Common use of Teaching Portfolios‌‌‌ Clause in Contracts

Teaching Portfolios‌‌‌. Each School, College, or equivalent unit shall adopt a policy for the creation of teaching portfolios for faculty. These policies shall accurately and adequately reflect the nature of teaching in the School, College, or equivalent unit’s discipline(s). Each School, College, or equivalent unit portfolio policy must receive the approval of the xxxx/director of the School/College, or equivalent unit prior to implementation. Faculty may submit evidence of teaching excellence which has not been specifically listed under the portfolio policies. No later than February 15 of a given year the President or their designee may request that a unit review its portfolio policy statement, and by no later than March 31 of that year the unit shall either reaffirm its current portfolio policy statement or submit a revised statement. The reaffirmed or revised statement must receive the approval of the xxxx/director of the School, College, or equivalent unit prior to implementation. If the xxxx/director and unit are unable to agree upon a portfolio policy statement, the President or their designee shall appoint a committee of faculty, using the procedures described in Article XXX, which shall advise the xxxx/director on the matter by September 15. The xxxx/director shall then develop the statement by September 30. Such a statement shall be in effect for the following academic year. The previous portfolio statement shall remain in effect prior to formal implementation of the newly developed portfolio statement. The portfolio policies of units should address relevant dimensions of teaching, such as evidence of student learning. The teaching portfolio must include numerical SET scores for the three (3) global questions and may include student comments, peer reviews, and other testimonials; innovations and instructional techniques such as syllabi and methods of learning assessment; student research, publications, and professional achievements under faculty direction. The portfolio must not exceed twenty (20) pages in length. Faculty teaching portfolios will be used for tenure and promotion evaluations.

Teaching Portfolios‌‌‌. Each School, College, or equivalent unit shall adopt a policy for the creation of teaching portfolios for faculty. These policies shall accurately and adequately reflect the nature of teaching in the School, College, or equivalent unit’s discipline(s). Each School, College, or equivalent unit portfolio policy must receive the approval of the xxxx/director of the School/College, or equivalent unit prior to implementation. Faculty may submit evidence of teaching excellence which has not been specifically listed under the portfolio policies. No later than February 15 of a given year the President or their his/her designee may request that a unit review its portfolio policy statement, and by no later than March 31 of that year the unit shall either reaffirm its current portfolio policy statement or submit a revised statement. The reaffirmed or revised statement must receive the approval of the xxxx/director of the School, College, or equivalent unit prior to implementation. If the xxxx/director and unit are unable to agree upon a portfolio policy statement, the President or their his/her designee shall appoint a committee of faculty, using the procedures described in Article XXX, which shall advise the xxxx/director on the matter by September 15. The xxxx/director shall then develop the statement by September 30. Such a statement shall be in effect for the following academic year. The previous portfolio statement shall remain in effect prior to formal implementation of the newly developed portfolio statement. statement.‌‌‌‌‌‌ The portfolio policies of units should address relevant dimensions of teaching, such as evidence of student learning. The teaching portfolio must include numerical SET scores for the three (3) global questions and may include student comments, peer reviews, and other testimonials; innovations and instructional techniques such as syllabi and methods of learning assessment; student research, publications, and professional achievements under faculty direction. The portfolio must not exceed twenty (20) pages in length. Faculty teaching portfolios will be used only for tenure and promotion evaluations.