Katie Baker

Katie Baker, associate professor of education and associate chair of the Department of Education and Wellness at Elon University’s Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has been selected as the 2026–28 Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) Scholar. Baker’s CEL Scholar work focuses on ePortfolios as a high-impact educational practice.

Quote graphic featuring the text, “We are not looking for perfect scores across this ePortfolio, but we are looking for students to have the skillsets and reflective qualities they need to enter a classroom as a beginner teacher.” The graphic includes an image of a woman web designer taking notes while working at a desk.

edTPA as a High-Impact ePortfolio 

Since beginning at Elon University in 2017, I have been actively involved in the implementation and support of a teacher education assessment process called the edTPA. The edTPA is a three-part portfolio assessment required by law in North Carolina for…

“Learning is not one article, or even one course, but a synthesis across individual, situated moments into transfer and transformation.”

An Introduction to Me and the ePortfolio 

If I were to introduce myself through the work of an ePortfolio, it might have artifacts from three big buckets, all shaping who I am as an educator and as an Elon University Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) scholar:  What Is…