Simon's Rock Portfolio

Statement of Purpose: 

The purpose of this teaching portfolio is to document my teaching experiences while at Bard College at Simon's Rock and the evolution of my teaching style while a full-time faculty member during my first two years (Fall 2015 - Spring 2017).  I feel this is when my teaching grew the most during this position.

This portfolio investigates my year (2015-2016) in teaching high school curriculum for a college-prep program (consisting of Algebra 1 and Geometry materials).  In addition, I examine four semesters back to back of teaching an Introduction to Statistics course.  Furthermore, I will discuss my experience guiding 2 independent projects in data science.  Finally, this portfolio explores my first time experiences with Linear Algebra and a self-designed Machine Learning & Neural Networks course.

There are two parts:

1. Evidence of Teaching and Learning: 

• • Professional Development: This section describes a conference I attended in July 2016 called the International Positive Education Network (IPEN) Festival.  There is a reflection essay and examples of how I have incorporated what I learned into my curriculum.

  •  Artifacts:  There are 2 midterm student evaluations and 1 end-of-term student evaluation.  These document the students' impression of my classroom environment.

2. Reflective Summary: There is a reflective summary for each course.  In addition, there is a reflection on the year and the portfolio as a whole.

Each part is available in the Teaching Portfolio Subpages.

The Simon's Rock Teaching Portfolio was last updated in May 2018.