Portfolios | Teaching Handbook | Western Washington University

Relevant Book

Introduction to Mass Media (Journalism 190) - Tim Pilgrim, WWU Journalism Department
American Literary Traditions (ENGL 210) - Randy Bass, Gerogetown University

Teaching Portfolios - Components, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
According to The Teaching Portfolio (see reference to the right), the contents of a Teaching Portfolio is related to its intended use, as the following table suggests:

Contents Prepared for Personnel Decisions	Contents Prepared for Teaching Improvement
Teaching Responsibilities Teaching Philosophy Teaching Methodologies Student Evaluations Classroom Observations Review of Teaching Materials Representative Course Syllabi New Instructional Initiatives Evidence of Student Learning Assessment of Teaching Contribution Statement by Department Chair Teaching Awards Teaching Goals Appendices	Teaching Responsibilities Teaching Philosophy Teaching Objectives, Strategies, Methodologies Description of Teaching Materials Efforts to Improve Teaching Curricular Revisions Teaching Conferences and Workshops Attended Innovations on Teaching Student Ratings and Diagnostic Questions Evidence of Student Learning Teaching Goals (short & long term Appendices

Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement, Nancy Van Note Chism, Ohio State University, in Essays on Teaching Excellence (POD Network) - includes brief description of formats, components, and examples
How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy, Gabriella Montell, Chronicle of Higher Education (March 27, 2003) - general advice on the process
Rubric for Statements of Teaching Philosophy, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy, Lee Haugen, Iowa State University - considers some primary questions: 1) To what end? 2) By what means? 3) To what degree? 4) Why?
Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Job Search, occasional paper by Christ O'Neal, Deborah Meizlish, and Matthew Kaplan, University of Michigan
Writing Your Teaching Philosophy - a step-by-step guide, University of Minnesota

Teaching Portfolios - Center for Teaching and Learning, IU Bloomington
Teaching Portfolios for Graduate Students, Laura L.B. Border, University of Colorado at Boulder, in Essays on Teaching Excellence (POD Network) - guidelines specific to guiding graduate students who will teach
The Multicultural Teaching Portfolio, Matt Kaplan, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, in Essays on Teaching Excellence (POD Network) - describes how the teaching portfolio can document faculty work with multiculturalism
Web-based examples - the following faculty have created online versions of their teaching portfolios:
- Marva A. Barnett, University of Virginia - French
- Peter C. Brunjes, University of Virginia - Psychology
- Natalie B. Milman, George Washington University - School of Education

Faculty-Research Writing Series, (email Karen Hoelscher for details) - annual opportunity for a group of faculty to meet regularly, work together, and attend a writing retreat at WWU’s Shannon Point Marine Research Center
Small Group Instructional Discussion (SGID, see CIIA Services) - anonymous, mid-quarter, formative feedback for instructors with report provided by the CIIA
Tenure & Promotion Information
- Tenure & Promotion Overview, Office of the Provost
- Collective Bargaining Agreement between WWU & United Faculty of WWU (page 7)
- Tenure and Promotion Action Record, Office of the Provost