Developing a teaching statement for the academic job market

For Graduate Students and Postdocs 

Teaching statements or teaching philosophy statements are common elements of academic job market applications. In this workshop, you will learn evidence-based strategies about articulating your teaching values, student-centered learning goals and instructional choices. In this interactive workshop, you will learn with others as you are guided through a scaffolded approach to writing your statement and how to purposefully choose vibrant examples that communicate your approach to teaching.

After this workshop participants will be able to: 

• Learn about and apply the five facets of effective teaching statements in your own context.
• Articulate the relationship between student-centered goals, instructional methods, and assessment in your own teaching.
• Reflect on your own teaching identity.

You may register here.

If you have registered for this event, or are on the waitlist and require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate, please contact drakeinstitute@osu.edu. Requests should be made at least two weeks prior to the event, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

All members of the university community are welcome in Drake Institute activities, programs, services, and employment —regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other bases under the law.

Institute for Teaching and Learning programming is offered in accordance with university guidelines associated with in-person and remote activities. The Institute will inform registrants of delivery modifications should those guidelines change.