Evaluating Teaching Through Portfolios

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This page provides a prospective rubric for evaluating teaching based on material presented in a portfolio.

NAME___________________________________ . . . Overall Evaluation: ___________________

BACKGROUND / CONTEXT

Career Standing as a Teacher: Beginning (Years 1-3) || Developing (Years 4-7) || Maturing (Years 8-12) || Senior

Main Features of Teaching Goals (Identify/summarize from teacher's statement[s].)

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL REFLECTION

Statement of Teaching Philosophy

  • Are teaching goals well developed and well articulated?
  • Are teaching goals consistent with the aims of the profession and the institution?
  • Are teaching goals communicated to students and reflected in course materials and practice?

    substandard || satisfactory (good) || strong || exceptional

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    Roles, Responsibilities, Methods

  • Do the teachers' responsibilities reflect teaching goals?
  • What is the scale or magnitude of responsibilities adopted and met?
  • Do teaching methods and practice reflect goals?
  • Does the teacher have and use a large repertoire of teaching skills?

    substandard || satisfactory (good) || strong || exceptional

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    EVIDENCE

    Evidence from Students

  • How do the students rate this teacher as a classroom instructor, mentor and advisor (based on the specturm of available evidence and given qualifications on each type of data)?

    substandard || satisfactory (good) || strong || exceptional

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    Evidence from Peers

  • How do peers rate this teacher?
  • Does the evidence reflect a robust cross-section of elements of teaching?

    substandard || satisfactory (good) || strong || exceptional

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    Other Evidence/Products of Teaching

  • What do students achieve, as documented by objective measures?
  • How do others outside the university rate this teacher (where applicable)?

    substandard || satisfactory (good) || strong || exceptional

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    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    Professional Development

  • Is there evidence of improvement in evalution by students or peers since the last evaluation?
  • Is there evidence of effort to develop professionally (learning new teaching methods; innovative trials; teaching circles; etc)?
  • Has the teacher identified short-term and long-term goals for continued development (and/or service)?

    substandard || satisfactory (good) || strong || exceptional

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