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you. You should also make sure they fit in with your • Mapping of topics to UK PSF
own personal timetable and teaching responsibilities. • Topic Assignment 1
To gain credit for each topic, you are required to • Topic Assignment 2
attend seminars designed around specific topics, • Topic Assignment 3
complete all pre-requisites and required reading and • Topic Assignment 4
to submit, on time, assignments relating to each • Topic Assignment 5 (if applicable)
specific topic for formative feedback. A full timetable • Topic Assignment 6 (if applicable)
of seminar dates and deadlines is given on the next • Final statement of teaching philosophy
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 should
after the deadline. It is important that you submit be in Harvard style.
your assignments on time and take notice of the
feedback you are given so that you can improve your In each of the topic assignments you should have
submission before the final portfolio is due. addressed any comments made by your tutor at the
stage of formative assessment. It is important that
Work is submitted through the dedicated Blackboard you show integration of the reading you have done
course page and must be submitted together with also.
the topic coversheet. This will help you to map your
progress towards recognition by the HEA. Further The final teaching statement should be reflective
details of how to submit are in the appendix. in tone and be between 1,000 and 1,500 words in
total. What this means is that is not enough to simply
Summative Assessment (Portfolio Submission) describe what you have done. Your initial teaching
statement forms something of a ‘baseline’, so you will
The format of the final submission is a single PDF file, find it useful to refer to this and to pick up on things
labelled with your name, award, and intake date. So that you perceive differently now compared to when
for example: you began. You will need to explain the how and why
of your teaching over the past year and how you have
Jane Smith PG Cert September 2014 PDF interacted with the programme. You will want to talk
about the topics you have done and what you have
The portfolio should consist of: taken from them and how this has influenced your
teaching. You may want to comment on the comments
you had from your tutor on each topic assignment.
• Cover page with name, award, intake date, In preparing your final statement you will need to
submission date and declaration that that the be mindful of the need to draw together the strands
work submitted is your own. of your portfolio and practice over the course of the
year and look ahead to future directions. Remember
• Beginning statement of teaching philosophy
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you. You should also make sure they fit in with your • Mapping of topics to UK PSF
own personal timetable and teaching responsibilities. • Topic Assignment 1
To gain credit for each topic, you are required to • Topic Assignment 2
attend seminars designed around specific topics, • Topic Assignment 3
complete all pre-requisites and required reading and • Topic Assignment 4
to submit, on time, assignments relating to each • Topic Assignment 5 (if applicable)
specific topic for formative feedback. A full timetable • Topic Assignment 6 (if applicable)
of seminar dates and deadlines is given on the next • Final statement of teaching philosophy
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 should
after the deadline. It is important that you submit be in Harvard style.
your assignments on time and take notice of the
feedback you are given so that you can improve your In each of the topic assignments you should have
submission before the final portfolio is due. addressed any comments made by your tutor at the
stage of formative assessment. It is important that
Work is submitted through the dedicated Blackboard you show integration of the reading you have done
course page and must be submitted together with also.
the topic coversheet. This will help you to map your
progress towards recognition by the HEA. Further The final teaching statement should be reflective
details of how to submit are in the appendix. in tone and be between 1,000 and 1,500 words in
total. What this means is that is not enough to simply
Summative Assessment (Portfolio Submission) describe what you have done. Your initial teaching
statement forms something of a ‘baseline’, so you will
The format of the final submission is a single PDF file, find it useful to refer to this and to pick up on things
labelled with your name, award, and intake date. So that you perceive differently now compared to when
for example: you began. You will need to explain the how and why
of your teaching over the past year and how you have
Jane Smith PG Cert September 2014 PDF interacted with the programme. You will want to talk
about the topics you have done and what you have
The portfolio should consist of: taken from them and how this has influenced your
teaching. You may want to comment on the comments
you had from your tutor on each topic assignment.
• Cover page with name, award, intake date, In preparing your final statement you will need to
submission date and declaration that that the be mindful of the need to draw together the strands
work submitted is your own. of your portfolio and practice over the course of the
year and look ahead to future directions. Remember
• Beginning statement of teaching philosophy
22 EDU © Imperial College London 2014-15

