WEB RESOURCES ON DEVELOPING TEACHING PORTFOLIOS

  1. Excellent overview and explanation of key concepts: University of Michigan, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/occ11.html

 "The teaching portfolio is one of the tools faculty can use to document  their scholarly work in teaching.This Occasional Paper contains a discussion of the nature and purpose of the teaching portfolio (and its offshoot, the course portfolio) and suggestions for how individuals and units can use portfolios most effectively."

  2. A series of thought-provoking exercises for investigating and articulating the relationship between your teaching and and your  scholarship:  Northwestern University, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence

 http://president.scfte.nwu.edu/Scholars.htm#PeerReview

"You may find the juxtaposition of 'scholarship' and 'teaching' a strange  liaison. Teaching is often seen as technique, as presentational method,  rather than as the kind of serious intellectual invention we associate  with scholarly work. . . . Every course we craft is a lens into our fields and our personal conceptions of those disciplines or interdisciplines. . .  How can a colleague develop a sense of you as a scholar by examining the  various features of your course[s]?"

 3. Developing a statement of teaching philosophy:

a. Generative but proscriptive approach: Iowa State University, Center for Teaching Excellence

    http://www.cte.iastate.edu/portfolio/philtip.html

 "Your philosophy of teaching statement should reflect your personal values and the needs of your students and your department. At the least, you will  want to address four primary questions."    

b. FAQs about the Philosophy of Teaching Statement:     University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Instructional Consulation

    http://id-www.ucsb.edu/IC/TA/port-FAQ.html

  "[T]he Philosophy of Teaching Statement . . . seems to generate the greatest number of questions and concerns. Here are most commonly asked questions and general responses."

  PRINT RESOURCES

Edgerton, Russell, Patricia Hutchings, and Kathleen Quinlan. The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching.Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1991.

 Seldin, Peter. The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions. 2nd. ed.  Bolton, MA:  Anker  publishing Company, Inc. 1997.