Teaching Portfolios at McGill
MAUT Tenure, Renewal & Mentoring
Workshop for Academic & Librarian Staff
19 April 2013
Laura Winer
Associate Director, Teaching and Learning Services
Context of the Teaching Portfolio
Research
Teaching
Service
The tenure and promotion dossier
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Regulations Relating to the
Employment of Tenure Track and
Tenured Academic Staff
• 7.12 the “internal package” (p. 7)
• “d) a record of the candidate’s teaching (including
graduate and professional supervision as appropriate).
Information about the candidate’s teaching shall be
prepared in accordance with the Teaching Portfolio
Guidelines (Appendix A)”;
http://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/sites/mcgill.ca.secretariat/files/2012_may_17_employment_of_tenure_
track_and_tenured_academic_staff_regs_-_effective_sept_2012.pdf
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What is a teaching portfolio?
A concise compilation of selected information that
systematically documents the effectiveness as
well as the scope, complexity, and individuality
of an instructor’s teaching.
It reflects the progression of teaching over the last
few years.
http://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/sites/mcgill.ca.secretariat/files/2012_may_17_employment_of_tenure_track_
and_tenured_academic_staff_regs_-_effective_sept_2012.pdf, (pp. 20-21)
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Helps us think about teaching as a
scholarly act
• Examine teaching as part of our professorial
responsibility - as members of our disciplinary
community and the McGill community
• Judge according to standards
• Make teaching visible through artifacts
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Structure
Body (5-10 pages)
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Teaching approach or philosophy (1-2 pgs)
Teaching responsibilities
Evidence of teaching effectiveness
Teaching development and educational leadership
(if applicable)
Appendices (10 pages max)
Documents explicitly referenced in Body
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1) Teaching Approach/Philosophy
How do you teach?
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What strategies do you use?
How do you assess learning?
Why you teach the way you do?
(1-2 pages)
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2) Teaching responsibilities:
• Courses taught, level, enrollment, format
• Clinical teaching: describe and quantify
interactions
• New courses developed, with rationale
• Supervision
• Undergraduate, Graduate and Postdoc
• projects, theses, internships
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3) Evidence of effectiveness
• Summary and interpretation of course evaluation
numerical ratings with dept/Faculty norms
• Measures taken in response to feedback
• Evidence of effective post-doc, grad and
undergrad supervision (where applicable)
http://www.mcgill.ca/tls/teaching/course-evaluations/interpretation
http://www.mcgill.ca/tls/teaching/course-evaluations/reports
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4)Teaching development and
educational leadership
• Teaching development efforts (e.g., workshops)
• Advising or mentoring colleagues or TAs about
teaching issues
• Contributions through teaching support units, teaching
committees (departmental/Faculty/University)
• Contributions to the development of curriculum or
policies on teaching
• Development and sharing of teaching innovations
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Gather evidence!
• A (virtual) shoebox
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Students supervised (undergrad & graduate)
Course evaluations
Committees related to teaching and learning
Contributions to program development
(Re)Design of courses
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Producing your own teaching portfolio
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Consult online resources
Have others review drafts of portfolio
Review sample portfolios at TLS
Request individual consultation from TLS
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Websites with guidelines for
developing a teaching portfolio
1. University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/developing-a-teaching-profile.aspx
2. University of Saskatchewan http://www.usask.ca/gmcte/resources/portfolio
3. UBC http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/ctl/support/teachingportfolios.html
4. University of Texas at Austin, Center for Teaching and Learning
http://ctl.utexas.edu/node/241
5. Vanderbilt http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/reflecting/teaching-portfolios/
6. Iowa State University, Center for Excellence in Learning and
Teaching http://www.celt.iastate.edu/faculty/portfolio_contents.html
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Individual consultations available
• Development of/feedback on portfolios
• Interpretation of course evaluations
• Sample portfolios to review
• tls@mcgill.ca
• x6648
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Teaching and Learning Services
http://www.mcgill.ca/tls
QUESTIONS?
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