eaching Committee, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Teaching Portfolios: How to Document Your Teaching: Iowa State University Center for Teaching Excellence

An overview of the various types of information that might be included in a teaching portfolio, with selected readings on facets of the process of preparing and evaluating portfolios.

An online magazine for academics, librarians, and educational developers. Includes extracts from Peter Seldin’s book, The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide To Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions, Second Edition. Includes the book’s table of contents and overviews of Chapter 1 (The Teaching Portfolio), Chapter 2 (Choosing Items for the Portfolio), an extensive bibliography and links to other teaching portfolio sites.

Teaching Portfolios by Professors and Graduate Students: University of Virginia

Contains links to 12 sample portfolios by professor and graduate students as part of a course entitled "Electronic Teaching Portfolios." The course emphasizes the use of the world wide web, development of an educational policy statement, and collection of evidence of teaching competency.

Resources on the Teaching Portfolio: University of Wyoming

A list of books, articles, and conference proceedings on teaching portfolios. Topics include campus use of the portfolio, capturing the scholarship in teaching, and successful use of the teaching portfolio.

Teaching Portfolios: Illinois State University

A bibliography of books, ERIC documents, and journal articles ranging from faculty portfolio analysis to guidelines for portfolio preparation. Highlights include "The Teaching Portfolio: A Tool for Department Chairpersons to Create a Climate of Teaching Excellence" and "Guide for Nontenured Faculty Members: Annual Evaluations, Promotion and Tenure."

A compendium of articles, videos, websites, and workshops on the teaching portfolio. Includes higher education, teacher education, and second language teacher education, with articles from AAHE, Journal of Teacher Education, and the Phi Delta Kappa.

Assistance in crafting a teaching portfolio is available to faculty through the consultation services of the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program. The program also sponsors symposia on teaching and learning topics such as Establishing a Teaching Portfolio and Evaluating Student Learning.

Home Page for Teaching Portfolios: Griffith University (Australia)

Includes overview and purposes of the teaching portfolio with guidelines for effective university teaching and guidelines for assessing teaching portfolios.

Planning Your Teaching Portfolio: A Brief Guide: University of New Hampshire

General background on teaching portfolios for faculty and teaching assistants who want to create a portfolio. Discusses the purpose of a portfolio and potential materials for inclusion. Topics covered in the bibliography include recording teaching accomplishments, enhancing teaching and determining faculty effectiveness, and evaluating college teaching.

Teaching Portfolios: St. Edwards Center for Teaching Excellence

Overview and description of scholars’ use of portfolios at various stages of their academic careers (early graduate school, late graduate school, pre-tenure years, post-tenure years). References include Successful Faculty Development and Evaluation: The Complete Teaching Portfolio by John Murray.

This material was prepared by Roberto R. Treviño, History Department, for the LAS Teaching Committee.

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Last updated 10/5/2006