"Applying the Teaching Philosophy to the Classroom"
April 25 | Wednesday

Why do you teach?
How do you teach?
How do these inform one another?

Have you thought about how the types of activities you use in the classroom reflect what you value about teaching?

The teaching statement is a dynamic professional document that demonstrates your pedagogical philosophy and what you do in the classroom, as well as giving you a way to talk about the connections between them. Since the teaching philosophy is always a “draft,” this workshop provides the opportunity to articulate where you are now in the process and to further practice and refine.

This hands-on workshop will provide a space to talk about possibilities for aligning teaching practices with different types of teaching philosophies. The “practical” side of this workshop will include activities designed to consider how different types of activities are (and are not) aligned with different pedagogical approaches. Roundtable facilitators, Riki Thompson (English/CIDR) and Sarah Read (English), will share sample teaching philosophies, as well as stories about how their teaching is (or is not always) aligned with their teaching philosophies.

If you have a draft of your teaching philosophy, please bring it with you to the workshop. If you have not yet begun to think about your teaching philosophy, just bring your imagination. As preparation, we encourage you to think about what you value about teaching.

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