CREATING A PROFESSIONAL FILE:
Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure

Linda West
(http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~west/boyer.html)
April 11, 2000

Boyer's model implemented at other universities

TENURE AND PROMOTION DOCUMENTS

California State University Monterey Bay
http://policy.monterey.edu/policies/approved_policies/rtp/rtp.doc
An extensive plan using the Boyer model.

University of Oklahoma
http://www.ou.edu/provost/pronew/content/hbtoc.html
OU's policy and information about mentoring program (sections 3.6, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.31)

Portland State University
http://www.oaa.pdx.edu/OAADOC/PTGUIDE/Scholarship/scholarship1.html
Medium sized university using the Boyer model.

Syracuse University
http://www.syr.edu/acadaff/best/besexdel.html
Used as a model for our document.

University of Florida
http://www.admin.ufl.edu/ddd/dd97-98/97dd161.htm
Detailed procedures from the viewpoint of a large university.

TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL FILE DOCUMENTS

Bibliographies
Teaching Portfolio Bibliography
http://www.ilstu.edu/depts/CAT/tpbiblio.htm
Extensive list.

University of Chicago, Teaching Portfolio Resources
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/jobs/portfolio.htm
Links to several good resources.

Porfolio/Professional File Guidelines
Cornell University Teaching Evaluation Handbook (1997)
http://www.clt.cornell.edu/resources/teh/ch2.html
Extensive information with diagrams, outlines and samples.

How To Produce A Teaching Portfolio
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/portfolios/ICED_workshop/seldin_book.html
Extracts from Peter Seldin's book

Iowa State University
http://www.cte.iastate.edu/portfolio.html
Contents section is helpful

Loughborough University
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/qa/portfolio.html
Table format with helpful information.

University of New Hampshire
http://unhinfo.unh.edu/teaching-excellence/guide.html
Good general definitions.

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
http://www.utc.edu/Teaching-Resource-Center/PORTFO1.HTM
A study of the use of teaching portfolios

University of Western Australia
http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/portfolio.html
Very detailed, unique examples.

Washington State University
http://www.wsu.edu/provost/teaching.htm
Fairly complete. With samples.

Samples
University of Florida (D.D. Ross)
http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/tip/rossport.htm
A Sample portfolio

MENTORING AND PEER REVIEW DOCUMENTS

Empowering the faculty: mentoring redirected and renewed
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/95-3dig.htm
An article by Gaye Luna and Deborah L. Cullen

Peer Review: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness
http://www.musc.edu/~bacrotr/teaching/peer-evaluation.htm

University of Texas
Preparing for Peer Observation: A Guidebook
http://www.engr.utexas.edu/aao/peer.htm

Winthrop University
Faculty Mentoring at Winthrop University
http://www.winthrop.edu/oet/Web page 6.html


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