Guide to Improved Performanceand Promotion/Tenure Decisions

Teaching Portfolios
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/cii/resources/portfolios/teaching_portfolios.asp
Relevant Book: Seldin, Peter, et al.,
The Teaching Portfolio: A PracticalGuide to Improved Performanceand Promotion/Tenure Decisions Wiley, 2010 (4th edition), Available at CIIA
Determining Contents

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  Teaching Portfolios - Components, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
  
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  According to The Teaching Portfolio (see reference to the right), the contents of a Teaching Portfolio is related to its intended use, as the following table suggests:
  

Contents Prepared for Personnel Decisions	Contents Prepared for Teaching Improvement
Teaching Responsibilities Teaching Philosophy Teaching Methodologies Student Evaluations Classroom Observations Review of Teaching Materials Representative Course Syllabi New Instructional Initiatives Evidence of Student Learning Assessment of Teaching Contribution Statement by Department Chair Teaching Awards Teaching Goals Appendices	Teaching Responsibilities Teaching Philosophy Teaching Objectives, Strategies, Methodologies Description of Teaching Materials Efforts to Improve Teaching Curricular Revisions Teaching Conferences and Workshops Attended Innovations on Teaching Student Ratings and Diagnostic Questions Evidence of Student Learning Teaching Goals (short & long term Appendices

Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement

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  Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement, Nancy Van Note Chism, Ohio State University, in Essays on Teaching Excellence (POD Network) - includes brief description of formats, components, and examples
  
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  How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy, Gabriella Montell, Chronicle of Higher Education (March 27, 2003) - general advice on the process
  
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  Rubric for Statements of Teaching Philosophy, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
  
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  Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy, Lee Haugen, Iowa State University - considers some primary questions: 1) To what end? 2) By what means? 3) To what degree? 4) Why?
  
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  Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Job Search, occasional paper by Christ O'Neal, Deborah Meizlish, and Matthew Kaplan, University of Michigan
  
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  Writing Your Teaching Philosophy - a step-by-step guide, University of Minnesota
  

Guides for Teaching Portfolios

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  Teaching Portfolio Overview, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ohio State University - describes what it is and the characteristics of an effective portfolio
  
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  The Multicultural Teaching Portfolio, Matt Kaplan, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, in Essays on Teaching Excellence (POD Network) - describes how the teaching portfolio can document faculty work with multiculturalism
  
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  Teaching Portfolios for Graduate Students, Laura L.B. Border, University of Colorado at Boulder, in Essays on Teaching Excellence (POD Network) - guidelines specific to guiding graduate students who will teach
  
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  Web-based examples - the following faculty have created online versions of their teaching portfolios:
  
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    Marva A. Barnett, University of Virginia - French
    
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    Peter C. Brunjes, University of Virginia - Psychology
    
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    Natalie B. Milman, George Washington University - School of Education
    
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    Paul L. Schumann, Mankato State University – Management