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Cliché, Connection, and the Teaching Statement

Facilitator: Dr. Caz Batten, English
Convener: Mursal Sidiqi, CETLI Graduate Fellow, English

In this workshop, Dr. Caz Batten will share their expertise as this year’s Job Placement Officer on writing a successful teaching statement. Together, we’ll discuss the teaching statement’s generic conventions as well as how to construct a statement unique to your personal teaching philosophy and experience. Students will leave this workshop with key questions to ask in the process of unearthing their teaching philosophy, tips for choosing examples that demonstrate how their philosophy appears in the classroom, and resources for getting feedback on drafts of this document and extant job materials.

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the English department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields.

Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

Part of the CETLI Teaching Certificate Series

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Date:
Monday, October 5, 2026

Time:
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Location:
Faculty Lounge, 135
Fisher-Bennett Hall
3340 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States
Event Participants:

School(s):
All

For More Information:
CETLI-info@upenn.edu