{"id":2422,"date":"2020-01-23T11:57:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T19:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2020-03-31T07:43:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T15:43:01","slug":"revising-or-writing-your-teaching-philosophy-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/2020\/01\/23\/revising-or-writing-your-teaching-philosophy-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Revising (or writing) your teaching philosophy statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2020\/01\/joanna-kosinska-1_CMoFsPfso-unsplash-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2423 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2020\/01\/joanna-kosinska-1_CMoFsPfso-unsplash-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"2 pencils on yellow, teaching portfolio\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2020\/01\/joanna-kosinska-1_CMoFsPfso-unsplash-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2020\/01\/joanna-kosinska-1_CMoFsPfso-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2020\/01\/joanna-kosinska-1_CMoFsPfso-unsplash-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2020\/01\/joanna-kosinska-1_CMoFsPfso-unsplash-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2020\/01\/joanna-kosinska-1_CMoFsPfso-unsplash-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m facilitating a session on the teaching philosophy statement (TPS) next month. The entire focus of the session is to look at samples of strong TPS and &#8220;analyze&#8221; them in order to better understand how to write a TPS. This session is being designed in response to requests by faculty members who are part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlt.ubc.ca\/programs\/faculty-programs\/new-to-ubc\/teaching-development-program-for-new-faculty\/\">Teaching Development Program<\/a> and who must, as part of the program requirements, write or revise their TPS.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some useful (I hope) first steps. The steps were written with the new(er) faculty member in mind and\/or for the person who is new to an institution. My thinking behind these steps is &#8220;How do I support faculty members in moving past the anxiety they feel as they think about revising or writing their TPS?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h4>Steps:<\/h4>\n<h4>Reacquaint yourself with your TPS.<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Find your TPS.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Highlight all the phrases or sentences where you describe your beliefs about teaching.<\/li>\n<li>Highlight (in another colour) all the phrases or sentences where you give succinct examples of how you enact these beliefs.<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on whether the teaching activities you provide as examples align with your stated beliefs. (If they don&#8217;t, revise)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Inquire into your department\u2019s expectations and\/or guidelines for teaching dossiers for your specific appointment type.<\/h4>\n<p>Find out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you required to have a teaching philosophy statement and dossier?<\/li>\n<li>If so, for what specific purposes (merit, promotion, tenure, other?)?<\/li>\n<li>Who reviews your dossier and when does that happen?<\/li>\n<li>What constitutes a strong TPS or dossier in your department?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Connect with a few colleagues within your department and ask if they would be willing to share their teaching philosophy (or entire dossier) with you.<\/h4>\n<p>Other questions to consider asking your colleague(s):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Would you be willing to provide feedback on my TPS?<\/li>\n<li>How have you used your TPS and\/or dossier in your career progression?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your (the reader&#8217;s) feedback and comments welcome! How do you support the faculty members you work with to <em>get started<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@joannakosinska?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Joanna Kosinska<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/teaching-portfolio?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m facilitating a session on the teaching philosophy statement (TPS) next month. The entire focus of the session is to look at samples of strong TPS and &#8220;analyze&#8221; them in order to better understand how to write a TPS. This session is being designed in response to requests by faculty members who are part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":792,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1484100,573],"tags":[2113099],"class_list":["post-2422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-development","category-teaching","tag-teaching-dossier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions\/2425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}