At the University of Victoria, the processes of annual reviews, tenure, and promotion require faculty to submit teaching dossiers— personalized collections of materials that document teaching effectiveness—along with their CV and annual reports. In addition, the teaching dossier is necessary when being considered for a teaching award. However, what makes an excellent teaching dossier and what should it contain?
The aim of the Teaching Documentation and Recognition Series is to provide you with a framework that you can use to create your own personalized dossier that is consistent with the UVic guidelines. If you attend the whole series (all five sessions) you will be awarded a certificate of completion – a great addition to your dossier that indicates your commitment to professional development and to enhancing your performance as an instructor.
The teaching dossier: Purpose and compiling data
At the University of Victoria, the processes of annual reviews, tenure, and promotion require faculty to submit teaching dossiers—personalized collections of materials that document teaching effectiveness—along with their CV and annual reports. In addition, the teaching dossier is necessary when being considered for a teaching award. However, what makes an excellent teaching dossier and what should it contain? In this session, we will discuss the purpose of the dossier and essential tasks that continue throughout your academic career–collecting and organizing data for your dossier. This workshop focuses on the range of possible data you can begin to, and continue to, collect, which provide evidence of your promise, skills, and contributions in teaching that serve to enhance student learning.
The teaching dossier: Purpose and compiling data
May 5, 2023
9:00am
Series
Preparing your teaching philosophy or narrative statement
The teaching philosophy or narrative statement is the individual and creative component of your teaching dossier that individualizes you and serves to make your case as an effective facilitator of student learning with references to examples and evidence in your data. The teaching statement is the first component of your teaching dossier that the reader of your teaching dossier will explore when you are being considered for an academic (teaching) position, or for a teaching award nomination. This workshop focuses on how you will construct an engaging and persuasive teaching statement for current purposes and as a basis for future revisions as you continue in your teaching career.
Preparing your teaching philosophy or narrative statement
May 5, 2023
10:30am
Series
Peer-review for teaching enhancement
Are you considering inviting one of your peers to observe your teaching but are uncertain as to what is involved in the peer-review process? And you may be wondering what the specific objectives are of the peer-review process. In this session, you will be introduced to the five stages of the process for both formative and summative reviews: planning, the pre-observation meeting, conducting the teaching observation, the post-observation meeting, and submission of a written report. We will discuss what the expectations are throughout the process, both for the instructor and the peer reviewer. Further, you will engage in discussion about the purpose and objectives of peer review, such as how it can enhance teaching, encourage reflection, and, most importantly, improve student learning.
Peer-review for teaching enhancement
May 5, 2023
1:00pm
Series
Writing letters for peers or nominations
As a member of the faculty, you may be asked to write a letter of recommendation for a peer who is being considered for an academic position or a letter of nomination for a peer with respect to a teaching award. Alternatively, you are asking a peer to write a letter and you want to know the components of an effective letter. We have developed a workbook with tips and examples on the effective writing of such letters to guide you in the steps required to carry out this task successfully. Once complete, you will set up a private consultation with Cynthia or Nancy to receive feedback on your letter.
Writing letters for peers or nominations
Asynchronous
Brightspace
Series
Online teaching dossiers with WordPress
WordPress is the most popular blogging platform on the internet. Many students and instructors in higher-education use the WordPress platform as a means to showcase their professional profile, research, projects, publications, and other academic work. UVic has its own instance of WordPress called the Online Academic Community (OAC). Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to use it for free. In this workshop, the basics of how to set up an online teaching dossier on the OAC will be provided, including showing examples of online teaching dossiers.
Online teaching dossiers with WordPress
May 5, 2023
3:15pm
Series
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