My teaching has spanned bachelor's, master's and doctoral level courses in social work and family therapy. At the doctoral level, I have taught advanced research and grant writing classes. At the master's level, I have taught advanced research methods, foundation social work practice, and macro family therapy practice. At the bachelor's level, I have taught courses on health relationships for social work majors and general education requirements. Across these teaching experiences, I have created several new courses to support the mission and outreach of my academic unit. I have also incorporated many of the programs and lessons learned from my research into this course content. I have had the opportunity to mentor over 30 PhD students as a chair or committee member, as well as a number of junior faculty in both research/grant writing and academic life.  My teaching philosophy is based upon both theoretical and empirical foundations. From a theoretical perspective, I build upon Bloom’s (1956) taxomony of learning and Bruner’s (1991) spiral curriculum format.  I have incorporated lessons learned from years of research on training and professional development of social workers into the classroom by addressing learning readiness, learning reinforcement, and adult learning styles. I use a diversity of teaching methods derived from my own professional development activities and the current literature on effective teaching techniques. Lastly, I operate from a general belief in the parallel process of teaching—that I must model the scholarly and relational skills I hope to promote in my students through my own position as an instructor.