Earning Criteria

• Participating in 10 Center for Teaching & Learning approved workshops/trainings. Any CTL offering may count towards one hour of the 10 required. When registering and attending events, participants will be given credit. Workshop participation is logged and checked by CTL staff.
• Participating in 20 hours of discipline-specific professional development in teaching. Can be obtained through pedagogy courses, TA training, national and international disciplinary pedagogical workshops/training, additional CTL workshops, additional approved campus pedagogical training, teaching a course as instructor of record or other approved hours by CTL staff. Discipline-specific hours are approved and recorded.
• Two Video-Teacher Consultations (VTC) are required for this micro-credential. Only one is to be performed in any one semester, therefore participants must teach for two semesters in order to complete this requirement. Summer and winter break courses may be included in this. VTCs are performed by trained CTL Lead Network graduate students or CTL staff. VTC notes must be approved and recorded. Example of VTC Template linked.
• Classroom observation by a faculty member. One faculty observation is required for this badge. This may be a participant's direct advisor/supervisor or a TA coordinator. We suggest participants choose someone who may be a person they ask to write letters of recommendation while on the future job market. Classroom Observation Guide linked.
• Submission of a Teaching Portfolio to the Center for Teaching & Learning. Portfolios are submitted only after all other requirements are met. They are read and approved by the CTL Director before an exit survey is sent and the micro-credential awarded. Portfolio artifact guide linked.
• Exit interview is performed with CTL faculty to review the portfolio and earning criteria.