Worksheet: Developing a Teacher’s Portfolio

Task 1: WHAT DO YOU DO?

·  List all your activities that are directly related to education. Include bedside teaching, classroom and small-group teaching, mentorship, local or national leadership roles, administrative roles, scholarship in education and other teaching activities.

Task 2: WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?

·  In small groups discuss what motivates, influences, or otherwise drives your teaching or educational goals.

·  Draft a few sentences of your personal Teacher’s Statement


Task 3: Draft a Teaching Portfolio Section

Section 1: Direct Teaching

Title/ Topic of Activity / Year Taught / Teaching Strategy/ Context / Hours Per Year / Type of Learner / # Learners /Year / Process for Evaluating Teaching / Your Evaluation / Comparative Evaluation

Representative Comments:

Reflective Statement:

Section 2: Curriculum Innovation & Scholarship Should section 2 and 3 be kept separate? I know they are somewhat different, but are often written up (narratives) in the same manner, with the same elements (listed below).

Curriculum or Product / Type of Learner / # of Learners / Where Implemented / Degree of Responsibility / Process of Evaluation / Evaluation Results

Narrative Description of One or More Major Activities that Represent Educational Leadership or Innovation:

  Clear objectives – What need or gap in curriculum did course or program fill?

  Content of course – How was it developed?

  Literature, consensus, national guidelines, assessments of needs of learners

  Appropriate teaching methods – What techniques were selected, and why?

  Significant results (impact)

  Who took it?

  Dissemination, presentations

  Test scores, measures of learning, evaluations, feedback

  Scholarly products that can be reviewed

  Faculty role – leadership or creativity


Section 3: Educational Administration and Leadership

Leadership/ Administrative Title / Level / Duration / Outcome(s)

Reflective Statement:

Committee / Level (Leader/ Member) / Duration / Outcome(s)

Reflective Statement:

Section 4: Mentoring and Advising

Name of mentee/ advisee / Period of mentoring/ advising / Mentee/ Advisee position at time / Topic / Mentee/ Advisee Current Position / Mentee/ Advisee Achievements

Reflective Statement: