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Teaching Portfolios at McGill

Teaching Portfolios at McGill. MAUT Tenure, Renewal & Mentoring Workshop for Academic & Librarian Staff 19 April 2013 Laura Winer Associate Director, Teaching and Learning Services. Teaching. Context of the Teaching Portfolio. Research. Service. The tenure and promotion dossier.

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Teaching Portfolios at McGill

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  1. Teaching Portfolios at McGill MAUT Tenure, Renewal & Mentoring Workshop for Academic & Librarian Staff 19 April 2013 Laura Winer Associate Director, Teaching and Learning Services

  2. Teaching Context of the Teaching Portfolio Research Service The tenure and promotion dossier

  3. 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

  4. 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)

  5. 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

  6. Structure Body (5-10 pages) • Teaching approachor 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

  7. 1) Teaching Approach/Philosophy How do you teach? • What strategies do you use? • How do you assess learning? Why you teach the way you do? (1-2 pages)

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Gather evidence! • A (virtual) shoebox • Students supervised (undergrad & graduate) • Course evaluations • Committees related to teaching and learning • Contributions to program development • (Re)Design of courses

  12. :Producing your own teaching portfolio • Consult online resources • Have others review drafts of portfolio • Review sample portfolios at TLS • Request individual consultation from TLS

  13. :Websites with guidelines for developing a teaching portfolio • University Affairshttp://www.universityaffairs.ca/developing-a-teaching-profile.aspx • University of Saskatchewan http://www.usask.ca/gmcte/resources/portfolio • UBC http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/ctl/support/teachingportfolios.html • University of Texas at Austin, Center for Teaching and Learning http://ctl.utexas.edu/node/241 • Vanderbilthttp://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/reflecting/teaching-portfolios/ • Iowa State University, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching http://www.celt.iastate.edu/faculty/portfolio_contents.html

  14. Individual consultations available • Development of/feedback on portfolios • Interpretation of course evaluations • Sample portfolios to review • tls@mcgill.ca • x6648

  15. Teaching and Learning Serviceshttp://www.mcgill.ca/tls QUESTIONS?

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