The ins and outs of the Teaching statement

Posted by Teaching Statement on February 21st, 2019

Whenever you apply for a job as a teacher, you are asked to submit a statement of purpose along with your other documents. This statement of purpose outlines the teaching strategies that you used in the past and their outcomes and also your future planning and how you are going to implement those plans in your classroom. So this is a vital part in getting you the job because the application reviewing panel will want to see that what kind of person you are and how are you going to bring change in the traditional methods of teaching. Please note this valuable article is from; www.teachingstatement.net 
Tips for writing a personal teaching statement

Here are some of the tips that you can use to write your statement.

• First of all, you should review the online samples of the statement of purpose. Read more about this strategy here; www.teachingstatement.net/our-statement-of-teaching-services/primary-teaching-personal-statement-help
• Use fluent and clear English which is easily understandable.
• Avoid the use of clichés and generally used terms like, “I wanted to teach when i was a student myself.”
• Whatever job you are applying to, you must have a passion for that job in you, and you must demonstrate that passion in your statement of purpose. (as described by the author of this post; www.teachingstatement.net/our-statement-of-teaching-services/teaching-mission-statement-help)
• Your beginning must be strong so that the reader is compelled to read more about you. Generally, it would be best if you began with the thing that inspired you to come into the profession of teaching.
• Always demonstrate your subject knowledge.
• Tell them about your past experiences and achievements.
• To strengthen your personal statement, you must tell about your other skills as well besides teaching like organizational skills, management skills, your creativity and time management, etc. (this hint came from; www.teachingstatement.net/our-statement-of-teaching-services/teaching-statement-of-purpose-help
• If you have any geographical restrictions, make mention about them.