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I always take one and a disposal one -- LOOKS PROFESSIONAL
By Michelle

Whenever a interviewer asks me a questions, for example: "What is your assessment device?" My response: "Well, I use several types of assessment, for example, ... and let me show you" [PORTFOLIO TIME]. The interviewer:
"Wow, that's sounds like a difficult concept for middle school." Me: "Not really, let me show you how they wrote and presented..." [PORTFOLIO TIME]. If you become nervous, you have something in front of you that SHOWCASES your work, your best work. Occasionally, you will get a limp handshake and barely a nod, that's when you demonstrate your abilities [PORTFOLIO TIME] and build up their

enthusiasm. One super that met me and my portfolio did not have a job in his district for me, so he sent my name and a copy of my resume, coverletter, recs, to his friend in a nearby wealthy district with his rec, and I had only met him once!

Make up your portfolio, it should include several of your best lessons, pictures of your classroom, especially if you designed the bulletin board, copies of recommendation letters, transcripts, resume, and certification. If students or parents have given you cards or letters, put them in here
also. You should also have a copy of your classroom management devices, for example, I use contracts and letters. You should also have an assessment device. I use an Itolya, a plastic bound portfolio with plastic leaves (easier to carry than a binder and better looking).

Take a mini disposal portfolio to leave behind at only the places where you REALLY want a position. Get a cardboard folder with your university logo
on the front, put a sample lesson, photocopies of resume, transcripts, and recs. Be prepared to leave it with special schools. IT PAYS OFF!

Never take an offer on the spot...do take cards and lots of them and be willing to follow up with
a thank you note and a reminder, a combo letter.

I am in humanities. Everyone said it would be harder for me to get a job. I had 13 offers in two weeks.