Course Portfolio Resources

An overview of course portfolios

Georgia State University Policies related to Documenting Teaching Effectiveness

• GSU Course Syllabus Requirements (section 401.01 of the Faculty Handbook)

• College of Arts and Sciences policy on Assessing Teaching Effectiveness look under policy on teaching effectiveness (including teaching portfolios)

• Robinson College of Business policy on Student Evaluation of Instruction

PowerPoint presentations on:

Organizing and Reporting (ePortfolios)

Handouts

• Suggested Contents of a Course Portfolio

• Example of a philosophical framework

• Example of a reflection after a class session

• Example of reorganizing course evaluation items

• Suggestions for presenting course evaluation data

• Example of organizing student written comments

• Seven Principles of Effective Teaching

• Checklist for analyzing video tapes of teaching (Tools for Teaching)

Links to other resources

• An online tutorial on writing a syllabus (U. of Minnesota)

• Collection of syllabi from across the world (World Lecture Hall--U. of Texas)

• Extracts from Peter Seldin's book, The Teaching Portfolio:  A Practical Guide to Improve Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions (2nd ed.).Seldin

• Online guide for writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

• Online guides to developing teaching portfolio
      University of Chicago
      University of Texas
      University of Texas at El Paso
      Washington State University

Online examples of portfolios--Dan Bernstein's Peer Review Project