Educator Portfolio - University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Sep 1, 2026

Educator Portfolio template for the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, designed to document an educator’s academic profile and scholarly impact. It includes sections for personal contact details, current positions, an educational philosophy statement, and five evidence-based domains: teaching, learner assessment, curriculum development, mentoring and advising, and educational leadership and administration. Each domain guides users to summarize activities, report quality and impact, and list scholarship evidence, targeting an overall portfolio length of about five pages.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResumes

FormatDOC

Pages5

Reading Time2 min

AccessFree to download

Current positions

Statement of educational philosophy

Description of your educational contributions

Domain I: Teaching

Domain II: Assessment of learners

Domain III: Curriculum development

Domain IV: Mentoring and advising

Domain V: Educational leadership and administration

EDUCATOR PORTFOLIO - UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER School of Medicine & Dentistry [Name, Degree] Telephone: E-Mail: CURRENT POSITIONS [Current academic appointment / department] [Primary educational role(s)] STATEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY [Describe your approach to education, supported by educational principles that underlie your teaching and your experience with how people learn. What are your strengths as an educator? Provide examples. Limit this section to 1/2 page.] DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS [NOTE: Five standard domains of educational activity are shown in this template. In your own portfolio, include only those domains that are most important to you, and for which you have the best data to document quantity, quality and impact. Focus on presenting the activities since your appointment or promotion to the current rank. Your portfolio should total about 5 pages. Plan your space strategically.] DOMAIN I: TEACHING Teaching Activities [In the table, provide details of your most significant teaching activities. This section should not be a comprehensive list (which is presented on your CV). Instead, highlight the activities that are typical of your teaching and for which you are best able to demonstrate variety, quantity, quality and impact.] Evaluation of Teaching Activities [Briefly summarize results from learner evaluations from your list of teaching activities above. You may wish to include in your dossier an appendix of learner evaluations.] Quality and Impact of Teaching Activities [Describe the importance, creativity, innovation, quality and impact of the teaching activities included on the table above. How did the teaching activities change your educational practice? Describe evidence that you used a scholarly approach. Limit to 1-2 paragraphs.] Evidence of scholarship in this domain [List/describe any products of educational scholarship that were peer-reviewed, presented, published or adapted for use in other programs as a result of your teaching activities.] DOMAIN II: ASSESSMENT OF LEARNERS Learner Assessment Activities [Present 2-3 examples of how you contributed to learner assessment (e.g., tool development, analysis of results, etc.). These learner assessments may be for the Teaching Activities you listed in the table from Domain I. You may also include learner assessments you developed for other instructors and/or programs that are not included in Domain I.] Quality and Impact of Learner Assessment Activities [Describe the importance, creativity, innovation, quality and impact of the learner assessment activities included in the table above. How did the information obtained through your assessments change your educational practice? Describe evidence that you used a scholarly approach. Limit to 1-2 paragraphs.] Evidence of scholarship in this domain [List/describe any products of educational scholarship that were peer-reviewed, presented, published or adapted for use in other programs as a result of your assessment activities.] DOMAIN III: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Curriculum Information [Present 2-3 examples of how you approached the development of curricula that were implemented by yourself or others. If applicable, curricula development may be for the Teaching Activities you listed in Domain I. GNOME Framework for Quality of Curricular Design [Choose one curriculum from the above table as an example of your best effort, and describe your process of curriculum development using the GNOME framework.] GNOME: G = Goals, N = Needs, O = Objectives, M = Methods, E = Evaluation. From: Roberts KB. Educational principles of community-based education. Pediatrics 1996;98:1259-63. Quality and Impact of Curriculum Development Activities [Describe the importance, creativity, innovation, quality and impact of the curriculum development activity described in the above table. How did the information obtained through your learner assessment activities change your educational practice? Describe ev

FAQs

What sections are included in the educator portfolio template?

The template includes contact information, current positions, a statement of educational philosophy, and five domains of educational contributions: teaching, learner assessment, curriculum development, mentoring and advising, and educational leadership and administration.

How should the teaching domain be documented?

Highlight your most significant teaching activities rather than listing everything, and include evaluation results, plus a short discussion of quality and impact and evidence of scholarship.

What is the GNOME framework used for in curriculum development?

It structures how you describe your curriculum development process using Goals, Needs, Objectives, Methods, and Evaluation, applied to one selected curriculum example.

Sep 1, 2026

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