Teaching statements & COVID?

In our October "how can we help you?" thread, a reader writes:

I'm curious whether and how everyone on the market is changing their teaching statements to fit the new realities of teaching. Teaching right now has required significant changes in techniques for most, if not all of us. For example, I'm teaching hybrid, socially distanced classes and my usual activities can't be used. I've tried adapted versions, but honestly, they did not go as well for practical reasons. Should I downplay the in-class activities in my teaching statement? Should we all have paragraphs devoted to hybrid and online teaching generally? What are people doing?

Great questions! I think it would be great to hear from both job-candidates and search committee members. Anyone have any insight?

Comments

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I think you should make it clear that you have some sense of the challenges and "opportunities" of teaching via Zoom and other such platforms. This is a moment in history when some people will break away from the pack, precisely because they can manage teaching in this type of setting. Others will say "now there's nothing I like about a career in philosophy", and then leave the profession.