Teacher beliefs are deeply informative and influential in teacher decision making. Understanding teacher beliefs in the post-secondary context will have profound implications for understanding and supporting teachers in their craft. This study investigates teacher beliefs in the post-secondary context and how teacher beliefs influence their online teaching. The data review identified 26 unique teacher beliefs, seven of which were held by each of the participants. The seven common teacher beliefs include developer, empathy, growth mindset, humility, life-long learner, student-centric, and teacher engagement. The data also concludes that the participant teachers were confident that their teacher beliefs drove their teaching decisions and that teaching, similarly, influenced what they believed. Each of the participants also noted how teacher beliefs and online teaching were influential for future in-person teaching as well. This study provides a critical foundation and methodological approach for future teacher beliefs research. This research also advances a critical educational research area for future teacher development.
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