Teaching Dossiers/Portfolio Development
Last Updated: September 2011
Most higher education institutions now require faculty to develop a teaching dossier as evidence of their teaching responsibilities and practice. The teaching dossier may also be required for a tenure and/or promotion application. The following resources have been collected from a variety of sources from Canada and the United States. Best practices in the development of a teaching dossier are provided along with useful tips and tools.
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Dossier/Portfolio Overview and Guidelines
Ryerson Faculty Association Guidelines
The Ryerson Faculty Association has set out specific guidelines for teaching dossiers in Section D of Article 4.4 of the RFA Collective Agreement, excerpted below:
4. Teaching Dossier
Teaching dossiers are intended to provide a description and record of a member's major teaching accomplishments and strengths in a manner that conveys the scope and quality of the faculty member's teaching. The contents of the Teaching Dossier for which members are responsible should include, but do not have to be restricted to, such items as the following:
a) a statement of the faculty member's philosophy, objectives and methods of teaching, including reference to institutional and departmental teaching goals;
b) a list of undergraduate and graduate courses, including directed studies and thesis supervision, taught by the member;
c) an explanation of the ways in which the member has maintained currency in his/her teaching filed(s);
d) examples of course revision, curriculum development, and teaching methods as evidenced by course outlines, assignments, final examinations and other materials the member deems appropriate;
e) a record of the faculty member's role in curriculum and instructional development such as administrative and committee service for the Department, Faculty, and/or University related to pedagogy, and including directing and coordinating programs, guest lectures, and other presentations;
f) the results of the Faculty Course Survey (Appendix F) and any letters and testimonials and an indication whether solicited or not solicited. The member shall provide information about measures of respondent confidentiality with regard to student evaluations, except in the case of the Faculty Course Survey (Appendix F); and
g) a record of the member's special contribution to any teaching, including teaching awards, publications and presentations, instructional development grants, participation in conferences and seminars on education/pedagogy.
In addition, a candidate may submit any other material that the Faculty member deems relevant to his/her teaching role.
Canada
United States
Writing a Teaching Philosophy
Canada
Ryerson Faculty Teaching Philosophy Statements 2010 Teaching Excellence Award Recipients:
2009 Teaching Excellence Award Recipients:
2008 Teaching Excellence Award Recipients:
2007 Teaching Excellence Award Recipients:
2006 Teaching Excellence Award Recipients:
United States
Evaluating a Teaching Dossier/Portfolio
- The Teaching Dossier: How is it Evaluated?
From the Teaching Dossier Kit. Learning and Teaching Centre. University of Victoria.
Contains Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act guidelines for dealing with teaching dossiers.
- Evaluating Teaching Portfolios: Moving from a Competitive to a Collaborative Culture [pdf]
By David Way. Cornell University.
"The author believes that the evaluation of teaching portfolios must fit into a larger comprehensive system for evaluating teaching reliably and validly, a system that explicitly links formative evaluation efforts with summative policy. If the efforts a faculty member expends on improving teaching do not count during tenure and promotion decisions then there is little incentive for faculty to invest in the improvement of their teaching. Appendices identify five major dimensions of teaching that can be useful to organize portfolio contents along with a list of criteria for use in evaluating each area."
- Evaluating the Teaching Portfolio:
A Role for Colleagues [pdf]
By John A. Centra. New Directions in Teaching and Learning. 2002.
Rubrics, Checklists, Samples, and Evaluation Sheets
Canada
- Teaching Dossier Feedback Form, [pdf] [docx]
Developed by Judy Britnell and Paola Borin of the Learning and Teaching Office, Ryerson University, April 2010.
- Ryerson Teaching Dossier Rubric for Evaluation [pdf]
Compiled by Judy Britnell from materials created by Cynthia Weston, McGill University, University of Waterloo TRACE, University of Alberta University Teaching Services, 3M Teaching Fellows 2001, Linda Nilson, Clemson University
- Faculty of Community Services SRC/Teaching Dossier Reflective Guide [pdf]
Adapted from materials by Judy Britnell of the Ryerson Learning & Teaching Office, and by Peter Seldin, from The Teaching Portfolio. 2nd Edition. Bolton, MA: Anker,1997.
- Teaching Dossier Checklist
By Barbara Judson. Learning and Teaching Centre. University of Victoria.
- The Teaching Perspectives Inventory
By Dan Pratt and John B. Collins. University of British Columbia.
- The Teaching Dossier Template [doc]
Centre for Learning and Teaching. Dalhousie University.
- Teaching Dossier Template [pdf]
Faculty Association, University of Prince Edward Island.
- Checklist for Documenting and Assessing Teaching Development [gif]
Adapted from C. Weston. Teaching and Learning Services. McGill University. 2002.
United States
- Rubric for evaluating teaching portfolios [pdf]
Indiana University. 2007.
- Rubric for Statement of Teaching Philosophy [pdf]
Kaplan, M., Carillo, R., O’Neal, C., Meizlish, D., Kardia, D. (2008). Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan. Rubric Statement of Teaching Philosophy. To Improve Academy, 26, 258-260.
- Checklist for Evaluation of Teaching Portfolio
By Peter Seldin, from The Teaching Portfolio. 2nd Edition. Bolton, MA: Anker,1997. 43-44.
Additional Resources
- Teaching Portfolio and Teaching Philosophy Resource Lists
Prepared by the Center for Excellence and Teaching. University of Southern California.
- The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion / Tenure Decisions. By Peter Seldin. 3rd Edition. Bolton, Mass.: Anker Pub. Co. 2004. (Available at Ryerson Library, Call No.: LB2333 .S46 2004)
- Recording Teaching Accomplishment: A Dalhousie Guide to the Teaching Dossier. By Carol O'Neill and Alan Wright. 5th ed. Office of Instructional Development and Technology, Dalhousie University. 1998.
- The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching. By Russell Edgerton, Patricia Hutch. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education. 1991. (Available at Ryerson Library, Call No.: LB2333 E.33 1991)
- A Beginning Teaching Portfolio Handbook: Documenting and Reflecting on Your Professional Growth and Abilities. By Bill R. Foster, Jr., Michael L. Walker, Kim Hyunsook Song. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Merrill/Prentice Hall. 2007. (Available at Ryerson Library, Call No.: LB1029 .P67 F67 2007)
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