CIRTL@UB awards three successive levels of nationally-recognized certifications to endorse and highlight your achievement to prospective employers. Each of these programs may be tailored to your field of interest, to create an individualized program.
The following steps outline the basic requirements for each certification. Certificate programs are open to all UB graduate students and postdocs, and all requirements can be achieved at no cost.
CIRTL scholars have the knowledge and skills to add to the knowledge-base of teaching and learning, through the sharing of the results of teaching-as-research projects with peers.
Practitioner-level certification must be achieved before beginning the practitioner-level certificate program.
Depending on the results of TAR project, some may choose to modify or expand on TAR project to gain more meaningful findings. Design and implementation of a different TAR project may be something to consider. These options may be necessary to publish TAR findings.
This step must be done in consultation with CIRTL@UB administration. Examples include:
The individualized program is for those who wish to tailor the original certificate program to a specific field of study or interest. Individual programs must integrate the three CIRTL core ideas: teaching-as-research, learning communities and learning-through-diversity, and must meet the minimum hours of activity required.
For more information about the individualized program, attend a CIRTL@UB Learning Community meeting.
Practitioner-level certification must be achieved before beginning the practitioner-level certificate program.
Participation verification for activities may be required. Some example activities include:.
This step must be done in consultation with CIRTL@UB administration. Examples include:
