University of the Virgin Islands 
School of Education 
Master of Arts in Education 
Educational Leadership  
Spring 2015 
 
Portfolio 
STX 4 
Content 
 
Exceeds 
Expectations 
            
Meets 
Expectations 
              
Needs 
Improvement 
             
Layout/Cover Design 
Deign is 
attractive, 
colorful and 
shows creativity 
100% 
Design is 
attractive and 
colorful 
Design could be 
neater or might 
be inappropriate 
Introduction 
(ELCC 6) 
Introduction 
includes personal 
information that 
are descriptive 
and insightful 
100% 
Introduction 
includes personal 
information that 
is clearly 
reflective of the 
individual 
Introduction 
includes some 
personal 
information 
Resume/Curriculum 
Vitae 
Student has 
produced an 
updated resume 
100% 
The student 
produced a 
resume 
The student did 
not produce a 
resume 
 
 
Leadership 
Framework/Philosophy 
(ELCC 1) 
Philosophy 
contains well 
written 
statements of 
Education. There 
is a philosophy of 
education, vision 
for learners, 
vision for 
teachers, vision 
for the 
organization, 
vision for 
professional 
growth, and a 
method of vision 
attainment 
100% 
Philosophy 
contains well 
written 
statements of 
education, but 
does not include 
all the elements 
for learners, 
teachers, the 
organization, 
vision for 
professional 
growth, and 
method for vision 
attainment 
Philosophy lacks 
some of the 
essential 
statements of 
education, and 
lacks vision for 
learners, 
teachers, vision 
for the 
organization, 
vision for 
professional 
growth, and 
method of vision 
attainment 
Five Year Goals 
(ELCC 1.2b) 
There is evidence 
that the student 
put much thought 
into his/her 
professional goals 
100% 
There is evidence 
that the student 
put some thought 
into his/her 
professional goals 
There is evidence 
that the student 
did not put much 
thought into 
his/her 
professional goals 
School Development 
Plan/School 
Improvement Plan 
(ELCC 6) 
Plan creates 
shared direction 
and generates a 
focus on 3or 5 
priorities that 
drive action to 
improve student 
learning  
100% 
Plan creates 
shared direction 
but lacks focus on 
3 priorities that 
drive action to 
improve student 
learning 
Plan does not 
create shared 
direction and 
lacks focus on 
priorities that 
drive action to 
improve student 
learning 
Curriculum Guide 
(ELCC 6) 
Guide encourages 
the 
implementation 
of curriculum that 
fosters success for 
all students 
regardless of 
gender, race, or 
disability. Guide 
contains the five 
elements of 
curriculum 
planning. 
100% 
Guide encourages 
the 
implementation 
of curriculum that 
fosters success for 
students. Guide 
contains three 
elements of 
curriculum 
planning 
Guide lacks the 
key elements of 
curriculum 
planning 
 
 
Position Papers/ 
Written Assignments 
(ELCC 3.1; 3.2; 3.3) 
Selected Papers 
are interesting, 
sophisticated, and 
insightful. Papers 
are meaningful 
examples of the 
candidate’s ability 
to implement 
standards. 
Writing is free 
from sentence 
structure and 
usage errors; 
writing shows 
care and precision 
in word choice; 
writing is free 
from spelling, 
capitalization and 
punctuation 
errors.  
100% 
Papers are clear 
and thoughtful. 
Papers 
demonstrate 
candidate’s 
competency and 
link to student 
achievement 
through 
explanation 
Writing has 1-2 
sentence 
structure errors; 
writing has 1-2 
spelling, 
capitalization 
and/or 
punctuation 
errors. 
Writing is 
simplistic; uneven 
in quality; and 
lacking in 
relevance. 
Writing has more 
than 4 sentence 
structure and/or 
usage errors with 
weak word 
choice. Writing 
has 4 or more 
spelling, 
capitalization 
and/or 
punctuation 
errors 
Artifacts 
(ELCC 5.1, 5.2, 5.3) 
Artifacts clearly 
demonstrate 
competency in 
performance and 
link to student 
achievement. 
Artifacts clearly 
document impact 
of fair, honest, 
ethical behavior. 
100% 
Artifacts 
demonstrate 
competency and 
link to student 
achievement 
through 
explanation 
Artifacts are not 
clearly defined 
and do not 
demonstrate 
competency of 
performance 
Accolades 
(ELCC 6.1, 6.2, 6.3) 
The student has 
produced 
updated copies of 
degrees, diplomas 
and certificates 
that demonstrate 
competency in 
responding to, 
and influencing 
the larger 
political, social, 
economic, legal, 
and cultural 
context 
100% 
The student 
produced some 
copies of degrees, 
diplomas and 
certificates that 
are acceptable 
The student did 
not produce 
updated copies of 
degrees, 
diplomas, and 
certificates