Teacher’s portfolio and its structure

Teacher’s portfolio and its structure

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a collection of documents, prepared for the purpose of applying for academic jobs and documenting professional developing in teaching;

• a collection of documents, prepared for the purpose of applying for academic jobs and documenting professional developing in teaching;
• a document created by the teacher that reveals, relates and describes the teacher’s duties and growth in teaching;
• a flexible document, and can be used in a number of ways, depending upon the needs and interests of the faculty member. It can be an extensive collection of information, or something much more compact and limited

A teaching portfolio is…

A teaching portfolio provides a record of:

The ideas and objectives that inform your teaching

The courses that you teach or are prepared to teach

The methods you use in your teaching

Your effectiveness as a teacher

How you assess and improve your teaching

A Portfolio can help you:

Develop, clarify, and reflect on your teaching philosophy, methods, and approaches

Document professional development in teaching

Present teaching credentials for hiring and promotion in an academic position

Identify areas for improvement

Prepare for the interview process

Preparing a portfolio

Collect

Reflect

Select

Organize

Share

There are numerous materials that every teacher should place into their portfolio.

A teaching philosophy statement and a statement concerning responsibilities (i.e., course titles, numbers, student demographics, how courses were taught, and how these fit into the overall goals of the department) are vital components of any portfolio.

Moreover, it is best to describe steps taken to improve teaching, and how non-traditional education settings, such as special help sessions, played a role in the teacher’s work.

Teachers should also compile materials relating to how their student’s performed in the classroom and how the educator contributed to their growth.

Samples of student’s work with feedback from the teacher show how the pupils have performed over a given period of time and how the instructor dealt with individual situations.

A teacher should also include any student journal submissions that have been compiled over the school year.

Scores on tests, department exams, and national exams should also be included to reflect the success of the educator’s classroom methods.

In addition, any classroom tapes or videos showing how the teacher went about his or her methods are always a good way to build rapport with others who are looking over a teaching portfolio.

Benefits of portfolio:

• Keeps a record of a teacher's accomplishments.
• Focuses attention on teaching and recognizes its importance.
• Stimulates discussion about teaching and pedagogy.
• Encourages the "scholarship of teaching" as teachers begin to engage in classroom research.
• Encourages teachers to develop and present better evidence of the quality of teaching.
• Provides a better assessment tool for those who hire, promote and evaluate teachers.
• Gives the teacher some control over the process as compiler and editor.

Keeping Your Portfolio Up to Date

Periodically revising your portfolio is a good way to continue reflecting on your teaching, as well as to keep material readily available for a periodic multiyear review (PMYR), a teaching award, or other evaluative purposes. The end of each semester or school year is a good time to go through your teaching development files, discard outdated material, and add current data. Time and additional experience will likely offer you a slightly different perspective on your initial portfolio. Your priorities may have changed, or perhaps you would now articulate them differently. After you have achieved some of the goals you set forth in your original portfolio, you can note how you achieved them and reflect on how they have improved your students’ learning and your teaching

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