What?

A teaching portfolio documents evidence of teaching-related activities, materials, reflections and successes to:

• serve as a basis for tenure and/or promotion decisions;
  
• assist in continuing professional development.

Some have argued that both positive and negative evidence should be documented. This is particularly valid for diagnostic and improvement purposes, but a case may also be made for inclusion of ‘failures’ even for appraisal purposes. The data gains in authenticity by showing your willingness to risk failure when experimenting with teaching methods and by indicating what lessons you have learnt from your failures.

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