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 will 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 successful in dealing with the problems, close supervision ends. Iif 



                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.