Selecting Evidence for your Portfolio

Having developed your narrative for your teaching portfolio, you can turn to selecting examples and evidence that support the claims you have made. You will strengthen your portfolio if you are able to provide thoughtfully selected artifacts and evidence that align with those descriptive elements. In the McMaster teaching portfolio context, this evidence makes up Part B – Supporting Documentation as noted in SPS B2.

For example, if creating a collaborative learning environment is a key aspect of your teaching philosophy, this should be clearly articulated in Part A of your portfolio. Reviewers will then expect to see evidence of this collaborative approach in Part B. Ensure that any evidence presented in Part B is referenced in Part A to provide context and meaning. By doing so, you ensure that your teaching philosophy is well-supported by concrete examples, leaving no room for reviewers to question the relevance of any piece of evidence.