Writing an Effective Teaching Statement
October 4, 2024
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Teaching Excellence Building (TEB), Room 201
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When was the last time you updated your teaching statement? Is it something that you dread doing, or are you unsure where to start? In this workshop, participants will discover how teaching statements can be used as a reflective tool that convey their effectiveness as an instructor in a holistic way. Participants will also evaluate their teaching through multiple lenses and brainstorm different sources of data about their teaching effectiveness that go beyond student evaluations. By the end of the session, participants will work together to distill their teaching philosophy into a thesis statement and leave prepared to write a teaching statement that demonstrates their efficacy and continued growth in teaching.
After participating in this workshop, you will be able to:
- Describe what a teaching statement is and how it can be used as a critical reflection tool
- Identify different sources of feedback and evidence about your teaching effectiveness
- Reflect on your progression and growth as an instructor
- Distill your teaching philosophy into a thesis statement
This workshop is intended for instructors and faculty with a few years of teaching experience who are interested in developing or revising a reflective document that describes their teaching experience for their professional dossier. Participants are not expected to bring any documents to the workshop but will instead be sent a few reflections to briefly respond prior to attending.
WORKSHOP FORMAT: This workshop will be held on-campus, in-person in room 201 in the Teaching Excellence Building (TEB) located on 924 S. Morgan Street.
EVENT LEAD: Crystal Tse, tsecryst@uic.edu
EVENT CO-FACILITATOR: Katie Pierson, piersonk@uic.edu
Inclusion and Accessibility Information: CATE is committed to making events as accessible as possible. CATE’s in-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to all CATE events. The TEB is wheelchair accessible with an elevator to the second floor space. The TEB space is equipped with fixed-height tables that are moveable and can be reconfigured. There are single-occupancy, all-gender, accessible bathrooms on the second and basement levels of TEB. If you have any accessibility questions, requests, or to coordinate accommodations, please contact the CATE team at teaching@uic.edu.
Date posted
Aug 2, 2024
Date updated
Aug 2, 2024