Preface
We wish to invite you to try out a novelty publication that is the result of a long lasting work of
teachers from Poland, Italy, France and Spain. The following collection has been designed for all the
teachers who wish to know their students better and make their teaching more effective and satisfying.
We know that teaching and learning is a process and so is this work. Some of the questionnaires and
proposed solutions are still undergoing modifications to make it more useful and clearer in reception.
If there are any flaws or inconsistencies, please forgive us and let us know at
[email protected] . We will be happy to answer all your questions and learn about
your opinions. We wish you a pleasant lecture.
What is the „Portfolio Kit for Teachers”?
“The Portfolio Kit for Teachers” contains materials allowing to diagnose accurately each of our
students systematically and analyze their individual development in each of the spheres. It also serves
to help choose the forms, methods and ways of working accurately and adequately to meet students’
needs so that they can achieve success in the future and become independent and fully satisfied adults.
Bulk sheets (questionnaires, student cards, passport, student evaluation of the effectiveness,
observation sheets, etc.), which are materials included as points in the table of contents, are going to
be our main aids to systematize information about a student. The annexes are teaching aids and
materials (such as surveys, questionnaires, tests), which constitute the main source of information
about a student.
After examining all these sources, we obtain the necessary information which we will keep in folders
devoted to individual students. We will address the situation of the group or class, any problems
affecting them, their values and priorities, we will know who our students are.
Due to the provided tools (Attachments) – we will diagnose effectively the current and long-term
needs and abilities of each child. Thus, we will obtain accurate guidance to work with a group, or tips
what to focus or work on. Through systematic conduct and appropriate surveys, we will specify aptly
and accurately the individual development of each of our children. We will define their strengths and
weaknesses.
Each survey completed by a student, shows us his/her image. The quality and breadth of expression
defines his/her intellectual capabilities, which brings us closer to our student. We can see what this
particular student is interested in, how he/she perceives the world, how he/she changes their views,
what progress he/she is making in each sphere.
By using these materials (selected whole surveys or their fragments), us, teachers receive a guidance
for individual work with a child and/or their parents, to work with a group. Once the survey reveals
something disturbing, we are able to react adequately. In the case of an individual student, we are even
obliged to direct him to consult with a specialist.
Getting to know each of our students - individually, their functioning in a group, in the family, his/her
intellectual capacity, functioning in each sphere – will certainly contribute to the improvement of the
quality of our education. We will always be able to support a child adequately, and thus help him/her