Section one: Background Information

• Information on teaching context
• Resume
• Autobiographical sketch
• Educational philosophical statement, teaching goals
• Statement of faith/religious educational statement of belief

Section two: Teaching Artifacts and Reflection Documentation

• Yearly long-range plans
• Unit plan, including list of resources
• Two consecutive lesson plans
• Examples of innovative practice
• Reflections on teaching experience (teaching journal entries) with reflective commentary by the cooperating/mentor teacher
• Student work samples
• Evaluation of student work (examples of assessment strategies)
• List of classroom management strategies/approaches or discipline cycle
• Photographs as applicable (requires written consent of parents/guardians)
• Videotape of teaching as applicable
• Media checklist: varied instructional technology tools, and so on
• “Professional reading” page listing current reading materials

Section three: Professional Information

• Letters of recommendation
• Formal written summative evaluations
• Postsecondary transcripts
• Awards, honours, certificates, list of affiliations and so forth

Section four: Professional Growth

• List of professional activities (conferences, school-based workshops and so on)
• Contributions to the profession
• University/formal courses taken; cocurricular activities within the school and community; teacher cohort/committee work; participation in ATA student locals
• List of your five-year professional/personal goals

Section five: Legal Documentation

• Police Information Check, including Vulnerable Sector Check