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Rank advancement portfolio guide & template: 5 - professional & scholarly activity

One possible way to set up your portfolio for rank advancement

professional & scholarly growth

VII. F.  The teaching scholar demonstrates professional growth. These are activities that go beyond those related to the classroom or to teaching skills. Instead, they demonstrate that the applicant is actively working to contribute to his profession and to establish a "presence" in his or her field.

Although fulfilling all three, or even two, categories is not required, it is expected that the teaching scholar demonstrate a breadth and depth of activity, showing serious accomplishment and committed involvement. In some cases, a specific activity or accomplishment may have the attributes of more than one category.

  • Serious involvement in professional and/or educational associations
    e.g. serving as an officer in a professional or educational organization, editor for an organization’s journal, or participating in organization of a conference. "Serious" implies that you are committed to these services by active and extended participation.
  • Scholarly activities leading to publication or presentation.  Includes publication of books, articles in journals, and presentations in professional, educational, or public settings that present research or other scholarly activities
  • Creative endeavors and presentation or publication of works of art or design.  Includes activities that lead to the production and presentation of works of art (including film and design) and performances (performing arts). Documentation should include representative samples and professional recognition of the work.

Your School/College/Library may have developed and documented additional division-specific criteria in an approved School Handbook.

sample format of documentation

[Different citation style formats are shown below.  It doesn't matter which format you choose - just be consistent. Note that included are links to documentation of the work as well as evidence of contribution to discourse if available.]

 

Presentations

Peterson, L. Nedra.  "Pop culture multimedia and library instruction."  Invited presentation at the Association of College and Research Libraries conference, Cyber Zed Shed, March 2009, Seattle, WA.

blogosphere buzz  invitation  PP slides 

Ventzislavov, Rossen.  “Performance Art and the Importance of Being Serious,” 76th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Toronto, October 2018.

 

Publications

Faber, M. A., & Mayer, J. D. (2009). Resonance to archetypes in media: There’s some accounting for taste. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 307-322.

 

Garrett, N. (2011). An Eportfolio Design Supporting Ownership, Social Learning, and Ease of Use. Journal of Educational Technology and Society.  14(1), 187-202.

 

Peterson, L. Nedra.  “It Came from Hollywood:  Using popular media to enhance information literacy instruction,” College & Research Libraries News  Feb. 2010 71:66-74   published version  ad

 

Grants

Woodbury University Faculty Development grant for 20017-18. award application  

 

Serious involvement in professional or educational associations / Conceiving, planning, and organizing professional conferences

LOTW (LOEX of the West) 2010 Conference Planning Committee, 2009-

·         Communications Chair, 2009-

·         Conference Presentation Selection Committee, 2009-