Links to External Resources
A considerable amount of developmental work has already been undertaken by individuals and institutions around the world to help those who are grappling with the task of creating a teaching portfolio.
This section provides links to some of the information and advice currently accessible through university websites around the world, and to samples of authentic teaching portfolios from a range of disciplines. These have been selected for their usefulness to those who want help crafting their own teaching portfolio. However, as you access them, please do evaluate them in terms of their usefulness using the thumbs up, so that others can benefit from your experience.
Links to resources online
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Preparing a Professional Teaching Portfolio for an Art Teaching Position
A guide to preparing a teaching portfolio specifically for an art teaching position.
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Teaching Portfolios
Comprehensive advice from the Centre for Teaching at Vanderbilt University.
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Developing a Teaching Portfolio
A short, useful article on the first steps to creating a teaching portfolio.
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Developing your Teaching Portfolio
A step-by-step guide to writing a teaching portfolio from Carleton University.
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The Teaching Portfolio
A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions
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Preparing a Teaching Portfolio
Advice from the Center for Teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Constructing a Teaching Portfolio
A sound teaching guide produced by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Creating a Teaching Portfolio: Guidelines for Teaching Assistants
A useful guide for teaching assistants from the Center for Teaching Excellence at Georgia Southern University.
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Preparing a Teaching Portfolio
A very thorough guide to creating a teaching portfolio from the Paul R MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching at McMaster University.
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Teaching Dossier Guide
A guide to preparing a teaching dossier (or portfolio)
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Preparing a Teaching Portfolio
Good general advice about creating a teaching portfolio from the University of Chicago.
Samples of teaching portfolios
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A portfolio written by a young teacher at McGill University in Canada.
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A range of teaching portfolios collected by Stellenbosch University in South Africa
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A model teaching portfolio created by Washington State University in the United States.
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A portfolio of a teacher at HK Baptist University in Hong Kong.
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Teaching portfolio created by a teacher at the University of Hong Kong.
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A teaching portfolio created by a teacher at the University of Albany, SUNY, in the United States.
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A teaching portfolio created by a teacher at King’s College London in the United Kingdom.
Further Reading about Teaching Portfolios
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Berenson, C. & Kenny, N. A. (2016). Preparing an educational leadership philosophy statement. Calgary, AB: Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning.
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Chism, Nancy. (1998). Developing a philosophy of teaching statement. Essays on Teaching Excellence: Toward the Best in the Academy, 9, 1-3.
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Schonwetter, D.J., Sokal, L., Friesen, M., & Taylor, L.K. (2002). Teaching philosophies reconsidered: A conceptual model for the development and evaluation of teaching philosophy statements. International Journal for Academic Development, 7(1), 83-97.