For your final project this week, you will be developing a
portfolio. In order to help you better understand the purpose of your
assignment, we want to take a deeper look into the use of portfolios as
an assessment tool. Chapter 6 of the course text discusses how
portfolios are used to develop a holistic picture of a child’s abilities
by providing a framework to gather and evaluate artifacts (Howard, V.
F., & Aiken, E., 2015).As a professional working with children, your
role in portfolio assessment is a vital one. For this discussion, we
will focus on the importance of portfolio assessment in the classroom or
childcare center.

• Discuss how portfolio assessments support you as a professional in
  your quest to ensure the growth of the children with whom you work. Make
  sure to include specific examples of the purposes of portfolios to
  support your thinking.
• Explain how you will manage the logistical piece of using portfolio
  assessments. Reference section 6.2 Portfolio Logistics from the course
  text to support your explanation.
• Describe the different types of evidence that are included in
  portfolios. Make sure to explain the role the children will play in this
  piece of the portfolio process.
• Discuss how you will include families in the portfolio assessment process, and why this important to the portfolio process
• Explain how the portfolio process you will use with children mirrors
  the portfolio you are creating for your final project in this course.