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September 9, 2005 Teaching portfoliosSave now, sort laterby Linda Charles New faculty are busy. No sooner are they on campus than they must set up their offices and labs, apply for grants, start their research, develop class lessons for courses they've never taught, meet their colleagues, find a mentor, and oh yes, start to document everything for the promotion and tenure process. One of the items most faculty include in this documentation is a teaching portfolio. A portfolio is a good way to document those teaching efforts that will come up during the promotion and tenure process. And the sooner you start your portfolio, the better. Corly Brooke, director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, says faculty often will remark that they wished they had saved a syllabus or e-mail from a student to use during their promotion and tenure review. Five suggestionsTo get you started along the right path, Brooke offers five tips for building a solid teaching portfolio:
Update as neededBrooke noted that a teaching portfolio should be dynamic and change over time, so it is good to view it as a continuing process. Center staff are available to help with teaching needs, she added. The center offers workshops, online information and individual consultations. For help, call the center at 4-5357 or visit http://www.celt.iastate.edu. Another good place for information on promotion and tenure in general is the provost's Web site at http://www.provost.iastate.edu (look under "For Faculty" and then "Faculty Advancement"). |
SummaryFive tips for building a solid teaching portfolio will help new faculty document those teaching efforts that will come up during the P&T process. |