Although graduate students and recent Ph.D.s applying for university or college jobs must submit a statement of “teaching philosophy”, many don’t know what to say or describe. In this workshop, we will look at several job ads and compare/contrast what should be in a statement for different institutional types. We will also discuss different teaching approaches and the meanings of terms such as "inquiry," "student-active," and "evaluation." We have served on many search and hiring committees and have worked at different types of institutions - a large public research university, a medium-sized public, primarily undergraduate university, and small private college.