Enhancing Your Teaching Portfolio with Effective Strategies
Empower your teaching portfolio by organizing, synthesizing, and reflecting on essential elements like syllabi, exams, and teaching philosophy. Write a captivating introduction, update your curriculum vitae, and craft a personal statement to highlight your qualifications and career goals. Share your teaching strategies, develop a teaching philosophy, and showcase professional activities to create a compelling narrative about your teaching journey.
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Syllabus Exams Writing assignments Hand outs Lecture notes/ PowerPoint slides Student evaluations Professional evaluations Video of teaching R sum / Curriculum Vitae Teaching experience Teaching philosophy Introduction/ Personal statement Teaching strategies Culture in the classroom 2
Gather (and keep) everything related to teaching! Organize into categories: Syllabi Lecture/Discussion materials Assignments/Exams Evaluations (letters of recommendation) 3
Write or update a curriculum vitae An expanded r sum Academic and professional information Teaching and research interests Create or update a teaching summary Course description Your responsibilities 4
Write your Teaching Philosophy What is teaching to you? Complete these statements: It is the teacher s job to It is important that a teacher Also: List your teaching strategies Think of cases in which you ve used your philosophy Read others statements (Bowne 220) 5
Create an Introduction to your Portfolio What is your objective? Answer this: What is the reader going to be reading about and why should they read it? Create a Personal Statement or Letter of Qualification Why are you qualified for the position? What are your career goals? 6
Professional activities and development Research papers and presentations Conferences Community service Participation in pedagogical activities Anything that influences you and your teaching! 7
What is most important to you? Develop a story about you and your teaching through the portfolio Section descriptions Make it easy to read by using tabs, a table of contents, etc. Be creative! Anyone who reads it should know what it is like to be a student in your class! 8
Sample Portfolios are available in Bowne 220 (Graduate Programs Office) A Few Helpful Web Sites: http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/pdf/ Designing_a_Teaching_Portfolio.pdf (Penn State) http://www.washington.edu/teaching/ (University of Washington) http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/ jobsearch/portfolio/ (University of Minnesota) http://tep.uoregon.edu/services/portfolio/portfolio.html (University of Oregon) 9
Contact the Graduate School Programs Office: By telephone: (315) 443-1856 By e-mail: taprog@syr.edu http://www.syr.edu/gradschool/gsprograms/index.html 10
