Stop Day: Friday, December 8. No classes.

We faculty members sometimes wish that our only obligation were to pass judgment on a student product. . . . It represents an objective and accurate assessment of the product. No one challenges the grade; no one disagrees. Students, in our dreams, ignore the grades we give them and concentrate solely on the joy of learning for its own sake.
--B. Walvoord and V. J. Anderson

Electronic Grading: Step-by-Step

University grades are now submitted electronically. This is advantageous as you can send grades in from your home or office—no need to make a special trip to Strong Hall like GTAs did back in the dark ages of the 1990s.

The Registrar’s Office handles electronic grading. Contact Kim O'Bryon or Marla Herron with your questions. Here are their email addresses and the Registrar’s Office link:
Kim O’Bryon: kobryon@ku.edu
Marla Herron: mherron@ku.edu
Registrar’s Office: http://www.registrar.ku.edu

The link below takes you to the training sessions, which offer limited help:
http://www.sakutraining.ku.edu

More Info: See the PeopleSoft document from the Registrar’s Office.

Document Your Work

Teaching portfolios not only document your work for your own teaching purposes, but they’re a valuable tool for job searches. The semester’s end is a valuable time to gather and review your teaching materials.

A few guidelines for beginning a portfolio:
• Makes sure everything you keep has relevance.
• Keep both hard and electronic copies of your materials.
• Write a reflective statement. You can come back to this to center a teaching philosophy.
• Ask a colleague or your mentor to review your portfolio. Ask for feedback on the image it presents of your teaching.

Look up the University of Nebraska-Lincoln web site to see the advanced portfolio work posted by its professors. Your collected materials, along with teaching journals and teaching posters, can serve as the background materials if you choose to do such a portfolio. Stop by the CTE if you would like help getting started on one.

LINK: http://www.unl.edu/peerrev

Adapted from Eddy, Judy. "Teaching Portfolios Facilitate Job Searches." Good Teaching Avenues. November 2000.