Creating a Teaching Dossier: Workshop Resources

A. Workshop PPTs

• "Teaching Dossiers: Creating Your Own" PPT

• "Statement of Teaching Philosophy: Writing Your Own" PPT

B. General Teaching Dossier Resources

1. Tools

• "Elements of a Teaching Dossier: The Basics" (pdf; Queens; 2 pages summary list)

• "Preparing a Teaching Dossier" (pdf; McMaster; "workbook")

• “Preparing the Teaching Dossier: Guidelines" (pdf; U of Toronto; “workbook”)  

• "Preparing Your Teaching Dossier" (web page; Western; chart)

• "Teaching Dossier: Organizational Matrix" (pdf; UVic; chart)

• "Guide for Providing Evidence of Teaching" (pdf)

2. Guides 

• "Guide to Preparing Teaching Statements and Dossiers: For Graduate Students and Teaching Assistants" (pdf; UVic; text, visuals, reflective/interrogative engagement)

• "Preparing a Teaching Dossier" (pdf/ppt; Queen's; lists) 

• "CAUT Teaching Dossier" (pdf; reference & resource)

• "How to Prepare a Teaching Dossier" (web page; University Affairs)

C. Developing Your Teaching Philosophy

• "Writing Your Teaching Philosophy I: Getting Started"

• "Writing Your Teaching Philosophy II: Drafting the Document"

• "How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy" (online article)

• "Philosophy of Teaching Statements: Examples and Tips on How to Write a Teaching Philosophy Statement" (Faculty Focus, special report)

D.  Examples of "Teaching Philosophy Statements" (selected by Western)

• "My Teaching Philosophy, Eric Gray Anderson" (2014 Teaching Excellence Award Winner; pdf)

• "Teaching Philosophy Statement, Yoosun Chung" (2012 Teaching Excellence Award Winner; pdf)

• "Teaching Statement, Gregory Grimsby" (2014 Teaching Excellence Award Winner; pdf)

• "Teaching Statement, Christopher Hamner" (2013 Teaching Excellence Award Winner; pdf)

• "Teaching Statement, Jeff Offutt" (2013 Teaching Excellence Award Winner)

• "Teaching Philosophy Statement, Michael E. Summers" (2014 Teaching Excellence Award Winner)

E. Sample Dossiers/Exemplars Online

• "Elizabeth Sled" (Queen's; Rehabilitation Science)

• "Andrea Phililpson" (Queen's; Kinesiology and Health Sciences")

• "Sonja Martina Allen" (Queen's; German Literature)