Electronic Portfolio Options | National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC Academy

Programs may, but are not required, to submit their classroom and/or program portfolios in electronic format. As outlined in the NAEYC Assessor Site Visit Protocol, NAEYC Assessors are prepared to review portfolios in electronic format.

Electronic portfolios must be viewable in the time allotted for these tasks as outlined in the site visit protocol: 30 minutes for each Classroom Portfolio and 2.5 hours for the Program Portfolio. It is strongly recommended that programs back up all electronic files onto a local disk, CD or USB drive. Please ensure that the computer provided for the assessor during the visit can handle the size of the portfolio document/software package to facilitate review in the time allotted. Assessors must have the portfolio evidence to review on the day of visit or credit will not be given.

NAEYC does not endorse any electronic portfolio products or services, but provides the following list of companies that have been licensed by NAEYC to use the NAEYC standards, criteria and sources of evidence to permit programs enrolled in the NAEYC Accreditation process to create online web application portfolios for use with the NAEYC self-study and self-assessment processes.

SchoolChapters

SCHOOLCHAPTERS offers several different solutions for building NAEYC classroom portfolios and program portfolios. SCHOOLCHAPTERS is a robust content management platform that helps educators to easily and securely store unlimited photos, documents and evidence utilizing a Cloud Computing platform. It is a fluid, user-friendly, Ajax interface that makes it easy to align evidence with NAEYC's criteria. It utilizes state of the art security features like SSL. Throughout the portfolio building process, SCHOOLCHAPTERS provides color-coded online reporting to help educators track their progress.

EasyFolio Portfolio Manager

EasyFolio Portfolio Manager is an easy, efficient and economical solution for building NAEYC classroom portfolios and program portfolios. Easyfolios is a web based service and runs on industry leading cloud technology from Amazon and Google. Our work in early childhood portfolio software helps us understand your documentation needs. Learn more about how teachers use Easyfolios at a growing number of schools to spend more time with students, and how directors are able to save time and resources.