Instructional Portfolio Clause Samples
The "Instructional Portfolio" clause defines the requirements and expectations for maintaining a record of teaching activities, materials, and achievements. Typically, this clause outlines what should be included in the portfolio, such as syllabi, lesson plans, student evaluations, and evidence of professional development. By specifying these requirements, the clause ensures that instructors systematically document their instructional contributions, which can be used for performance reviews, promotions, or accreditation purposes, thereby promoting accountability and continuous improvement in teaching.
Instructional Portfolio. The faculty member is advised to develop a portfolio of teaching materials, which may include documentation of teaching that includes information about class size and level, number of undergraduate and/or graduate student advisees, student learning objectives and outcomes, syllabi or course outlines, lecture notes, assignments, and other materials used in courses; materials that demonstrate student learning such as examples of student work or pertinent information about student performance, presentations at instructional conferences and/or professional development workshops, or other evidence the development of teaching skills and techniques, and other information about course content, goals and methodologies, as well as summarized student and peer evaluations. Materials representing out-of-class instructional work may also be included in this portfolio.
Instructional Portfolio. The faculty member is advised to develop a portfolio of teaching materials, which may include information about class size and level, grading standards and patterns, syllabi or course outlines, lecture notes, assignments, other materials used in courses, examples of student work or pertinent information about student performance, conference logs, artifacts of the development of teaching skills and techniques, and other information about course content, goals and methodologies, as well as peer evaluations. Materials representing out-of-class instructional work may also be included in this portfolio.