Crafting a Winning Teaching Dossier/Portfolio: Insider Secrets to Stand Out in the Academic Job Market
In this resource, you will find a step-by-step guide on how to create a teaching portfolio/dossier that is authentic and based on evidence. Described in this resource is a self-study approach to teaching documentation. With this approach, your teaching is the subject of research and you as the researcher are continuously collecting data about your teaching, aiming for triangulation of data. The result is a well-crafted teaching portfolio/dossier and authentic teaching philosophy/narrative.
The teaching dossier/portfolio is a compendium of documentation related to your experience as an instructor. Your experience may include work as a teaching assistant (TA), guest lecturer, or other instructional roles, whether at the post-secondary level or other spaces where you have taught adults. It is crucial for academic job applications. A comprehensive and effective teaching dossier/portfolio is no longer a nice to have but a must have to be competitive in today’s academic job market.
A well-crafted teaching dossier/portfolio clearly and succinctly showcases how your teaching skills are aligned with your values and philosophy related to teaching and learning.