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There is no single correct way to write a teaching statement. The goal is to write a teaching statement that best reflects who you are as an instructor/educator and addresses issues of interest and relevance to the teaching profession. To assist you in either updating a teaching statement that you already have and/or in drafting an entirely fresh teaching statement, utilize the information outlined below. Outlined below are six dimensions relevant to teaching. For each dimension, there are three guiding questions to help inform the writing of your teaching statement.Ìý

Be succinct, detailed, and professional in writing. Prepare it for use during your annual reviews or as a teaching philosophy you might share with a prospective employer in the future.Ìý

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Dimension 1: Motivation

1. What is it about your discipline that excites or interests you?
2. Why do you teach or want to teach?
3. What do you see as the relationship between the learner and the instructor and their respective responsibilities?Ìý

Dimension 2: Inclusive Teaching

1. In what ways do you support diverse approaches to learning?
2. How does your classroom teaching reflect sensitivity to and support of diversity of learners from across the range of social, economic, and demographic factors?
3. How does your mentorship of learners support their efforts to achieve their professional and personal goals?Ìý

Dimension 3: Goal-Oriented Teaching

1. What kinds of learning goals do you have for learners in your courses?
2. How do these learning goals relate to the priorities of your discipline?
3. How do these learning goals connect to learners’ personal, academic, and/or professional growth?Ìý

Dimension 4: Scholarly Teaching

1. What kinds of research-based teaching methods do you use to facilitate learners’ achievement of the learning goals?
2. Why are these teaching methods appropriate for the discipline and/or your preferred approach to teaching?
3. How will you balance supporting learners’ development of disciplinary knowledge, skills, and attitudes?Ìý

Dimension 5: Assessment

1. How will you determine the extent to which learners achieved the learning goals (e.g., tests, papers, projects)?
2. Why are these assessments appropriate for the discipline and/or your preferred approach to teaching?
3. How do you use the results of these assessments to reflect on and guide your instructional methods?Ìý

Dimension 6: Experience and Professional Development

1. What previous experiences have you had that have prepared you to teach?
2. What aspects of your teaching are you working on now (if any)?
3. In what ways do you intend to further grow and develop as an instructor in your discipline?