teaching goals inventory self-assessment

"teaching goals inventory: self assessment of instructional goals" (pdf) presents a 53-item inventory list adapted from classroom assessment techniques: a handbook for college teachers that invites reflection on your role as a post-secondary instructor.

• the list may be helpful as you shape your philosophy of education and other parts of your teaching dossier/teaching portfolio.

• while question 53 invites you to define "how ... you see your primary role as a teacher," the other 52 goals focus on what you may "aim to deliberately accomplish" and respond well to a 1 to 5 scale rating based on the "importance" you attach to each in your own pedagogy. 

• "there are no 'right' or 'wrong' answers; only personally more or less accurate ones." 

1. the purpose

its purpose is threefold:

• "[t]o help college teachers become more aware of what they want to accomplish in individual courses"

• "[t]o help faculty locate classroom assessment techniques they can adapt and use to assess how well they are achieving their teaching and learning goals"

• "[t]o provide a starting point for discussions of teaching and learning goals among colleagues"

2. the six clusters of "essential" goals represented

• "higher-order thinking skills"

• "basic academic success skills"

• "discipline-specific knowledge and skills" 

• "liberal arts and academic values"

• "work and career preparation"

• "personal development"