Integrated Essay and Portfolio

Catalog description

Students maintain a Portfolio of their mastery of the learning outcomes required for completion of the core and specialization courses. Each time they return to a residency they will spend some time in residency reviewing their progress to date and presenting evidence to their peers and to the faculty. In an Integrated Essay, students will articulate how the five program strands are present in their work and how they have demonstrated the program’s dispositional outcomes in their practice and coursework. Because the program is deeply grounded in practice, the students will demonstrate how their work applies to their practice as individuals and members of a community of practice. As students begin to think deeply about the social justice and ethical impact of their professional practice, they will find ways to demonstrate the ability to communicate that learning with others. Students will make a formal presentation of their portfolio (in person or virtually), demonstrating their learning and connecting it with their path to the Practice-Based Dissertation.