Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment - Western Washington University's Teaching and Learning Center
Teaching Portfolios
Determining Contents | Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement
Guides for Teaching Portfolios | Support at WWU | WWU T&P Committees
Relevant Book
Seldin, Peter, et al.,
The Teaching Portfolio:
A Practical
Guide to Improved Performance
and Promotion/Tenure Decisions
Wiley, 2010 (4th edition)
Available at CIIA
Determining Contents
- Assemble your Teaching Portfolio, Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Texas at Austin
- Contents for Evaluative Teaching Portfolios, Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington
- 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 |
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Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement
- 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 - How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy, Gabriella Montell, Chronicle of Higher Education (March 27, 2003) - general advice on the process
- Rubric for Statements of Teaching Philosophy, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
- Writing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ohio State University - covers all elements, including an excellent collection of samples from faculty at OSU and other universities
- 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?
- 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
- Writing Your Teaching Philosophy - a step-by-step guide, University of Minnesota
Guides for Teaching Portfolios
- Sources of Data for Assessment of Teaching, Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington - identifies sources of information to consider when assessing teaching
- Teaching Portfolio Overview, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ohio State University - describes what it is and the characteristics of an effective portfolio
- 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
- 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
- Web-based examples - the following faculty have created online versions of their teaching portfolios:
- Marva A. Barnett, University of Virginia - French
- Peter C. Brunjes, University of Virginia - Psychology
- Olivia K. Lima, Augustana College - Psychology
- Ben McCorkle, The Ohio State University at Marion - English
- Natalie B. Milman, George Washington University - School of Education
- Paul L. Schumann, Mankato State University - Management
Support at WWU
- Course Evaluations, Registrar's Office - request past evaluations for each class
- Faculty-Research Writing Series, (email Karen Hoelscher for details) - annual opportunity for a group of faculty to meet regularly, work together, and attend a writing retreat at WWU’s Shannon Point Marine Research Center
- Small Group Instructional Discussion (SGID, see CIIA Services) - anonymous, mid-quarter, formative feedback for instructors with report provided by the CIIA
- Tenure & Promotion Information
- Collective Bargaining Agreement between WWU & United Faculty of WWU (page 9)
- Tenure & Promotion Form, Office of the Provost
- Collective Bargaining Agreement between WWU & United Faculty of WWU
WWU T&P Committees
- Business & Economics
- Fairhaven ()
- Fine & Performing Arts (Word Doc)
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Huxley College of the Environment ()
- Sciences & Technology (Word Doc)
- Woodring College of Education
See also the Course Portfolio bibliography resources using the Biblio Search page.
