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USFSP College of Education Collaborative Digital Network (CDN) Portfolio
The CDN Portfolio System is a web-based information management system that uses electronic media and services. Through participation in this system, College of Education students build and maintain a digital repository of educational artifacts. This collection of artifacts comprises course assignments and documented work with children in the schools. Students use this collection to demonstrate their competence and to reflect on their learning as they are learning to teach. Throughout their time as students in any of the College’s programs, students have access to their records, to the digital repository, to faculty feedback and to self-reflections. This continual access and interaction with the system helps students achieve a greater understanding of their individual growth as educators. The system also provides students with the information they need for career planning and resume building. The Student Assessment System serves as a powerful tool for program improvement, communication with faculty, and educator preparation.
CDN Portfolio System allows each student to create his or her own e-portfolio, which is accessible from the web. This e-portfolio will allow students to upload artifacts serving to document their competence in each of the 12 Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAP) and in each of the 25 standards for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) along with the required annotations, which are used for faculty evaluation of the submitted artifacts. As students take courses and/or participate in field experiences in their programs, students self-select artifacts, from the ones identified by program faculty as aligned with FEAPs in the course assignments, and best represent their knowledge and skills in each of the twelve Pre-professional Educators Accomplished Practices. After the students submit their artifacts, which are accompanied by detailed annotations, they are evaluated by the faculty using standard FEAP rubrics.
CDN Fall Semester Evaluation Dates
| Semester |
1st. Evaluation |
2nd Evaluation |
3rd Evaluation |
4th Evaluation |
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Whose submissions will be evaluated |
Student Submissions Due |
CDN Evaluations Due |
Whose submissions will be evaluated |
Student Submissions Due |
Evaluations Due |
Whose submissions will be evaluated |
Student Submissions Due |
Evaluations Due |
Whose submissions will be evaluated |
Student Submissions Due |
Evaluations Due |
| Fall Semester |
All submissions |
September 15, (11:59pm) |
October 1, (11:59pm) |
Final Interns and Final Intern Applicants |
October 15, (11:59pm) |
November 1, (11:59pm) |
All submissions |
November 15, (11:59pm) |
December 1, (11:59pm) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Spring Semester * |
All submissions |
January 15, (11:59pm) |
February 1, (11:59pm) |
Final Interns and Final Intern Applicants |
February 15, (11:59pm) |
March 1, (11:59pm) |
Final Interns and Final Intern Applicants |
March 15, (11:59pm) |
April 1, (11:59pm) |
All submissions |
April 15, (11:59pm) |
May 1, (11:59pm) |
| Summer Semester |
No Evaluations during Summer |
*Spring semester will have four evaluations because there will be no summer evaluations.
The Four Tier System
Tiers of the Unit
Assessment
System |
Admission Criteria for Each
Tier |
Test Scores and Other
External Evidence for
Undergraduate and Graduate Initial
Certification Programs,
except for Reading Education and Educational
Leadership |
Tier 1:
Admission to
the Program |
1) GPA of 2.5 or better for undergraduate programs and 3.0 for graduate programs,
OR
2) Admitted using the 10% Exception Rule |
1) Pass the General Knowledge Test of the FTCE and/or the CLAST
2) Take the GRE and score 1000 or better |
Tier 2:
Entry to the Unit
Assessment
System |
1) Undergraduate candidates maintain a 2.5 GPA
2) Graduate candidates maintain a 3.0 GPA |
Take EDG 4012: Standards Based Education and earn an S |
Tier 3:
Admission to
the Final
Internship |
1) Completion of the professional education sequence in education courses; minimum of 2/3 specialization; no education course work with less than a “C” grade; a minimum of a 2.5 GPA in each area; or a USFSP GPA of 2.5
2) Graduate students must have a 3.0 GPA; otherwise same criteria
3) Completion of other requirements as prescribed by individual programs
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1) Candidates must take and Pass the Professional Area Exam and Subject Area Exam of the FTCE.
2) Candidates must receive evaluations at the Fulfilled Level for at least 6 of the FEAPs OR Bridging level on all 12 FEAP's
3) It is highly recommended that each student achieves "Bridging" on 3 of 5 ESOL clusters prior to entering his or her final internship to ensure timely completion of the ESOL portfolio.
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Tier 4:
Exit / Final
Requirements |
Same as in Tier 3 |
1) Complete all 12 FEAPs and 5 ESOL Clusters in the CDN at Fulfilled Level
2) Complete all components of the Electronic Portfolio
3) Satisfactorily complete all requirements of the Final Internship
4) Satisfactorily complete all Internship and Program Evaluations |
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