Excellence In Teaching (Best Instructor Available) Portfolio
Foundational Standards for Excellence in Teaching
- Content knowledge,
- Digital fluency,
- Commitment to equitable student success,
- Skill in supporting students with diverse learning styles and abilities,
- Effective classroom management skills,
- Commitment to continuous improvement through reflection and feedback from classroom observations, student feedback, and ongoing professional development, and
- Performs professional duties in accordance with Article 5 of the FFAP Agreement.
Background
Creating and maintaining a Best Instructor Available Portfolio provides an opportunity for instructors to demonstrate their excellence in teaching. Driving the effort to complete employee assessments and Portfolios using these new criteria is our continued enrollment decline leaving fewer classes to assign to part time faculty. Our goal is to have consistent expectations about inclusive practices across our entire organization. We are also working toward the goal of having a reliable data-informed annual schedule that students and faculty can count on. Part time instructors who do not have an up-to-date assessment have the option of developing and submitting a Portfolio. This remains optional at this time. On August 30, 2019 the Federation and Management agreed that best Instructor available Article 4.211 criteria include:
Please visit the CTLE website for more resources and educational programs that promote best practices, facilitate innovation, present technology updates, and enhance a variety of teaching and learning styles and techniques. The Portfolio will consist of a current syllabus and 500-1000 word self-reflection. The self reflection should address how the syllabus illustrates the instructor’s: Visit the Best Instructor Available AODocs library to upload your portfolio (syllabus and self-reflection.) Review the process guides below for additional instructions: The Dean, FDC, or designee will provide narrative feedback on the syllabus and self-reflection based on the criteria below. Here is the link to the Best Instructor Available Portfolio Feedback form; this rubric will be uploaded to the portfolio and forwarded to Human Resources.Additional Resources
Portfolio Content
Uploading Your Portfolio Using AODocs
PDFs:
Videos:
Evaluating the Portfolio
Training