Learning Module: Developing Your Teaching Dossier

In higher education, teaching dossiers are a requirement for many job applications, promotion and/or tenure, and teaching award nominations. Developing a teaching dossier can be a transformative experience as it provides the opportunity to reflect upon, explore, and document your experiences, philosophy, approaches, and effectiveness.

Developing a teaching dossier takes significant time to prepare. This module has been designed to guide you through the reflective and transformative process outlined in the D O S S I E R Model: Develop your dossier; Organize, prepare and identify your purpose; State your teaching philosophy statement; Situate your teaching context; Identify you teaching approaches; Exhibit selected evidence of effectiveness and accomplishments; and Review, reflect and summarize your dossier including future goals for growth and development.  

This is a guide only and your department, faculty, or institution may have specific requirements to follow.

In this module, you will find: 

• 5 worksheets
• 3 downloadable PDFs
• 1 video
• Assorted examples and templates
• Additional reading and resources

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• Develop your teaching dossier 
• Organize and identify your purpose
• State your teaching philosophy
• Situate your teaching context
• Identify the components of your dossier
• Exhibit evidence of teaching effectiveness 
• Review and summarize