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Use the following table to consider your teaching strengths and weaknesses. Think about feedback you have received from various sources.

|My Teaching Strengths |Evidence of those strengths. |

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|My Teaching Weaknesses |Evidence that I am addressing those weaknesses and that I am |

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SAMPLE:

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|My teaching strengths |Evidence of those strengths |

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|Leading discussions |Student evals (CIF): students consistently list this as a |

| |strength. |

| |Student comments on evals. |

|Incorporating multimedia |Led workshop for other Instructors/TAs on how to use film in |

| |class. |

| |Letter from advisor from classroom observation highlights this. |

|Availability to students |Comments on CIFs. |

| |e-mail from student thanking me. |

| |High CIF scores on #10, “Overall promotion of my creative, |

| |analytical or critical thinking.” |

|Fostering critical thinking |Comments from students. |

| |Paper assignments. |

| |Student papers. |

| |Rubrics – used by other Instructors/TAs |

| |High CIF scores on #7, “Instructor’s fairness and impartiality in|

|Fairness in grading |conducting the class.” |

| |Served as experienced TA at orientation. |

| |Led department workshops. |

|Professional interactions on teaching |Attended several Kaneb Center workshops. |

| |Have regular discussions about teaching with advisor. |

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|My teaching weaknesses and areas where I need more experience |Evidence that I have addressed and am working to improve those |

| |weaknesses and addressed my lack of experience |

| |Students no longer list this as a weakness. |

|Organization |Have a structure for organizing lesson plans. |

| |Advisor noticed and wrote about this improvement in recent |

| |observation. |

| |Attended workshop on effective lectures. |

| |Have begun to incorporate more interactive activities. |

|Lecturing |Recent CIFs have commented on “interesting lectures.” |

| |Have changed the course each semester I teach it. |

| |Other Instructors/TAs have used my assignments and syllabus as a |

|Do not have a variety of courses – have taught only one intro |model. |

|course. |Created syllabus of course I would like to teach. |

| |Have guest lectured in other, higher level courses for Professor |

| |X. |

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