Developing a Teaching Portfolio

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Teaching portfolios are an important component of many academic job applications and the promotion process: it is never too early in your teaching career to begin developing yours. While teaching portfolios vary widely, this workshop presents some guidelines to follow and some basic strategies you can use to ensure that your portfolio will best demonstrate your teaching experience, accomplishments, and potential. Whether you are just beginning to teach or about to enter the job market, this workshop will enable you to compile and develop your best teaching portfolio.

By the end of this workshop, students will be able to:

  • Identify the important characteristics of a teaching portfolio
  • Make decisions about portfolio contents, structure, and framing based on an understanding of its likely audience
  • Strategically compile teaching materials for use in a teaching portfolio
  • Streamline information for a more impactful presentation in a teaching portfolio


This workshop may be counted toward the Professional Development concentration of the Achievement in Pedagogy badge, offered through the Graduate Student Teaching Initiative. For more information, visit the Teaching Center's website or contact tahelp@pitt.edu.

Event Details

Please let us know if you require an accommodation in order to participate in this event. Accommodations may include live captioning, ASL interpreters, and/or captioned media and accessible documents from recorded events. At least 5 days in advance is recommended.


Please register to attend. You will receive an email with the Zoom meeting link. Participants must sign in with the SSO (single sign-on) option when joining the meeting using their University username and password.

Please contact workshops@teaching.pitt.edu for any questions.

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