Developing a Teaching Portfolio

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• Developing a Teaching Portfolio
• Participants Elaine Justice, Psychology
• Wayne Hynes, Biology
• David Metzger, English
• C. Ariel Pinto, Engineering Management
  and Systems Engineering

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What is a Teaching Portfolio?

• A document that describes what, why, and how you
  teach
• Your Philosophy of Teaching

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What is a Teaching Portfolio?

• Articulates goals and assumptions about teaching
• Angelo Cross (1993)
• Develop ability to apply principles and
  generalize to new problems situations
• Develop the ability to think for oneself
• Develop analytic skills
• Learn the terms and facts of the subject matter

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What is a Teaching Portfolio?

• Articulates how goals are related to what we do
  in the classroom
• Lecture vs. discussions vs. demonstrations
• Multiple choice vs. essay tests
• Out-of-class assignments
• Types of readings

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Purposes of a Portfolio

• To support and improve teaching
• A process of development over time
• To document your teaching experiences and
  abilities
• Job applications
• Promotion and/or tenure

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What goes into a Teaching Portfolio

• The document
• Relatively brief 8-12 pages.
• Include a table of contents
• Artifacts of teaching
• Appendices supporting materials to illustrate
  points made in the text

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The Text of Your Portfolio

• Begin with the courses you teach (or feel
  competent to teach)
• Articulate your understanding of how students
  learn
• Describe your goals for your students
• Discuss how your classroom activities and
  assignments relate to your goals

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The Text of Your Portfolio

• Indicate how your assessments measure whether
  your goals have been met
• Discuss how your view of teaching fits with the
  goals of the department or university.

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Teaching Artifacts

• From yourself
• Course materials (syllabi, handouts, copies of
  PowerPoints, etc.)
• Representative student samples of graded
  assignments
• Record of advising done
• Record of student achievements
• Video of teaching a class

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Teaching Artifacts

• Artifacts from Others
• Student teaching evaluations
• Written review of teaching by a peer or
  supervisor
• Copies of letters related to teaching evaluation
  or awards
• Testimonials from students

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Teaching Artifacts

• Evidence of subscribing to journals on teaching
• Evidence of attending conferences or workshops on
  teaching (like PFF!)
• Membership in teaching organizations
• Other evidence of teaching scholarship (articles,
  textbooks, curriculum development)

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Resources

• A guide to the Teaching Portfolio, University of
  New Hampshire websitehttp//www.gradschool.unh.ed
  u/PFF/portfolio.pdf
• E. B. Rasmussen (2006) Creating teaching
  portfolios. In W. Buskist S. F. Davis, Handbook
  of the teach of psychology (pp. 301-306). Malden,
  MA Blackwell Publishing
• T. A. Angelo P.K. Cross. (1993). Classroom
  assessment techniques A handbook for college
  teachers. San Francisco Jossey-Bass.