SECOND YEAR FACULTY PORTFOLIOS
Second Year Portfolio: Second year faculty submit this portfolio. Submit the portfolio in a three-ring binder. Divide the portfolio into two separate sections if you taught both Texas Government and U. S. Government. Organize each section using dividers so that committee members can easily turn to the syllabi, study aids/handouts, assignments, exams, etc. Include the following in a second year portfolio:
• A Statement of Teaching Philosophy
• A Course Commentary for each course (GOVT 2305 and/or GOVT 2306) taught during the academic year. The Course Commentary is the portfolio’s focal point, guiding the Faculty Evaluation Committee through your portfolio. A Second Year Course Commentary explains a faculty member’s approach to teaching and assessing student learning of a “single significant subject” and highlights evolutionary changes to these approaches over the portfolio period. See the lengthier description below.
• Your most recent syllabi for GOVT 2305 and/or GOVT 2306, whichever you taught during that evaluation period
• Copies of all study aids and handouts given to students for the single significant subject; copies of overheads or presentations for the single significant subject; the titles of any audio video media used to enhance the learning process for the single significant subject
• Copies of any assignments required for the single significant subject
• Copies of exam(s) covering the single significant subject, highlighting relevant questions
• The requirements, descriptions, and instructions for your most substantial assignment(s). These assignments may or may not be related to the single significant subject highlighted in the rest of the portfolio. You may submit multiple assignments if the assignments are cumulative or add up individually to a substantial body of work. You may also submit examples of student work generated by these assignments.