Certificates
The CTL offers a variety of certificates that provide opportunities for educators to develop their teaching practices. CTL certificates focus on foundational skills in effective teaching.
What certificates are available?
- Course Design certificate (available now!)
- Reflective Teaching Practice certificate (coming in fall 2024)
What is the value of earning a certificate?
- These certificates represent ways for educators to earn recognition for and document work they may already be doing in support of effective teaching.
- Ongoing professional development around teaching, especially in the form of these certificates, will help educators become more effective teachers and can be reported during annual evaluations and/or tenure & promotion reviews.
How is completion of a certificate recognized?Â
- You will receive a certificate of completion.
- We will send a letter to your department chair letting them know about your accomplishment.
- You will be recognized at CTL events and/or in our newsletter.
- Your completion of the certificate will be reported to Faculty 180.
How much time will this take?Â
- Completing a certificate is expected to take 30-40 hours, although how that time is spent will look different for the different certificates.
- The Reflective Teaching Practice Certificate includes activities which are designed to be spread out over multiple semesters.
- The Course Design Certificate includes activities that can be completed in a shorter period of time, and therefore could be earned in the semester following the completion of a CTL course design program.