Resources for Lecturers

Developing a Teaching Philosophy / Teaching Statement

Websites and Articles

Are you facing a major review? Do you need to Teaching Statement for your portfolio? These web resources can help.

• Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement (N. Chism)
• Developing your Teaching Philosophy (Carnegie Mellon)
• How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (G. Montell in Chronicle Careers)
• The Teaching Philosophy/ Teaching Statement (Michigan CRLT)
• Writing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement (Ohio State)
• Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement (Iowa State)
• Writing Tips to Help You Get Started on a Teaching Philosophy (U. of Washington)

Sample Teaching Statements

Here are sample teaching statements by lecturers at the UM.

• Sample statement 1

  LEO -- Lecturers' Employee Organization
  Local 6244 AFT Michigan, AFL-CIO
  The Union of Non Tenure-track Faculty at
  The University of Michigan

• Sample statement 2
• Sample statement 3

www.leounion.org

LEO Homepage