10 documents to keep in your professional records file and portfolio

1. Your teaching license and Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP)

2. Transcripts of degrees and college credits, including attendance

3. Letters of hire, an individual employee contract, if you signed one, supplemental contracts for extra duty, teaching schedules

4. Your local Association's Master Contract

5. Salary and payroll records, records pertinent to your retirement, records of leave accrual and use

6. Evaluations, growth plans, commendations, awards, and honors

7. Records of incidents involving discipline

8. Records of referrals of students with special needs

9. Copies of all correspondence from administrators or the district

10. Proof of Association membership, the National Education Association's $l million liability insurance policy brochure