Writing Your Teaching Philosophy Statement for Graduate Students

Friday, October 13, 2023
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

 

This workshop is a webinar ONLY – please do not come to the CTE office.

 

To attend the webinar, log-in as a guest at Writing Your Teaching Philosophy for Graduate Students. This is a Blackboard Collaborate Session.

 

The webinar starts at 11:45 a.m. and we kindly request participants to enter the webinar at least 15 minutes prior to the start time and no later than 11:50 a.m. 


Details

A teaching philosophy statement provides a concise description of an instructor's teaching approach, methods, and experience. Colleges and universities request a teaching philosophy statement from applicants for faculty positions, and some higher education institutions require one as part of the tenure and promotion consideration process.

What is your teaching philosophy? What should you write or include? What if you have limited teaching experience? This workshop series will help you articulate your teaching philosophy in a concise, effective essay. We will discuss the statement's purpose, best practices and strategies for composing the statement, incorporating time for individual brainstorming and writing, and conclude with group discussion and feedback.

This is a working webinar, incorporating time for group discussion and individual writing. For you and other participants to benefit the most in the short time available, this workshop requires that you do some reflective writing in advance of the session. Participants will leave with an outline of their statement and guidelines to continue crafting it.


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Facilitator


Michelle L. Hardee
Program Manager, Graduate TA Training
Center for Teaching Excellence


Michelle L. Hardee is the program manager for graduate student teaching assistant training and professional development in the Center for Teaching Excellence. She received her Ph.D. in marine science from the University of South Carolina and a master's from Grice Marine Laboratory at the College of Charleston. Throughout her 19-year teaching career, Michelle has been actively involved in marine science education and teacher training. She taught throughout her graduate program, as an instructor at Coastal Carolina University and as an adjunct professor of geology at the College of Charleston and is currently an instructor in the Marine Science Program at UofSC. She is a staunch advocate of all graduate students and of the critical need that GTAs develop pedagogical knowledge and professional skills for any future career pathway.