Centre for Learning and Teaching

Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (Graduate Students)

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Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL)

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Register for the CUTL Program


The Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) at Dalhousie University invites graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to enroll in the Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (CUTL).

The Certificate provides a flexible framework for integrating and recognizing a comprehensive range of teaching development programming including:

  • Basic teaching workshops.
  • An annual series of professional development opportunities.
  • A course in university teaching and learning (CNLT 5000 - Learning and Teaching in Higher Education).
  • Opportunities to reflect on and synthesize learning about teaching.
  • Formal recognition of efforts to develop teaching.

CLT offers a range of professional development opportunities which graduate and post-doctoral students may participate in without being enrolled in the full Certificate.  Participants in the Certificate program will benefit from an opportunity to reflect on and synthesize their learning about teaching in a systematic framework and from having their efforts to develop their teaching formally recognized.

Purpose of the Certificate

The purpose of the Certificate Program is to provide an organized set of opportunities for graduate students to:

  • acquire a comprehensive set of concepts, techniques, and teaching skills necessary to become effective teaching assistants and future university teachers, as well as more effective presenters in other contexts;
  • engage in reflective practice and receive feedback from experienced faculty about disciplinary-based teaching; and
  • connect with peers across the disciplines through discussions of learning and teaching
    create a broader and deeper understanding of academic life.

Advantages

Participation in the Certificate Program will better prepare you to:

  • work as a TA at Dalhousie
  • demonstrate teaching competence when seeking employment
  • talk about your teaching with confidence in job interviews
  • take on the responsibilities of a faculty member or other professional roles requiring effective teaching and communication skills
  • demonstrate your commitment to and achievement in teaching development through an officially documented certificate and transcript notation