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Teaching Portfolios

A teaching portfolio is a curated set of materials paired with reflective statements that represents your teaching practices and your development as a teacher. This collection advises you on how to select materials and how to organize them into a compelling narrative about your teaching.

Reflective Teaching
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Adriana Streifer
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Updated: June 2025
Book

Teaching Philosophies and Teaching Dossiers Guide

This booklet offers comprehensive descriptions and “how-to” guides for many professional development documents, including teaching portfolios (called “dossiers” in the book). The “Creating a Dossier” and “Reading and Evaluating a Dossier” sections are the most pertinent to teaching portfolios.

University of Calgary Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
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Teaching Portfolio Development

This webpage from The Ohio State University describes teaching portfolios and their purposes, explains how to start compiling one, and offers in-depth examples of the various components of a teaching portfolio.

The Ohio State University Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning
Book

The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions

This book is the original source for most advice about teaching portfolios. The book explains how to organize and select material, how to develop a portfolio with guidance from a mentor, and how to use portfolios for learning and evaluative purposes. FAQs and sample portfolios are also included.

Peter Seldin

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