The Institute for Learning and Teaching

Certificate in College Teaching

The Certificate in College Teaching Program is flexible, and you can tailor it to your personal and disciplinary interests. This certificate program requires a commitment of approximately 40 hours, and you have the opportunity to develop a Teaching ePortfolio, which will be reviewed by the Graduate Teaching Certificates Review Board.  The basic requirements are listed below. Please note that these requirements are flexible: you can design your own program in consultation with Graduate Teaching Certificates Review Board members.

General Requirements

• Complete one course in post-secondary teaching theory and practice. A number of departments at CSU offer courses in post-secondary teaching. Among those courses are GRAD792, E502 Language, Literacy and Learning, E503 Investigating Classroom Literacies, E526 Foreign/Second Language, E603 Computers in Writing, E633 Seminar in Writing Across the Curriculum, E607 or E680 gtPathways, EDUC 713 Teaching, Learning and Professional Growth, EDUC 628 Models of Teaching, EDUC 619 Curriculum Development, EDUC 629 Classroom and Communication, and the 684 and 784 Supervised College Teaching courses offered in many departments.  You may also petition for a special course by contacting a Certificate in College Teaching Advisory Board member.
• Attend at least six pedagogical workshops and write Workshop Responses (using the workshop response form) for each.  Faculty and staff from across the university offer dozens of pedagogical workshops each semester. You can find a list of those workshops on the TILT Web site. Download the Workshop/Seminar Review Form.
• Participate in at least 20 hours of teaching, tutoring, or a teaching internship. If you are a GTA, your experience in the classroom will contribute to your teaching expertise. If you are not a GTA, you can enroll in a teaching internship course, or you can apply to work as a tutor in one of CSU student services programs, such as the CSU Writing Center or The Academic Advancement Center. Download the Experiential Learning Form.
• Complete Teaching ePortfolio requirements.

Options

• Focusing on a Teaching Issue. Working in consultation with a member of the Graduate Teaching Certificates Review Board, you can customize your certificate so that it focuses on a specific discipline or pedagogical issue. Learn More ...

More Information

• Creating a Teaching ePortfolio. The primary record of your work on the Certificate in College Teaching will be presented in a Teaching ePortfolio, which will be published on the TILT Web site. Each portfolio will consist of several documents, detailed on the ePortfolio page. Learn More ...
• Applying for the Certificate. To complete work on your Certificate in College Teaching, you must submit your application packet by April 15th. Your packet and ePortfolio will be reviewed by a member of the Graduate Teaching Certificates Review Board. When your application is approved, your name and a link to your ePortfolio will be listed on the TILT Web site. Learn More ...