Reflective Teaching Statement: Examples

The length, style, and content of reflective teaching statements will vary depending on contextual factors such as the author’s amount and types of teaching experience, disciplinary conventions, the intended audiences, and the purposes of the document. Graduate students most commonly write reflective teaching statements as a component of job applications. Faculty are most likely to write teaching statements when compiling dossiers for contract renewal and promotion. Both groups also write statements for personal reflection and professional development. The sample statements below are separated into categories by author type (graduate student or faculty), to account for the contextual factors that shape the statements.

Graduate Students

Faculty

Sociology, Ian Mullins

Science, Technology, & Society, Caitlin Wylie

Women, Gender, & Sexuality, Corinne Field

Biology, Sarah Kucenas