Writing a Philosophy Statement: An Educator's Workbook has helped hundreds of preservice and inservice teachers write a clear and concise philosophy of education statement.This workbook uses proven step-by-step writing strategies resulting in a statement usable in teaching position or graduate school applications. Sample philosophy statements and job interview questions are provided along with strategies to edit the statement.Users are provided with a Philosophy of Education Scale to evaluate their approach to teaching.This workbook can help colleges of education meet NCATE standards requirements.The activities in the workbook include : Five approaches to teaching Strategies for identifying a personal teaching approach A Philosophy of Education Scale Six FAST steps for writing and editing Using your philosophy statement for job interviews, graduate school applications and in school based leadership positions Steps to writing school or district mission statement