Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching Portfolio Guide

Application Process

Nominees for the Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching (PAET) who meet the eligibility qualifications are informed via email. 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 no more than 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 are not 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
• 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)