- The document appears to be a teacher portfolio containing sections on personal and academic background, teaching responsibilities, committee membership, continuous academic development, and a student evaluation form. - It includes the teacher's philosophy of emphasizing critical thinking and helping struggling students. It also lists the teacher's qualifications and experience teaching English at the university level for over 30 years. - Sections provide details on the teacher's courses, supervision of graduate students, publications, conference presentations, training attendance, workshops conducted, and community engagement activities to strengthen university relations.

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Documents of Quality
Assurance Process
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Accreditation

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Teacher Portfolio

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Preface
In this section the teacher states his/her philosophy and vision of teaching and
academic lifetime.
My Philosophy of Teaching
I never consider myself as a leader since in my view the process of learning
starts with questions and answers. As such, I follow the Socratic Method in
teaching.
I would like to play that role of the Guide rather than the role of the
explorer for students. As a guide, I only highlight the landmarks for the
students whereas searching and discovering the facts will be the duties of
students.
Throughout the long years of teaching in the university, the students with
low standard of learning have always been my focus in teaching. I follow
this method because I think that if I can help such a student improve
his/her level, it will be much easier for the others to learn faster. In brief,
for me learning starts from below and step by step it goes higher.
While teaching, I never feel tired; teaching gives me utmost pleasure since
not only the students learn and obtain new knowledge, but I myself most of
the time learn from the fault of students. Thus, critical and creative
thinking will be the outcome of the process for me and for the students as
well .

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Part one: Personal information and academic background
Personal information
Full Name Dr Azad Hamad Sharif
Academic title Assistant Professor
When did you start teaching 1988
Number of years working as university
teacher
31 Years
University Gasha Technical Institute
Faculty/ college
Department English Language
Education and Academic certificates
Certificate Specialization/
department
University Country Year granted
Bachelors English
Language/
English
Baghdad Iraq 1980
High diploma
Master English
Literature
Baghdad Iraq 1983
PhD English
Literature
Koya Iraq 2008
Academic Scientific title
Academic
Scientific title
Year granted Place Country No of papers
accomplished for this
title
Assistant
lecturer
1988 Salahaddin
University
Iraq With M. A.
Lecturer 2006 Salahaddin
University
Iraq 2 Researches
Assistant
professor
2011 Salahaddin
University
Iraq 2 Researches + PhD
Dissertation
Professor
Language qualification
Language Mother
tongue
Very good Good Average Do not know
Kurdish X
Arabic X
English X
German X
Turkish X

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Computer: list these software programmes that you use. This section does not include
knowledge of e.g. Microsoft office.
Software
Level of use
Professional Very good Good Average
Ms. Word X
Ms. Powerpoint X
Part two: teaching and examinations: a copy of lesson timetable and course book
should be attached
Undergraduate
Department Stage No of hours per
week
No of students
1 English / Gasha Institute 1 3 32
2
3
4
Postgraduate (High diploma, Master, Doctorate)
Subject Level of
postgraduate
No of hours per
week
No of students
1 Ecocriticism PhD 3 3
2
3
4
Supervising postgraduate students
Research title Department Level of
postgraduate
Start
date
End date
1 Aesthetics in Modern
Literary Texts
English PhD 2018 2021
2
3
4

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Defending sessions of postgraduate students
Name of postgraduate
candidate
Department/
college/ faculty
University Degree Date of
discussi
on
1
2
3
4
Part three: Participation in developing the university through membership in
committees in connection to the ministry of higher education, university, faculty/
college or department.
Committee membership
Committee Place of issuing
the committee
official
document
Issue No and
date
Duties of the
committee
1 Scientific Committee of Eng.
Dept/ Languages
College of
Languages
No: N54 (5 Dec.
2018)
Planning the
Strategy of
Teaching in
English dept.
2
3
4
Administrative and academic positions
Position Place Issue No and
date
Roles and duties
1
2
3
4
Appreciation letters
Place Issue No and date
Roles and duties
Reason
1
2
3
4

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Part four: Continuous Academic Development (this includes the current academic
calendar only; activities of previous years should not be included)
1- Papers published
Papers published in local journals
Title of paper Journal Impact Factor Place
1
2
3
4
Papers published in international journals
Title of paper Journal Impact Factor Place
1
2
3
4
Papers published in local conferences
Title of paper Conference Place Date
1
2
3
4
Papers published in regional conferences
Title of paper Conference Place Date
1
2
3
4
Papers published in international conferences
Title of paper Conference Place Date
1
2
3
4
Membership at editing board of local academic journals
Journal Date Place Impact Factor
1

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3
4
Membership at editing board of international academic journals
Journal Date Place Impact Factor
1
2
3
4
Peer review for local journals
Title of paper Journal Date Impact Factor
1
2
3
4
Peer review for international journals
Title of paper Journal Date Impact Factor
1
2
3
4
Peer review for the purpose of academic promotion
Title of paper Name of
researcher
Evaluation date Note
1
2
3
4
Patent certificates
Project Place Field Note
1
2
3
4
2- Scientific and academic books
Books (including translated ones) at local level

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Title of book (as in its
original language)
Language of
writing
Place of
publication
ISBN Year Note
1 ‫ئينطليزى‬ ‫زمانى‬ ‫ربوونى‬َ‫ي‬‫ف‬ ‫بؤ‬ ‫كار‬َ‫ي‬‫نو‬ Kurdish Iraq 2005
2 Spotlights on Kurdish Folk
Art
English Iraq 2012
3
4
5
Books (including translated ones) at international level
1
2
3
4
3- Presentations
International keynote speeches and seminars
Title of speech/ seminar Place/ city/
country
Date of
presentation
Name of
conference
1 Nature’s Retaliation in the
Sumerian Epic Gilgamesh:
An Ecocritical Study
Warsaw – Poland. (13 May 2017) International
Conference on
Ecocriticism and
Environmental
Studies
2
3
4
Local keynote speeches or seminars
Title of speech/ seminar Place/ city/
country
Date of
presentation
Name of
conference
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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4- Attendance at seminars
Attending seminars at department/ college/ faculty
Title of seminar Place Date of
presentation
Note
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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15
5- Participation in workshops
Local workshops
Title of workshop Place Date No of days
1
2
3
4
5
Regional workshops
1
2
3
4
5

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International workshops
1
2
3
4
5
6- Training courses
Local training courses
Title of training Place Date No of days
1
2
3
4
5
Regional training courses
1
2
3
4
5
International training courses
1
2
3
4
5
7- Organizing or teaching at seminars and workshops
Organizational/teaching roles at local workshops/ trainings
Title of training Place Date No of days
1
2
3
4

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Organizational/ teaching roles at international workshops/ trainings
1
2
3
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8- General activities
Publishing articles at newspapers and magazines
Title of article Title of
newspaper/
magazines
Date of
publication
Place of
publication of
the newspaper/
magazine
1
2
3
4
5
General seminars
Title of seminar Place Date Note
1
2
3
4
5
Press interviews (TV, newspapers and magazines, radio, websites)
Main subject Channel Place Note
1
2
3
4

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9- Participating or organizing projects with private sector, community and
outside university that serve the process of education and learning
List these projects that strengthen the relation between university and private sector and
community as well as these projects related to students' trainings such as
entrepreneurship.
Project title Date Place Start date End date
1
2
3
4
10- Volunteering work
List these volunteering activities conducted with civil organizations, non-profit
organizations and syndicates, as well as free consultation work.
Title of activity Place Date Note
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Student Evaluation Form
University
College
Department
Stage/ year
Subject/ Module
Academic year
Dear student, for the purpose of improving the process of education and delivering the
scientific message we would like to hear your opinions and notes which will definitely
serve the process of education.
Please state your opinions on the items below; the results will only be used to improve
the process of education
Question (1-5) Note
1 At the start of the year the content and
subjects have been explained
2 The student is provided with a list of
different references beside the main
ones
3 The nature of lecture and method of
teaching are interesting and motivate
the student to be expert in the field
4 The module was effective and helped
improve the student’s capacity and
skills in the field?
5 Enough time was given for questions
and answers?
6 Necessary tools for explanatory
purposes were used such as data
show, audio, video, white board, etc.)
7 In this module the student were given
chances to do a seminar, report,
research?
8 The lecture started and concluded on

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time; no time was wasted
9 During lecture the teacher acted
respectfully
10 The exam questions reflected the
module’s contents?
11 The teacher uploaded the course
module including syllables and other
notes onto the university website
which were comprehensible and easy
to download?
12 In general the teacher was successful
in delivering the objectives of the
course.
1 – 2 2.1 – 3.5 3.6 – 4.5 4.6 - 5
Not accepted Accepted Good Very good