General statements are usually laid out in six parts: Part one gives information about the student with a list of advice the teaching authority receives as a result of the student assessment. Part two covers the students' needs brought to light during his assessment. Part three describes in detail any special help that may be needed. Part four suggests names of schools that can provide for those needs. Part five addresses any noneducational needs that may have emerged, and part six addresses how this additional help might be obtained.
In America, students studying for teaching credentials are often asked to write personal educational statements. This gives the students an opportunity to define preferred approaches, support reasoning for long-held views and explore newly discovered ideas.
American educational markets may require educational statements as part of the curriculum vitae teachers submit to potential employers. This process offers teachers an opportunity to define their preferred educational philosophies. Educational statements generally begin with a broad philosophical declaration.
Good educational statements attend to the details of performance and how this performance level can be consistently implemented and maintained. If a teacher's goal is for students to become critical thinkers, then she should describe how she plants to arrive at this goal using examples.
Without focused performance-oriented results to describe, an educational statement may be viewed as an attempt to say what the interviewer wants to hear so as to obtain a paid position. Another useful tip from educators of teachers? Keep it short.