How you answer these questions will guide the structure of your curriculum, selection of repertoire, teaching pace, teaching techniques and strategies, how you deal with students and parents, and the non-lesson activities you design for your students. A teaching philosophy is a long time in the making. You do a lot of reading and thinking. You hear other teacher talk. You observe other teachers' behavior.
Some ideas coalesce.
You have flashes of insight. You discard some elements and modify others. Take a stab at writing out your teaching philosophy. Use any format you like. Now that you've drafted your teaching philosophy, here's mine.