Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, 2012

Preparing for the Academic Job Market: Teaching Philosophy Statements

I. Big Picture: Preparing a Teaching Portfolio

Peter Seldin, "How to Produce a Teaching Portfolio" from Peter Seldin, ed. The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions (Anker, 2004) Click here

Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar, The Teaching Portfolio Handbook, 3rd edition (2008) teaching_tips.html Downloadable here

Mary Morris Heiberger & Julia Miller Vick, "Good Teachers Wanted", The Chronicle of Higher Education (Nov. 1999) Click here

Woolcock, Michel J. V., Constructing a Syllabus, revised (2005) Downloadable here

E-portfolios: Lorenzo, George and John Ittelson, "An Overview of E-Portfolios" Educause, ELI Paper 1 (2005) Downloadable pdf here

II. Writing a Teaching Philosophy

James Lang, “4 Steps to a Memorable Teaching Philosophy Statement,” The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 2010) Click here

Ohio State University, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching: “Writing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement”. Click here

University of Washington, Center for Instructional Development and Research:
Teaching Portfolio: Click here "Writing Tips to Help You Get Started on a Teaching Philosophy" Click here "Writing a Teaching Statement" Click here

Iowa State University, Center for Teaching Effectiveness: Lee Haugen, "Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement". Click here

University of Michigan, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching: Chris O’Neal, Deborah Meizlish, and Matthew Kaplan, "CRLT Occasional Paper #23: Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Job Search". Click here

Online examples of teaching philosophy statements: By graduate students and postdocs, written for a Preparing for Future Faculty Seminar at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, Click here - see the Humanities section

"Sample Statements" by faculty and graduate students, Faculty & TA Development, Ohio State University Click here