Developing a Teaching Portfolio Jaclyn Mueller OCN750 Spring 2013
What is a Teaching Portfolio? Collection of documents that provide: Teaching objectives and ideas Courses taught or prepared to teach Teaching methods Effectiveness as a teacher How to assess and improve teaching
Components Teaching responsibilities and duties Teaching philosophy statement Examples and Evidence Methods – participation, demonstration, collaboration Sample syllabus, assignments, exams Evaluations – student, faculty member Workshops and training thekevindolan.com
Where to start? Teaching Philosophy Statement Gather your evidence Organize your evidence Share your draft and request revisions Mangolanguages.com
My teaching portfolio Experiences Taught general chemistry and general oceanography labs Guest lectured for marine biology course at KCC Tutored students in bio-, organic-, and general chemistry Received university-given student evaluations Room to improve Give more guest lectures Mentor an undergraduate student in the lab Improve a lab or lecture when TAing again Write my own evaluations, ask for faculty evaluation
Resources Current professors, colleagues Washington State University: Teaching Portfolio Handbook (Brown University): s/teach_port.pdf Google examples!
Teaching Philosophy
Questions?