Teaching Portfolio

Teaching Portfolio is essentially a factual description of individual teaching strengths and accomplishments supported by relevant data and analyzed personally to show the thinking process behind the artifacts. It includes documents and materials which collectively suggest the scope and quality of his/her teaching performance. Teaching Portfolios are used extensively at most of the world-renowned universities for various purposes; self-evaluation, personal reflection and professional development, evidences in applications for appointments, tenure, promotion, consultancies, etc.  
(Source: Seldin P. (1997) The Teaching Portfolio, Anker Publishing)

Typical Content

Typical Contents for a Teaching Portfolio Prepared for T&L Improvement.

A typical Teaching Portfolio prepared for T&L improvement should (at least) contain the following factual description:

CONTENT	DETAILS
Statement of Teaching Philosophy	Description of the individual general approach to T&L and their changes in response to changing conditions: How the individual views his/her role in a range of teaching situations and in general How his/her teaching methods reflect the interpretation of the teaching role How the teaching methods have been modified in response to changes in students, course materials, the instructor’s situation, curriculum changes, and other mitigating factors
Statement of Teaching Responsibilities	Summarized description that provides an over-view of the following: Courses taught (titles, codes, credits, contact hours, status, PG/UG, etc) Supervision undertaken (UG/PG, industrial training, etc) About the students (class sizes, nos. of sections, homogeneity, etc) Teaching status (coordinator, team-teaching, etc)
Statement of Teaching Methodology/Strategy	Summarized description that provides an over-view of the following: Teaching Strategies/Methodology adopted Methods of Assessment/Evaluations adopted
Summarized Description of Course Materials	Brief lesson plans providing representative course syllabi: Course Objectives Course Contents Assessments & Evaluation (coursework and examination) Handouts/Reading Materials
Efforts to Improve Teaching	Description that provides an over-view of the following: Steps/measures taken to improve teaching (incl. changes resulting from self-evaluation) Curricular revisions Innovations in teaching Time/efforts spent for conferences/workshops, writing articles on improving teaching, etc. Research in T&L Participation in programs on sharpening instructional skills
Evaluation of Teaching	Summary of student evaluation on the teaching (students’ appraisal, constructive comments, etc.) Summary of statements from colleagues who have observed/reviewed his/her teaching/materials (if any) Self-reflection report Teaching reward (if any)
Product of Teaching (Evidence of Student Learning)	Brief description on the following (whichever applicable): Students scores on pre-and post-course examinations Examples of graded student essays along with comments on why they were so graded A record of students who succeed in advanced study in the field Student publications or conference presentations on course-related work Successive drafts of students papers along with comments on how each draft could be improved
Teaching Goal: Short-Term and Long-Term	Personal statement describing individual teaching goal (both short-term and long-term).
Appendices Containing Detailed/Supporting Evidences	(as necessary)

 

General Guidelines

Preparing A Teaching Portfolio
A Guidebook Prepared by The Center for Teaching Effectiveness.

Teaching Portfolio
Guidelines for preparing a teaching portfolio at Washington State University.

How to produce a teaching portfolio
Extracts from Peter Seldin’s book “The Teaching Portfolio”

Developing a Teaching Portfolio
Self-reflective guide to the development of a teaching portfolio.

The Teaching Portfolio
This site provides an overview of teaching portfolios and sample tables of contents for teaching portfolios.

Writing a Teaching Statement

Statements of Teaching Philosophy
from the Center for Effective Teaching and Learning, University of Texas at El Paso.

Writing a Teaching Statement
CIDR Teaching and Learning Bulletin, 7 (2). This issue of the Bulletin offers guidelines for effective teaching statements, writing prompts to help you get started, and suggestions for further development and revision.

Writing Tips to Help You Get Started on a Teaching Philosophy
Suggestions to help you find your ideas and put them into words, designed to help develop both your teaching statement and annotations you add to the evidence you include with your teaching portfolio

Writing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement
from the Office of Faculty and TA Development at The Ohio State University

Sample Teaching Statements
by University of Georgia TA Mentors representing a wide range of disciplines

Articles about Teaching Portfolio

If you’ve got it, flaunt it: Uses and abuses of teaching portfolios
by Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent. Chemical Engineering Education, 30 (3), 188-189 (Summer 1996).

Promoting a Culture of Teaching: The Teaching Portfolio (PDF)
Speaking of Teaching, 7(3), from the Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford University.