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most interest to you. You should also make sure they • Mapping of topics to UKPSF
fit in with your own personal timetable and teaching • Topic Assignment 1
responsibilities. To gain credit for each topic, you are • Topic Assignment 2
required to attend seminars designed around specific • Topic Assignment 3
topics, complete all pre-requisites and required • Topic Assignment 4
reading and to submit, on time, assignments relating • Topic Assignment 5 (if applicable)
to each specific topic for formative feedback. A full • Topic Assignment 6 (if applicable)
timetable of seminar dates and deadlines is given on • Final statement of teaching philosophy
the next page.
The font should be sans-serif (e.g. Arial or Calibri)
Assessment 11pt, with line spacing of 1.15. Each component of
the portfolio should start on a new page, and each
Formative Assessment page should bear your name and the page number
in the footer section. Please note that the forms from
After the seminar for each topic, you will have six teaching observations are not submitted with the
weeks in which to complete the reading and submit portfolio, as they are not assessed. They should,
your assignment for formative feedback, which however, inform your writing of the final teaching
you can normally expect to receive two weeks statement. Any referencing in the assignments
after the deadline. It is important that you submit should be in Harvard style. In addition your two (non-
your assignments on time and take notice of the EDU) references should be attached separately and
feedback you are given so that you can improve your individually with the file name YourName_Reference
submission before the final portfolio is due. number_D2. It is important that referees can comment
on your teaching. They can be a peer, a supervisor or
Work is submitted through the dedicated Blackboard a student. The important thing is that the reference is
course page and must be submitted together with teaching focused, and supports what you have said
the topic coversheet. This will help you to map your in your portfolio. References can be quite short – 500
progress towards recognition by the HEA. Further words is sufficient.
details of how to submit are in the appendix.
In each of the topic assignments you should have
Summative Assessment (Portfolio Submission) addressed any comments made by your tutor at the
stage of formative assessment. It is important that
The format of the final submission is a single PDF file, you show integration of the reading you have done
labelled with your name, award, and intake date. So also.
for example:
The final teaching statement should be reflective in
Jane Smith PG Cert September 2015.pdf tone and be between 1000 and 1500 words in total.
What this means is that is not enough to simply
The portfolio should consist of: describe what you have done. Your initial teaching
statement forms something of a ‘baseline’, so you will
• Cover page with name, award, intake date, find it useful to refer to this and to pick up on things
submission date and declaration that the that you perceive differently now compared to when
work submitted is your own. you began. You will need to explain the how and why
of your teaching over the past year and how you have
• Beginning statement of teaching philosophy interacted with the programme. You will want to talk
about the topics you have done and what you have
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