Teaching Portfolios for Academia

Resources for teaching assistants and faculty who wish to document their teaching experience, skills, and philosophy

Sample Philosophy of Teaching Statements

University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ohio State University
Center for Educational Excellence, University of Minnesota
Center for Teaching and Learning, Yale University
Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan

Elements of a Philosophy of Teaching Statement

What is a Philosophy of Teaching Statement? (University of California-Santa Barbara)
Components of a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (University of Michigan)

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

Susan Yager, Associate Professor in English and Faculty Director of the Iowa State University Honors Program, talks about writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement in this video.

Writing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement

How to Write a Teaching Philosophy Statement (University of California-Santa Barbara)
How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (Chronicle of Higher Education, March 27, 2003)
Writing Teaching Statements and Philosophies (McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning, Princeton)
Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement (Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching , Iowa State University)
Goodyear, G. and Allchin, D. (2001) Statements of Teaching Philosophy. (The Center for Effective Teaching and Learning at the University of Texas at El Paso)
O’Neal, C., Meizlish, D., & Kaplan, M. (2007). Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Job Search. CRLT Occasional Papers, No. 23, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan.
Schonwetter, D.J., Sokal, L., Friesen, M., and K.L. Taylor. (2002). Teaching philosophies reconsidered: a conceptual model for the development and evaluation of teaching philosophy statements. The International Journal for Academic Development, 7:83-97
Rubric for Statements of Teaching (University of Michigan)
Teaching Philosophy Rubric (Center for Teaching, University of Iowa)
Assessment Rubric for Teaching/Learning Philosophy (Schreyer Institute, Penn State University)