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Effective teaching is a central aspect of an academic career at UWA. This workshop will focus on the criteria and evidence that can be included in a teaching portfolio and used for PDR (Professional Development Review) and promotion. You will leave this session confident and eager to make a start on your own portfolio.

This session is for all academic and sessional teaching staff at UWA. At the end of the session, the participants will:

• be confident about the process involved to construct a teaching portfolio;
• begin to formulate ideas that can be incorporated into your personal teaching philosophy;
• know what counts as evidence of your experience and how it can best be collected and presented;
• be aware of ways in which a well constructed portfolio can be used for a variety of purposed including as a reflective tool to improve your teaching.

The key activities will include:

• Group and paired discussions;
• Examination of exemplars;
• Beginning to write elements of your own portfolio.

The details of the workshop are as follows:
Date: 10 August 2009, 9.00am-12.00pm
Venue: Seminar Room 1, Love House, 28 Broadway, Crawley (Cnr of Cooper Street)
Facilitator: Denise Chalmers

For more information or to enrol, please visit the website .