teaching portfolios at mcgill
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Teaching Portfolios at McGill
MAUT Tenure, Renewal & Mentoring Workshop for Academic & Librarian Staff
19 April 2013
Laura WinerAssociate Director, Teaching and Learning Services
Context of the Teaching Portfolio
Teaching
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Research
Service
The tenure and promotion dossier
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)1. Teaching approach or philosophy (1-2 pgs)
2. Teaching responsibilities
3. Evidence of teaching effectiveness
4. 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?1. What strategies do you use?
2. 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
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
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:Producing your own teaching portfolio
• 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
• [email protected]• x6648
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Teaching and Learning Services
http://www.mcgill.ca/tls
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QUESTIONS?