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Creating a Teaching Portfolio
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The Academic Services staff of The Teaching Center is available to help graduate students prepare and improve their teaching portfolios. (To make an appointment, please contact Beth Fisher).
Introduction: Definition, Major Components, and Purpose
What Can You Do To Make Your Teaching Portfolio Effective?
Tips for Organizing and Presenting your Portfolio
When Should You Begin to Create a Portfolio?
How Can You Improve Your Portfolio?
Links and Resources
Introduction
What is a teaching portfolio?
A teaching portfolio is a collection of documents that together provide a record of
the ideas and objectives that inform your teaching the courses you teach or are prepared to teach the methods you use your effectiveness as a teacher how you assess and improve your teaching
While dissertation abstracts and research summaries document your expertise in research, the teaching portfolio documents your expertise in teaching. If you are a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow preparing a teaching portfolio for the academic job market, the portfolio will necessarily be both forward- and backward-looking, with examples drawn from courses you have taught or assisted in and from courses you are prepared to teach in the future. While you should always present to search committees a version of your portfolio that is well-organized, clear, and polished, you should also think of your portfolio as a work-in-progress that you will continue to revise throughout your academic career. Finally, your portfolio
Resources
Faculty Graduate Students Postdocs
Scholarship Journal Strategies Videos Blackboard Classrooms Events About
/About/Programs for Graduate Students and Postdocs/Resources/Creating a Teaching Portfolio
Creating a Teaching Portfolio
TA Orientation Workshops Programs Consultations Resources Advisory Group
The Academic Services staff of The Teaching Center is available to help graduate students prepare and improve their teaching portfolios. (To make an appointment, please contact Beth Fisher).
Introduction: Definition, Major Components, and Purpose
What Can You Do To Make Your Teaching Portfolio Effective?
Tips for Organizing and Presenting your Portfolio
When Should You Begin to Create a Portfolio?
How Can You Improve Your Portfolio?
Links and Resources
Introduction
What is a teaching portfolio?
A teaching portfolio is a collection of documents that together provide a record of
the ideas and objectives that inform your teaching the courses you teach or are prepared to teach the methods you use your effectiveness as a teacher how you assess and improve your teaching
While dissertation abstracts and research summaries document your expertise in research, the teaching portfolio documents your expertise in teaching. If you are a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow preparing a teaching portfolio for the academic job market, the portfolio will necessarily be both forward- and backward-looking, with examples drawn from courses you have taught or assisted in and from courses you are prepared to teach in the future. While you should always present to search committees a version of your portfolio that is well-organized, clear, and polished, you should also think of your portfolio as a work-in-progress that you will continue to revise throughout your academic career. Finally, your portfolio
References: Seldin, Peter. The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc. 1991. Vick, Julia Miller and Jennifer S. Furlong. The Academic Job Search Handbook. 4th ed. Philadelphia: U Pennsylvania P, 2008.