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The document is a letter from the Director of Instruction, Elementary Curriculum informing parents about a new portfolio-based reporting system being implemented by some teachers to provide a better understanding of student learning and progress. It explains that portfolios will include samples of student work and assessments marked by teachers to give parents a clearer picture of their child's learning journey compared to traditional report cards. Instructions are provided for parents to access their child's online portfolio through the school website using their student number and password.

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Portfolio Intro

The document is a letter from the Director of Instruction, Elementary Curriculum informing parents about a new portfolio-based reporting system being implemented by some teachers to provide a better understanding of student learning and progress. It explains that portfolios will include samples of student work and assessments marked by teachers to give parents a clearer picture of their child's learning journey compared to traditional report cards. Instructions are provided for parents to access their child's online portfolio through the school website using their student number and password.

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School District No.

71 (Comox Valley)
Board of Education of School District No. 71
607 Cumberland Road, Courtenay, B.C. V9N 7G5
Office of the Director of Instruction - Elementary
Fax (250) 334 4472
Telephone (250) 334 5502
November 17, 2014
Dear Parents:
Through my office, the School District is supporting a group of teachers who are working on improving
how we communicate student learning through a process that supports the 21 st Century learning in their
classrooms. The guiding principle for the committee was simply to provide parents with a better way of
understanding where their children are in their learning journey.
The portfolio-based reporting we are using is very different from the report cards that you have seen in
the past. We know from research that ongoing descriptive feedback along with student self assessment
helps greatly in the understanding of student progress. It is our hope that different will mean that
both you and your child will have a clearer picture of their progress. You will be receiving regular
ongoing snapshots of learning as well as summaries stating how your child is doing in relation to grade
level expectations.
Attached to this letter are instructions for you to access your childs portfolio. If you have questions
please feel free to contact me or the classroom teacher.
Yours truly,

Welcome to Portfolios
for Division 2
2014 2015
Ms. Roberts
Mr. Schilling
Mr. Bagley

Allan Douglas
Director of Instruction, Elementary Curriculum
AD/cs

Questions and Answers about Portfolios


Q. Will we still get a report card in December?
Q. What are portfolios?
A. Portfolios are a collection of your childs work
throughout the term. It gives you a concrete way of
looking at the actual work your child is doing and
how that work is marked by the teacher.

A. For the first term yes. We are going to provide


a report card as well as portfolios for term 1 but our
intention is to move to a more continuous reporting
structure with only portfolios going forward.

Q. How do I access the portfolio for my child?


Q. Why are we using portfolios?
A. Ms. Roberts and Mr. Schilling are looking to
provide a more authentic process for showing your
childs learning journey and show you what is being
covered in class.

A. You can access the portfolio for your child by


entering their computer login at the following
website: https://portal.sd71.bc.ca/my
Your childs student number is their login for the
computer/portfolio. You will need to ask your child
for their password to access the portfolios.

Q. What will I find in the portfolios?


A. Your childs teachers have been posting work
samples and assessments (rubrics and marks) to the
portfolios. You can see real examples of what we
have been covering in division 2 so far this year.
Click on My Portfolio to see what has been added.

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