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This portfolio has been created to portray my professional development as an assistant professor in the Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department at SUNY Cortland since Fall 2005 when I first joined this institution to the current semester of Spring 2008.

The portfolio is currently under review during this Spring 2008 semester by SUNY Cortland's Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department Personnel Committee, the Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department Chair, the School of Education Dean and Personnel Committee, and SUNY Cortland's Provost for Academic Affairs.

The contents of this portfolio are highlighted as links found in the left hand column and inserted in the body texts as well. For additional information on how these pages are organized, please CLICK HERE to view a navigational outline.

This portfolio was reviewed in the Fall 2006 for my reappointment as an Assistant Professor. My reappointment letters can be viewed by clicking on the following committees and administrators who reviewed my previous performance:
The Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department Personnel Committee's letter
The Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department Chair's letter
The School of Education Personnel Committee's letter
The School of Education Dean's letter
The Provost for Academic Affairs' letter
The President of SUNY at Cortland's letter

The REFLECTIVE STATEMENT provides an overview of my accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, service at SUNY Cortland since Fall 2005 to the current semester Spring 2008 and my intent for reappointment as an assistant professor in the School of Education at SUNY Cortland. Reviewers can begin from this section.

The TEACHING section includes my philosophy of thinking, learning, and teaching, my pedagogy, classroom teaching evaluations and my reflections (the major three links on top of each page). The pedagody page includes course syllabi and course websites, samples of classroom activities, samples of students works, my analysis of some teaching units to demonstrate in more detail how I teach.

The SCHOLARSHIP section includes discussion of my research projects, conference presentations, published papers, grant activities, and my goals.

The SERVICE section includes descriptions of my service commitments at the state, college, department, professional and community levels.

The endeavors of my CONTINUED GROWTH, my GOALS as a teacher, researcher; community member; and my curriculum VITAE is also available for review.

I feel that I have made significant and valuable progress in all areas pertaining to reappointment. I appreciate your time to review the portfolio and look forward to sharing your thoughtful and reflective insights in all reviewed areas of my accomplishments.

Shufang Shi
Ph.D. in Educational Technology
Assistant Professor
Childhood/Early Childhood Education Dept.
State University of New York at Cortland