2016 Certification in College Teaching Institute Agenda

General Information

• Overview of Certification
• Application (graduate students)
• Application (postdocs)
• College Contacts
• Core Competencies
• Moving through the program (graduate students)
• Moving through the program (postdoctoral fellows)

Competency 1:  Developing Disciplinary Learning

• Threshold Concepts Handout
• Classes satisfying the course requirement (check with your college contact for approval)
  • STEM Teaching Massive Open Online Course - Part 1 (Fall 2014)
  • STEM Teaching Massive Open Online Course - Part 2
• Teaching Fellows Programs
  • FAST Fellows
  • RCAH Fellows
  • Bailey Fellows
  • IIT Fellows

Competency 2:  Understanding the University Context

• Institutional Types
• Teaching Philosophy Statement
• TOOL:  Teaching Philosophy Inventory
• Additional Resources (not included in Binder):  Self-Assessment Tool to Assess Beliefs about Teaching
• Reflection - Understanding the University Context

Competency 3:  Teaching with Technology (session slides)

• Dr. Jeff Grabill Slides (to come)
• Reflection - Teaching with Technology

Competency 4:  Creating Effective Learning Environments (focus of 2016 Institute - Peer Instruction)

• Dr. Bennett Goldberg Slides
• Dr. Bennett Goldberg Handout 
• Reflection - Creating Effective Learning Environments

Competency 5:  Assessing Student Learning

• Dr. Tammy Long Slides (to come)
• Reflection - Assessing Student Learning

Mentored Teaching Project

• Mentored teaching application
• Mentored teaching 6-step outline
• Mentored teaching projects - examples
• Mentored teaching project evaluation template