Teaching statements—sometimes called statements of teaching philosophy—are documents required of most candidates on the academic job market. As the name implies, teaching statements describe a candidate’s approach to pedagogy and are often supplemented with examples drawn from the recitations, lectures, office hours, labs, and classrooms in which a candidate has taught. This exploratory workshop gives participants a chance to both learn about the teaching statement as a genre, and brainstorm possible examples for the statements that they’ll go on to write in the future. No previous experience with teaching statements is required.

Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.