Suggestions for ePorfolios

Candidates: Make sure to check out the Sample Tenure site for ideas on presentation and what to include.

General suggested guidelines:

  • Introduction 

What is your teaching philosophy?  Has anything taken place that has had an effect on it?

  • Responsibilities
    • Describe the responsibilities of your teaching/counseling position.
    • List the courses you have been teaching, and upload syllabi samples.
    • Discuss  your role as an advisor/mentor for students.
    • Describe your participation in meetings, service on college and/or faculty committees, leading or organizing professional development activities, and membership in organizations where you have represented the college, serving on or leading advisory committees.
  • Sample Materials 
  • Course/Program syllabus and outcomes
  • Titles of texts used and rationale
  • Attendance policy
  • Grading policy
  • First-day handouts to students on classroom policies and assignments
  • Any curriculum development
  • Provide sample classroom assessment tools (high stakes, low stakes)
  • Challenges
    • List any circumstances that have had an adverse influence on the success of your teaching/counseling. 
  • Achievements
    • What do you consider to be your strengths as an instructor/counselor?
    • Discuss  your role as an advisor/mentor for students.
    • What teaching/counseling innovations and/or methods have been successful for you?
    • List highlights of recent professional activities  that have contributed to your teaching/counseling skills.
    • Describe any research activities, publications, achievements, awards, and memberships in organizations that pertain to teaching/counseling.
  • Growth
  • If you carried out classroom observations of other teachers, provide your takeaways.
  • Describe professional development activities 
  • In what areas have you grown since you started teaching, and why?
  • How can the college support you to ensure future growth?

  • Optional Materials:

    • Videos 
    • Images of class activities
    • Samples of student work
    • Campus activities
    • Blog/Website
    • Other relevant materials that highlight the development of the instructor