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What is the effective strategy to convince the Hiring Manager: Courses that I have not taught before but have a close correlation to Research done; Courses taught. 

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What is the effective strategy to convince the Hiring Manager: Courses that I have not taught before but have a close correlation to Research done; Courses taught. 

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I think to understand if the applicant understand if the applicant can cater to the needs of the specific student body and adaptability

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I think to understand if the applicant understand if the applicant can cater to the needs of the specific student body and adaptability

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To gauge your ability to effectively communicate complex ideas in a simple understandable way to students.

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address lack of classroom teaching explicitly?

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address lack of classroom teaching explicitly?

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should we address upfront/be explicit about lack of classroom teaching or course-building experience, or just focus on the non-traditional experience we do have?

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If someone lived, studied and worked in 6 diverse cities, 4 countries and 3 continents, what is the best way to put this in the statement? Will this be in the DS or TP, or both?

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If you are searching for a faculty development position, are teaching statements necessary, how will it vary as we do not assess faculty?

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I've taught across several different departments and programs, from intro language courses to upper-level, technical linguistics courses. I also direct a study abroad program. How do you recommend finding a balance and choosing what to highlight (or omit)?

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This is all really helpful to think though - but for a 1-2 page document I'm reeling a bit thinking about how to include all of these considerations! Not a question I guess but I wonder if anyone has thoughts on how to approach winnowing down?

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I am currently working as a staff member in faculty teaching development. This gives me a lot of skills and expertise in topics relevant to my job search, obviously, but I worry that search committees would be turned off by staff experience. While I did a traditional undergrad/PhD/postdoc approach in my discipline, I am sort of returning to academia in my current faculty job search and I worry about how much to mention or emphasize my current work with faculty development. Am I on the dark side?

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can you put teaching experience unrelated to your university teaching into the teaching statement? for e.g. based on one of the chats, could you put your experience teaching dance into a teaching statement for a genetics department?

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can you put teaching experience unrelated to your university teaching into the teaching statement? for e.g. based on one of the chats, could you put your experience teaching dance into a teaching statement for a genetics department?

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Can you discuss teaching methods that you haven't used? I have not used many assessment techniques, but assessment seems to be an important aspect of the teaching statements.

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What if you enjoy teaching, but don’t have any classroom teaching/course-syllabus building experience? I don’t have such experience, but have run workshops, taught/mentored students one-on-one or in small groups, and presented my research to high school/middle school students. How do you write about your experiences and provide examples?

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I would imagine that there are some elements of a teaching statement that will be same in a diff position but some job ads look for teaching exclusively theory or methods courses. It would be good to see some examples where customizing for the position would be helpful

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For instance, I'm from Argentina, my experience as a higher ed professor is in a totally different system.  I should be explicit about this, right?

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To assess your ability to present your thoughts on teaching. 

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To assess your ability to present your thoughts on teaching. 

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Personal examples of techniques you have implemented in your teaching or how you would like to implement it in your teaching

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your enthusiasm, valuable teaching objectives, and how you achieve those objectives

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your enthusiasm, valuable teaching objectives, and how you achieve those objectives

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it is aligned to the position/university

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if it fits with the way the dept runs and what they are looking for

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if it fits with the way the dept runs and what they are looking for

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to find out the candidate's approach to teaching and whether the individual philosophy aligns with the department and university

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to find out the candidate's approach to teaching and whether the individual philosophy aligns with the department and university

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To know your approach to teaching e.g. do you promopte critical thinking, flexibility, open discussion, etc?

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evidence of teaching, pedagogical approach, well-thought teaching philosophy

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Keep it concise and relevant to the position

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Understanding of your own teaching

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to see what it is like to be a student in your class, to see that you are reflective

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What a teacher believes, what a teacher hopes to accomplish, what a teacher feels is important shows up in their planning and implementation

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It is the first step for someone to know you and your quality for the first time

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It is the first step for someone to know you and your quality for the first time

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This can be a first screening for teaching interest before candidates are even interviewed or brought to campus.

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This can be a first screening for teaching interest before candidates are even interviewed or brought to campus.

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personal anecdote that inspired you go into education in the first place and what novel perspective or experience you bring to the table!

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personal anecdote that inspired you go into education in the first place and what novel perspective or experience you bring to the table!

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To know if your teaching philosophy aligns with that of the institution

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Teaching may be a large portion of the position. 

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Teaching may be a large portion of the position. 

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Examples and reflections on those experiences in the classroom

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Examples and reflections on those experiences in the classroom

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To understand where you are as a teacher and whether your methods of teaching and beliefs in teaching are going to fit into their program.

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I would imagine that teaching statements give the committee a good sense of a candidate's soft skills, writing ability, fluency with ideas that align with institution's values

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to see if you can fill in the teaching roles requisite of a faculty job

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to better understand your pedagogical appraoch and your ontological commitments 

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to better understand your pedagogical appraoch and your ontological commitments 

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to get a sense of teaching when you cant observe teaching

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Teaching can set apart candidates that otherwise have equally impressive research experience

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the alignment of goals, method, and assessment

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the alignment of goals, method, and assessment

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Because its an easy/quick (for the reader) way to get to know you as a teacher.

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Because its an easy/quick (for the reader) way to get to know you as a teacher.

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They do not always have time to actually do a teaching demo for every applicant

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They do not always have time to actually do a teaching demo for every applicant

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they want to know if you are qualified and have independent understanding of teaching

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they want to know if you are qualified and have independent understanding of teaching

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to see if you have the right training, experience and motivation to teach in that particular institute(s)

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to see if you have the right training, experience and motivation to teach in that particular institute(s)

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Concrete examples of putting philosophies into practice in the classroom

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Concrete examples to back up your statement. 

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Concrete examples to back up your statement. 