Start your portfolio with a statement of beliefs about your professional work. Detailing and highlighting your passion for certain methods of teaching, for instance, helps capture the attention and respect of your audience. Vision statements and a list of actionable goals -- for the short and long term -- can also clearly identify how you will employ your philosophy to achieve your objectives.
Take the opportunity to review the current status of your company or organization. Incorporating clear and bold assessments regarding the strengths and weaknesses of your position as a fifth-grade teacher at an elementary school, for example, shows the audience your ability to clearly process your professional world. Articulating specific ways you can guide your fifth-grade team of teachers or the student body to reach shared goals, for instance, shows your willingness to lead by example.
Design the latter part of your portfolio to highlight your flexibility and diversity as a leader. Displaying newspaper articles on your success as a teacher, certificates of achievement or professional recommendation letters, for example, provide outside confirmation of your gifts and talents. Listing mentions of your experience working with disadvantaged youth or foreign language students are concrete examples of your range as a leader and professional.
An attractive physical presentation of your portfolio commands respect from your audience. Organizing your portfolio contents into a leather three-ring binder allows your supervisor, for example, to effortlessly flip through the pages. For the sake of uniformity and sharpness, keep all plastic sheets for which you will insert documents and pictures, the same shape, size and design.