Portfolio Showcase: Cumulative Portfolio (Jessica Reed/Atrium School)
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Overview
Jessica’s portfolio gives an extensive narrative of the journey that led her to take on the position of Music Specialist at the Atrium school, and the triumphs and challenges she met when she got there. It his heavily narrative-based, the information unfolding in the manner of a story. This narrative is supported by many lesson plans, observations, and written and pictorial reflections by the students. Together, the narrative and artifacts expose the rich and expansive curriculum established at the Atrium School that includes singing/solfege, rhythmic activities, instrumental music, opera outreach, composition, and creating opera.
Note that the first fifteen pages of the portfolio chronicle Jessica’s experiences before even arriving at the Atrium School. This provides valuable insight into the elements of the teacher’s persona that are carried into her curriculum and teaching methods. Note also, starting on page 40, the attention given to multiple entry points, and on 47, the extent to which the children embraced lessons taught from this standpoint and the types of musical problems they were able to solve.