A teaching statement, sometimes called a philosophy of teaching, is a public document for students, colleagues, supervisors, prospective employees, and review committees. Teaching statements are ...

Although I am well along in my academic career and have regularly taught graduate and undergraduate courses, a series of professional idiosyncrasies have meant that until last year I had never written ...

Teaching is a major component of almost all faculty positions. Surprisingly, then, even an almost complete lack of experience and training–in teaching and student learning–will probably not prove to ...

Your beliefs about teaching and learning influence many of the decisions you make as an instructor. Defining your philosophy helps you make thoughtful choices about how you design and teach your ...

Once you have been nominated for a teaching award, you are required to prepare a teaching dossier to showcase your teaching excellence. A teaching dossier is a collection of descriptions about ...

Whether you are a current or future faculty member, and whether you are actively on the job market, compiling a dossier for promotion or a teaching award, or just looking for an opportunity to step ...

Since last fall, Peter J. Alaimo has applied for 25 academic positions -- all of them at four-year colleges and universities. In every instance, he’s been asked to submit a statement explaining his ...

Teaching statements, sometimes called teaching philosophies, are a commonly requested application document for the academic job market. In a teaching statement, you are explaining to the search ...

While the teaching philosophy statement is sometimes used as a way for instructors to reflect on their practice regularly over their teaching career for their own development and growth as a ...

Miami University stresses the importance of high-quality teaching and its impact on student learning and recognizes that there are differing professional views on the nature and utility of evaluation ...