• Courses you have developed or TA’d

• Courses that you are qualified to teach

• Ideas on how to structure the courses they expect applicants to teach

• Experience mentoring undergraduates, summer REU students

• How you approach assessment/collect evidence of student learning

• Feedback from teaching evaluations

• The WHAT

– What you have taught, what you are prepared to teach

• The HOW
– Show/describe how you approach teaching

• A little on the WHY

–you teach in a certain way is okay

 Tips for getting started

• Look at the list of courses in the ad, or offered by the department. Describe which courses you’re qualified to teach.

• If you’ve taught the equivalent of any of the courses already, write a paragraph:

– what you did with the class (especially if it was innovative),

– how you assessed your students’ learning,

– how you assessed the effectiveness of your teaching,

– what went well.

• Think about what kinds of classes you would like to teach, and why.

– Introductory classes, where you can give potential majors their first taste of your field?

– Advanced courses for students who want to go on to graduate school?

– General education courses,where you can cultivate literate citizens?