First Year Faculty Report

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First Year Faculty Report

• Presented by
• Dr. Marian Farrell Dr. Anthony Ferzola
• CTLE Faculty Liaisons
• October 23, 2008

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DISCLAIMER

• Todays presentation is simply a forum for
• discussing guidelines for your self report.
• The Faculty Handbook, the officers of FAC,
• your Dean, Department Chair, and departmental
  colleagues are the appropriate resources for
  detailed questions and concerns regarding your
• annual report.

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Self-Report Format

• 1. Progress in Teaching
• 2. Progress in Research and Scholarly
  Activity
• 3. Progress in University and
• Community Service

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Teaching Objectives

• Briefly state your philosophy of teaching

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Teaching Philosophy

• A personal statement
• Written in the first person
• Demonstrates understanding
• of how students learn
• student-active teaching options

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Teaching Philosophy

• How do you think the learning occurs?
• How do you think you as the teacher promote
  learning?
• What general content, process, lifelong
  learning goals do you have for your students?
• Explain your teaching methods of choice, the
  instructional resources you have developed or
  adapted , your assessment strategies.
• How have you grown as an instructor?
• How do you plan to grow in the future?

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• List 2 or 3 objectives to operationalize your
• philosophy of teaching
• Identify 1 or 2 outcome criteria to measure each
  objective

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Teaching Portfolio

• Collection of materials assembled to highlight
  your major teaching strengths achievements
• Provides a comprehensive, factual base to develop
  self-assessment improvement efforts
• Serves as a source for peers administrators to
  make sound hiring, promotion, tenure decisions

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Teaching Portfolio

• Best to prepare portfolio with a mentor, a
  trusted colleague, department chair, or teaching
  center consultant who can be objective.
• Ask what is the purpose of the portfolio?
• What information will the audience find useful?

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Teaching Portfolio

• Which teaching/learning areas best serve the
  purpose?
• What is the best way to present analyze the
  information?
• What additional information do you need how can
  you obtain it?

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Teaching

• Summary of Student Feedback
• Consider using teacher made surveys
• Address philosophy of teaching in terms of
  development of course syllabi, assignments, etc.,
  and the type of feedback from students
• Letters from students

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Teaching

• Summary of Additional Information
• Peer Evaluations
• Consider asking different faculty each semester
• Chair Evaluations

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Teaching

• Other
• Program listings of presentations related to the
  classroom or educational pedagogy
• Summary of peer review of exams course syllabi
  classroom visits by CTLE liaisons

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Teaching

• Rosters of attendance or participation in
  workshops, seminars, conferences related to the
  classroom or educational pedagogy

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Tips

• Maintain descriptions of
• improvements updates in your course
  assignments, materials, activities
• List the professional activities related to
  teaching, such as instructional research,
  writing, presentation, or journal edition

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Tips

• Keep a list of students you have advised or
  supervised in research projects
• Track invitations to conduct teaching
  workshops/programs

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Tips

• Keep the information in
• systematic fashion that is
• easily retrievable

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Research Scholarly Activity

• Evidence
• Publications
• Scholarly Activity
• Setting a Research Agenda
• Present Point
• Future Course
• Personal Conclusions
• Professional development
• Fit of research with teaching service

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University Community Service

• List of Specific Activities
• Consider professional organizations
• Describe the work of the organization/committee
• Describe your role
• Personal Comments
• Fit of service with teaching research

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C.V.

• Current
• Appropriate

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For Future ReportsStudent Evaluations

• Logistics
• Norms
• Mandatory vs. Non-Mandatory Semesters
• Selection of Objectives
• How to Use Information

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Presentation of the Report

• Follow the guidelines
• Be succinct
• Have a colleague read the report
• Submit on time
• Be sure the report looks professional

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References

• Nilson, L. (2003). Teaching at its best
• (2nd Ed). San Francisco Jossey- Bass.