The article substantiates the importance of using portfolio technology as a method of evaluating personal growth and reflecting the real achievements of future teachers. To implement the competence approach in higher education, it is necessary to Supplement the traditional system of evaluating learning outcomes with technologies that allow us to track the formation of professional competence of students. The article considers the possibilities of using this technology in the educational process for mastering and consolidating the educational material on the method of teaching the Russian language, when the content of the portfolio will be gradually filled by the end of the training course. Examples of design of separate categories of students ‘ portfolios are given. The author comes to the conclusion that reflexive technology allows students to develop their ability to self-analysis and self-education, and also helps to implement professional knowledge and skills during the course of pedagogical practice in an educational school.