Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (Graduate Students)
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The Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) at 鲍鱼tv University invites graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to enroll in the Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (CUTL).
The Certificate provides a flexible framework for integrating and recognizing a comprehensive range of teaching development programming including:
- Basic teaching workshops.
- An annual series of professional development opportunities.
- A course in university teaching and learning (CNLT 5000听- Learning and Teaching in Higher Education).
- Opportunities to reflect on and synthesize learning about teaching.
- Formal recognition of efforts to develop teaching.
CLT offers a range of professional development opportunities which听graduate and post-doctoral听students听may participate in without being enrolled in the full Certificate. 听Participants in the Certificate program will benefit from an opportunity to reflect on and synthesize their learning about teaching in a systematic framework and from having their efforts to develop their teaching formally recognized.
Purpose of the Certificate
The purpose of the Certificate Program is to provide an organized set of opportunities for graduate students to:
- acquire a comprehensive set of concepts, techniques, and teaching skills necessary to become effective teaching assistants and future university teachers, as well as more effective presenters in other contexts;
- engage in reflective practice and receive feedback from experienced faculty about disciplinary-based teaching; and
- connect with peers across the disciplines through discussions of learning and teaching
create a broader and deeper understanding of academic life.
Advantages
Participation in the Certificate Program will better prepare you to:
- work as a TA at 鲍鱼tv
- demonstrate teaching competence when seeking employment
- talk about听your听teaching with confidence in job interviews
- take on the responsibilities of a faculty member or other professional roles requiring effective teaching and communication skills
- demonstrate听your听commitment to and achievement in teaching development through an officially documented certificate and transcript notation