Teaching portfolios allow instructors to document the scope and quality of their teaching performance with evidence from a variety of sources such as syllabi, graded student work, feedback from students and observers, their own self-assessments and reflections, and more. Depending on their purpose, teaching portfolios can be used:

• Formatively, to help instructors reflect upon and improve their teaching
• Summatively, to inform hiring, promotion, and tenure decision-making

Below, we have curated a list of resources to help you determine how to compile components of a teaching portfolio, what to include, how to write teaching philosophy and diversity statements, and samples of tools used at Pitt and other institutions to evaluate teaching portfolios. Schools and departments have different guidelines for creating and evaluating teaching portfolios, so it is important to request that information before you consult other sources.

Teaching Center staff can also assist academic units in establishing criteria for teaching portfolios and can help instructors at any stage in the process of developing their own teaching portfolios. Academic units and instructors interested in requesting one-on-one consultations can submit requests at teaching@pitt.edu. Instructors can also register to attend or request a teaching portfolio workshop.