Doctoral Portfolio

Doctoral students will submit a portfolio documenting progress in each of the major 
                 program activities, including in-class work, field work, and applied research projects,  
                 for evaluation at the end of the Spring semester each year.  Students will begin 
                 developing a portfolio in the professional and scholarly communications course 
                 taken in the first semester of doctoral work. All portfolios will be electronic and all 
                 doctoral students will continuously update their portfolios until they complete their|
                 doctoral program studies.   


    If it is determined that  the student has performed unacceptably in many areas, and/or 
                has demonstrated patterns, characteristics, skills, or abilities incompatible with 
                positions of responsibility and leadership,  the academic advisor will work with the 
                student to develop a detailed action plan with specific outcomes that can be monitored 
                and assessed. The advisor and one additional faculty member meet with the student 
                monthly to monitor progress and discuss possible adjustments in the action 
                plan. The portfolio committee meets at the end of each semester and determines 
                whether the student may continue in the program. If the committee feels that the    
                student has been so successful in dealing with the problems that he or she now falls in 
                the Promising, Good, or Exemplary categories, close supervision ends. However, if 
                the decision is negative, that decision, the documentation of the committee meetings, 
                and the supporting evidence is passed on to the program coordinator. The coordinator 
                arranges a meeting with the Department Chair and the Dean of the School of 
                Education. After the group reviews the material provided, they also meet with the 
                student and then make a decision to support or overrule the portfolio committee. If the 
                group upholds the committee’s decision, the student will not be allowed to continue the 
                program.


                For more information on the portfolio component of the doctoral program, please see 
                the Doctoral Portfolio Development Manual on the program web site.