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PORTFOLIO EVALUATION TRAINING
Nancy Bolt LSSC Co-Director
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Training Objectives
Evaluators will understand:
the basic components of LSSC the rationale for including portfolios expected portfolio content portfolio evaluation process how to use LiveText to evaluate portfolios
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Candidates Eligibility
To be accepted as a candidate in the LSSC program, applicants must have: a minimum of a high school equivalency
or a GED a minimum of one year experience as staff
or volunteer in any kind of library
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LSSC Program Requirements
Must achieve six competency sets. three required three elective
Have four years to complete
Can achieve competency sets through taking an approved course developing and submitting a portfolio
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Competency Sets
Ten Competency sets Foundations of Library Service (required) Technology (required) Communication and Teamwork Access Services (elective) Adult Readers’ Advisory (elective) Cataloging and Classification (elective) Collection Management (elective) Reference and Information Services (elective) Supervision and Management (elective) Youth Services (elective)
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Portfolio as a Demonstration Of Learning Assessment of prior learning is recognized
as a legitimate way to award credit in institutions of higher education, equal to a course
Portfolio is one option for demonstrating prior learning
Assessment is of learning gained through experience gained through self-directed activities
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LSSC Program Portfolio Basics
Candidates: Must submit all portfolio work online
Must address each competency in a competency set and prepare a Personal Learning Statement
Can design their own way to document their knowledge and experience
Candidates can use Portfolio Development Suggestions (PDS)
Personal Learning Statement
The statement is:
The importance of the competency set to your work
A summary of your skills and knowledge
No more than 3 single-spaced pages
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Portfolio Development Suggestions
Two-to-four PDS per competency developed by staff
Candidates may choose one PDS to complete and demonstrate their competency
Candidates will indicate if their documentation is based on a PDS
Two PDS Examples
Compare and contrast•What is alike?•What is different?
Content and reflection•What was the content of the article?•What did you think about the article?
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Content and ReflectionFoundation Competency 1: The mission and roles of a library in its community and the mission of libraries in general.
1.1 Research what should be in a mission statement and then review mission statements from two different types of libraries. Compare and contrast and evaluate those statements. How would you change these mission statements based on your research?
Descriptive and EvaluativeCollection Management Competency 2: The general purpose of collection management in libraries.
2.1 Prepare a bibliography of five articles and, with brief notations, identify basic principles and trends in collection management. Your notations should be both descriptive and evaluative. Write a one-page essay about one new direction or trend in collection management.
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Role of Evaluators
Assess whether candidate has met the competencies in the portfolio. Don’t be a perfectionist.
Provide specific feedback on additional work to be done
If the work fulfills the PDS but not the competency, let us know, don’t blame the candidate.
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The Rubric
There will be a rubric for each competency in a competency set.
You will have three choices:
1. the candidate fully meets the competency
2. the candidate partially meets the competency what additional work needs to be done?
3. the candidate does not meet the competency what additional work needs to be done?
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Rubric for Technology: Competency 1 Met
The candidate provides sufficient evidence that he/she understands general trends and developments of appropriate technology in all library functions and services, whether offered in the library or through remote access.
Partially Met The candidate provides partial evidence that he/she
understands general trends and developments of appropriate technology in all library functions and services, whether offered in the library or through remote access.
Not Met The candidate does not provide evidence that he/she
understands general trends and developments of appropriate technology in all library functions and services, whether offered in the library or through remote access.
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How The Process Will Work
Every portfolio will be evaluated independently by two people using the rubric.
The candidate will not see your comments on the rubric. LSSC staff communicate with the candidate
The competency is considered met if: Both evaluators rate it as met One evaluator rates as met and the other as
partially met
More work may be required if: Both evaluators rate the competency as
partially met or below
The candidate may be asked to provide additional information.
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Evaluation Criteria and Process Candidates must fully meet 70% of the
competencies
30% of competencies can be partially met
Evaluators should be specific about what additional information or work is needed to provide evidence that a competency is met
Candidates may submit additional information for partially or not met competencies only one time
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Portfolio Content Can Be…
Original work
Work based on Portfolio Development Suggestions
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Two Types of Evidence
Primary evidence Examples of actual work
Narratives (no more than 3 pages) Reports and plans Power point presentations Exhibits photos Book lists and brochures Video record (limited to 5 minutes) Audio record Formal classroom projects
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Two Types of Evidence
Secondary evidence What others say about a candidate
References Letters of recommendation or commendation Personal evaluations Description of accomplishments Evidence of employment Citations, certificates of workshops completed Resume
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Primary Trumps Secondary
Primary evidence is the meat, secondary evidence the gravy
Primary evidence shows what the candidate really KNOWS
Secondary shows only what OTHERS think of the candidate
Secondary evidence alone is NEVER enough
HERE ARE SOM EXAMPLES
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Sign in with your name and password
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You will be taken to your Dashboard
It will say “Active Reviews”
It will include: The portfolio submission for the candidate
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This is what your Review Page will look like
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This will not be on your screen. It’s my other LiveText documents
Click on Copy of Candidate’s Name, Cataloging and Classification
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This is the opening screen. Click on the next to Cataloging
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This will reveal her work on the competencies. Click on # 1
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This is her work on competency 1.Click on the attachments
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To assess the rubric, click onceon Assess Document
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Click the button for the Rubric you would like to use while assessing the portfolio. In this case, it would be the Cataloging and Classification. The click the select button
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If you would like to “undock” the rubric so that is more like a floating window you can move around the screen, click the “undock” button.
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As you can see, the rubric is now its own movable window, allowing you to view both the portfolio and rubric at the same time.
Your assessment
The rubrics are the same as the competency with the options of: Met Partially met Not met
Read the documentation and decide in which category the candidate rates on that competency.
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Your Assessment
If “partially met” or “not met” please indicate your reasons and what the candidate would have to do to make the work acceptable.
This is how you do this: Click on the down arrow in the box Choose your rating Click on add comment Write your comment Save your comment for each competency
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Rate each competency in the box to the right.
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Click the comment button if you wish to make a comment
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Type your comment and click save
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Add your summary assessment here at the bottom of the page.
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At the bottom of the page, click choose and practice PRACTICE IN ORDER FOR IT TO SAVE??
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Saving and submitting
At the bottom of the page you can choose between “save” and “save and submit.”
If you choose “save,” it stays in your account and you can go back and finish or review.
If you choose “save and submit,” it means your are finished and your assessment goes back to the LSSC office.
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Finishing the process
If there is not enough agreement that the candidate has achieved the competency set, we will schedule a conference call.
We will decide collectively what additional information is required from the candidate.
LSSC will ask for this information and send it to you for further review.
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NOW FOR A LIVE DEMONSTRATION!
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