave the best opportunity to explore a thought of using wikis as portfolios. Even though it did not work out as planned, my colleagues were glad to hear of the outcomes and we have planned new ways of approaching for next school year.