Detailed faculty development sites devoted to teaching portfolios.
**The Teaching
Portfolio: A Tool for Seeking Employment and the Improvement of Practice.
From Cornell's Center for Learning and Teaching, a detailed discussion of what
belongs in a teaching portfolio and how to create one. This site is particularly
useful for those who process information visually, since it uses flow charts to make its
points.
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Designing a Teaching Portfolio. From Penn State's Center for Excellence
in Teaching and Learning. Brief guide for faculty; includes annotated bibliography
of both print and on-line sources.
**The assessment of teaching folders
and portfolios. Criteria for judging teaching portfolios from
Loughborough University (UK). Brief but extremely informative.
** Virtual Workshop
on Teaching Portfolios. From the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga, one of the most detailed American sites. Recommendations are backed up
with references to educational research. The site gives extensive guidelines on what
to put in teaching portfolios, and compares the guidelines recommended by several
prominent authors in the field. It describes how portfolios are used in hiring,
tenure, and promotion. Extensive bibliography. Last updated February,
1997.
**
Teaching Portfolios. Brief guide from Iowa State's Center for Teaching
Excellence. Geared toward professors facing promotion/tenure decisions.
Select, well-annotated bibliography of print sources. Advice on how to write a
statement of teaching philosophy.
*Teaching
Portfolios. From McGill University's Centre for University Teaching and
Learning. A brief discussion for faculty, at an institution that requires teaching
portfolios for promotion and tenure decisions.
*The Teaching Portfolio.
From the University of Texas El Paso, a detailed guide for faculty and TAs.
Categorizes portfolios according to three purposes: Professional Reflection,
Evidence/Feedback, and Professional Development. Some examples.
