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(3) Professional Learning Portfolio
The purpose of this type of portfolio is to provide evidence of the
principals professional learning journey. The process of putting this
portfolio together - collecting evidence of learning - is to give a
structure to the self-reflection (analysis) of the principal’s professional
growth and development. Such a portfolio may be structured in a
number of different ways, depending on the principal’s chosen
pathway to learning. Such evidence might include:

● Evidence supporting attainment of learning (Certificates, Awards,
Diplomas, etc).

● Items that reveal personalised understanding of teaching and
learning (journals, essays, commentaries, emails to mentors,
minutes from meetings, etc).
● Artifacts such as still photographs, archival materials,
demographic data, video clips with voice over, music, etc.
● Publications, including collaborative writing and reports.

Another very important way of putting together a professional learn-
ing portfolio, is to use the four Gateways to Learning (Walker &
Quong, 2005). In this process the learning principal would gather evi-
dence in their portfolio with regards to:

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