Educational Leadership Guidelines
Summary: This award will be given to individuals who demonstrate a record of significant leadership in curriculum development or educational administration. Evidence should focus on activities of the past 5 years, but one’s entire career will be considered. (See the example of a portfolio at the bottom of this page.)
Educational Leadership activities: activities may include (but are not limited to): serving on an education-related committee; receiving an education-related grant; letters of support; developing an evaluation program; serving as director of a course, program or clerkship. (See a list of activities specific to basic science faculty.)
Evidence of Quality: (e.g., success of leadership) activities may include: peer review; administrator ratings (e.g., "360" evaluation); description of accomplishments; outcome indicators as a result of accomplishments; external recognition.
Evidence of Quantity: activities may include: number of positions held; duration of positions held (years); total time commitment.
Dimensions of Breadth: (e.g., diversity of leadership)activitiesmay include: different types of committees; different courses; different roles; inter- versus intra-departmental involvement; or national roles.
Instructions for Submitting Portfolios: The following example sets the standard of quantity, quality, and breadth for this category of Educational Leadership. You should accumulate and document as much evidence as possible of your global educational leadership accomplishments with an emphasis on the past 5 years.
The structured summary in this example has been prepared using a template which you will need to use in your portfolio. You may download a copy of the template into a Word document. (
View a copy of the template.)
It is expected that your mini-portfolio will vary in content from the examples above. The overarching concept is that the evidence you present demonstrates strong evidence of educational leadership in terms of quantity, quality, and breadth.