Introduction to Promotion Portfolio
I joined the faculty of Methodist College in August of 2012, and the last five years have provided me with triumphs and challenges. In the process of creating this portfolio, I reviewed my annual self- evaluations which was an enlightening task. I was able to see how far I had come from my first year, as a teacher trying to do her best for her students, to my present self, as a confident instructor and scholar who is an integral part of the college and community. When I came across the following narrative from my 2014 self evaluation, remembering the beginning of my first upper division course made me smile: Over the summer, I prepared for my first upper division Humanities course, HUM301. The research involved in choosing and developing materials renewed my love for scholarship. Not since graduate school had I done so much research. I loved it! The preparation for the course created an overwhelming enthusiasm for teaching the co...