CIRTL-UTA Graduate Teaching Certificate

The CIRTL-UTA Graduate Teaching Certificate program is designed for graduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in teaching at the college level. The program consists of four levels:

Level One: College Teaching (Awareness and Understanding)

Level Two: Associate (Describe and Recognize Value)

Level Three: Practitioner (Engage) -- Coming Fall 2025

Level Four: Scholar (Advance and Disseminate) -- Coming Fall 2025

Click here to view the expectations for each teaching certificate level.

CIRTL-UTA Graduate Teaching Certificate Sessions At-A-Glance

Creating a Psychologically Safe Learning Environment
 Feb. 5, 12pm-1pm, In Person
  Feb. 7, 12pm-1pm, Online
Encore: Professional Presence and Speaking
 Feb. 27, 12pm-1pm, Hybrid
Making Your Rubrics Work for You
 Mar. 6, 1pm-2pm, Online
Storytelling to Communicate Content
 Apr. 9, 12pm-1pm, In Person
  Apr. 11, 12pm-1pm, Online

Creating a Psychologically Safe Learning Environment

This session, facilitated by Beth Fleener, will address what is psychological safety, the stages of building psychological safety, and offer practical strategies on creating psychological safety in the classroom.

Two dates to choose from:

Wednesday, February 5, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CST, Trinity Hall 105

OR

Friday, February 7, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CST, Online

Click here to register for this event.

Encore: Professional Presence and Speaking

Join facilitator Daniel Usera as he presents an encore session from the Fall 2024 Graduate Student Conference. This popular session covers professional presence and speaking skills; a transferable skill that goes beyond the classroom.

Thursday, February 27, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CST, Hybrid

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Making Your Rubrics Work for You

This session, facilitated by Cynthia Kilpatrick, discusses how to create rubrics that are easy to use, informative for students, and targeted to your learning objectives. Participants will create a rubric for an assignment of your choice as part of the session.

Thursday, March 6, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CST, Online (Zoom)

Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

Storytelling to Communicate Content

Facilitator: Melanie Mason and Molly Cummings

Description: Coming soon!

Two dates to choose from:

Wednesday, April 9, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CST, Trinity 105

OR

Friday, April 11, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CST, Online

Click here to register for this event.




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