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University of Helsinki Language Centre
An overall assessment of teaching skills will be made based on this portfolio report AND the demonstration of teaching skills.
Please note that longer lists of your training, your previous teaching experience and positions (e.g., job title and description of work duties, discipline, university/educational institution, start and end dates, number of teaching hours, teaching language) and your publications should be included in your CV, not in the fields below.
Write down your teaching qualifications carefully and in as much detail as possible. If information is missing from any section, the hiring committtee will assume that you do not have these qualifications. We may ask for verification of information you have provided.You may either fill in your answers directly in the fields provided below or write your answers first using a word processing programme (e.g., Word) and then copy-paste them to this form. Please note that the maximum amount of characters for each field is 3000. When you are finished completing the form, send it by clicking the Save button at the end of the form.
If you need to fill in the form in parts, use the partial submission function at the bottom - you may return to the form later without sending it.
This form is based on the general instructions for applicants of teaching and research positions at the University of Helsinki.
PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING
Describe the pedagogical training or other teaching courses that you have completed (longer lists should be included in the CV, not in this field). It is important to analyse how the completed training has affected your teaching: what were the benefits gained and lessons learned?
Please note: 3000 characters max.
PEDAGOGICAL THINKING
Describe your teaching philosophy (view of learning and teaching) and its practical implementation and development plans: outline your thinking on teaching and how it has evolved (theory-in-use, thinking behind teaching and personal teaching mission). How is it reflected in your teaching?
DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING SKILLS AND METHODS; UTILISING FEEDBACK
Describe your teaching and assessment methods, the forms of student support you provide, as well as how you develop your teaching skills and utilise feedback in the development of teaching. You may use feedback you have received to support your points.
DEVELOPMENT AS A TEACHER AND A COLLEAGUE
Describe yourself and your development as a teacher and a teaching professional, including a description of yourself as a colleague and contributor to teamwork in the development, planning and implementation of teaching.
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Analyse how you have developed and continue to develop your teaching, including teaching methods, the syllabus, and the assessment of learning and learning needs. Describe your plans for maintaining and enhancing your knowledge and skills (subject knowledge and pedagogical skills) as well as for further developing your teaching in the near future.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Describe the significance of your research for the scientific and teaching community (for learners). Explain how your research and teaching roles interlink in your work, in other words, how your research benefits your teaching and vice versa.
Include a brief outline of your research history (postgraduate education and subsequent research), grants received and potential plans related to research.
PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Specify the written or electronic teaching material that you use (and how you use it) and the teaching material that you have produced. What is your thinking behind the production and further development of teaching material? Describe the role of your students in this process.
Examples of other merits that you may include in your CV. The CV should be uploaded as a separate file to the University recruitment system:
- Publications (articles, presentations, posters) - provide a list and, where relevant, samples.
- Research assessments and recognition - provide a list and, where relevant, samples.
- Activities in the academic community, including elected positions and membership in scholarly committees, organisations, etc.
- Participation in the drafting of documents guiding teaching (e.g. curricula)- Expert duties related to teaching (e.g. teaching skills committee)- National and international committees related to the development of teaching on the level of higher education- Teaching development projects- Recognitions and awards related to teaching- Other teaching merits
