Presidential Teacher Portfolio Guidelines
Application Process
Nominated faculty who meet the eligibility requirements stated in the endowment (Group I, tenured, full-time members of the faculty from any of Ohio University's campuses) will receive an email notifying them of their nomination and inviting them to apply. Nominees who wish to be considered must submit a teaching portfolio electronically in either Microsoft Word or PDF format, to Katie Hartman (hartmank@ohio.edu) by the end of the day on November 4.
Each portfolio should be between 15-20 typed pages using 1.5 line spacing, a 12-point font, one-inch margins, and headers with your name and page numbers. Appendices will not be accepted.
Required Materials
- Cover Page
- Table of Contents
- Teaching Philosophy (1-2 pages)
- List of courses taught and numbers of students enrolled for the last two years
- List of numerical averages from student evaluations for the last two years, with dept. averages
- Teaching Schedule for both fall and spring semesters
Suggested Materials
- Teaching Practices and Innovations
- Statement of how student progress is measured, i.e., grading practices, grade distributions, etc.
- Description of how you integrate recent theories and methodologies into your classes
- Description of your instructional methodology in relation to your discipline
- Design and implementation of instructional approaches
- Curriculum
- Curriculum developed
- Influence on curriculum
- Mentoring and Advising Students
- Undergraduate advising activities related to career and curriculum
- Thesis and dissertation advising
- Mentoring Faculty in Regard to Instruction
- Description of activities in regard to mentoring faculty
- Workshops
- Colloquia
- Scholarship of Teaching, Learning and Assessment
- Publications
- Conferences
- Grants received in relation to teaching
If you have questions, please contact Katie Hartman, Vice Provost for Faculty Development (hartmank@ohio.edu).