Peer Reviewing Teaching Statements for the Academic Job Market
CATE TA Workshops
October 15, 2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Virtual
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Overview
Teaching statements are an important component of many academic job applications, but they can be challenging to write. Receiving feedback from peers can provide you with recommendations on how to clarify and improve your main claims about your teaching. Allowing others to read your writing can also give you critical insight into how your target audience may understand and interpret your claims, which can help further refine your teaching statement.
In this workshop, participants will share their teaching statement drafts and engage in guided peer feedback.
This workshop is open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from all departments and disciplines who have a draft of their teaching statement.
Please complete a short pre-work assignment prior to the workshop and bring a draft of your teaching statement to share.You will receive the pre-work assignment and workshop meeting link with your registration confirmation email.
WORKSHOP FORMAT: This workshop will be online on Zoom.
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: Emily Potratz, epotra2@uic.edu
WORKSHOP CONTACT: Jenny Torres, jtorr74@uic.edu
Inclusivity & Accessibility Information: CATE is committed to making events as accessible as possible. CATE’s online events are delivered through Zoom, will use Zoom auto-captions, and may include breakout rooms and group discussion. If you have any accessibility questions, requests, or to coordinate accommodations, please contact the CATE team at teaching@uic.edu.
Date posted
Aug 16, 2026
Date updated
Aug 24, 2026