An International Meeting of the American Accounting Association American Accounting Association 2006 Annual Meeting August 6–9, 2006 Washington, D.C.

Alan Reinstein
Wayne State University

Gerald Lander
University of South Florida

Abstract: The accounting profession faces increased demands from students, parents and employers for better prepared students--for programs that “do more” with ever-diminishing resources. In response to these demands, many programs have re-examined how they assess quality teaching, especially by going beyond using student evaluations to rely on teaching portfolios. Such portfolios contain faculty members’ statements about their teaching goals and accomplishments, copies of graded student papers and exams, summaries of student evaluation scores, and many other important items. Our program (Our Home University [OHU]) recently used teaching portfolios to assess teaching for merit and promotion and tenure purposes. After discussing the general background of broadening the assessment of teaching, we discuss our experiences with teaching portfolios, so that other universities, senior colleges, community colleges and other programs can profit from using this important tool.

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