Why a Portfolio?

Teaching portfolios have gained a higher popularity as a innovative form of expanding and developing better teaching methodologies. For those who may be dissatisfied with the limitations of standardized forms for evaluating teaching through student evaluations, for example, the portfolio offers an important alternative. For some, they are merely part of a broader academic or career portfolio, showing how teaching, research and service are all integrated.

Res Ipsa Loquitur ''The Thing Speaks For Itself''
 
Teaching portfolios can have many of the following benefits or roles:
  • provide an occasion for reflection
  • on teaching goals
  • on teacher-student relationships
  • on effectiveness of teaching strategies
  • on alternative methods for teaching and assessing teaching
  • enhance awareness of teaching methods
  • showcase a teacher's skills, growth and range
  • document teaching and its effectiveness
  • promote professional dialogue about teaching and growth towards an active teaching community
  • record recognition of scholarship, presentations and awards on teaching

References: University of Portland
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