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print version<\/a><\/p>\n a teaching statement is a purposeful and reflective essay about the author\u2019s teaching beliefs and practices. it is an individual narrative that includes not only one\u2019s beliefs about the teaching and learning process, but also concrete examples of the ways in which he or she enacts these beliefs in the classroom. at its best, a teaching statement gives a clear and unique portrait of the author as a teacher, avoiding generic or empty philosophical statements about teaching.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the teaching statement can be used for personal, professional, or pedagogical purposes. while teaching statements are becoming an increasingly important part of the hiring and tenure processes, they are also effective exercises in helping one clearly and coherently conceptualize his or her approaches to and experiences of teaching and learning. as nancy van note chism, professor emerita of education at iupui observes, \u201cthe act of taking time to consider one’s goals, actions, and vision provides an opportunity for development that can be personally and professionally enriching. reviewing and revising former statements of teaching philosophy can help teachers to reflect on their growth and renew their dedication to the goals and values that they hold.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n a teaching statement can address any or all of the following:<\/p>\n \u201cif at all possible, your statement should enable the reader to imagine you in the classroom, teaching. you want to include sufficient information for picturing not only you in the process of teaching, but also your class in the process of learning.\u201d \u2013 helen g. grundman, writing a teaching philosophy statement<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n *<\/strong>these questions and exercises are meant to be tools to help you begin reflecting on your beliefs and ideas as a teacher. no single teaching statement can contain the answers to all or most of these inquiries and activities.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n *<\/strong>these questions and exercises are meant to be tools to help you begin reflecting on your beliefs and ideas as a teacher. no single teaching statement can contain the answers to all or most of these inquiries and activities.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n writing a statement of teaching philosophy for the academic job search<\/a><\/span> (opens as a pdf), the center for research on learning and teaching at the university of michigan.<\/p>\n this report includes a useful rubric for evaluating teaching philosophy statements. the design of the rubric was informed by experience with hundreds of teaching philosophies, as well as surveys of search committees on what they considered successful and unsuccessful components of job applicants\u2019 teaching philosophies.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> print version what is a teaching statement? what purposes does the teaching statement serve? what does a teaching statement include? general guidelines reflection questions to help get you started exercises to help get you started evaluating your teaching statement further resources what is a teaching statement? a teaching statement is a purposeful and reflective essay…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"parent":18232,"menu_order":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/966"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41189,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/966\/revisions\/41189"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
<\/a>what is a teaching statement?<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/strong>what purposes does the teaching statement serve?<\/h2>\n
<\/a>what does a teaching statement include?<\/h2>\n
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\ntry not to simply repeat what is in your cv. teaching statements are not exhaustive documents and should be used to complement other materials for the hiring or tenure processes.<\/li>\n<\/a>reflection questions to help you get you started:*<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>evaluating your teaching statement<\/h2>\n
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general information on and guidelines for writing teaching statements<\/h3>\n
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