CIRTL certifications available through ASU

All members of the ASU community are welcome to participate in any of the free ASU/CIRTL offerings.

Additionally, ASU graduate students and postdocs wishing to become certified by CIRTL may do so at the following three progressive levels:

Associate > Practitioner > Scholar

Associate

Learning Outcomes:
Describe and recognize the value of core CIRTL values: teaching as research, learning communities, and learning through diversity.

Requirements: Complete these steps:

1. Enroll in the ASU CIRTL Associate Level non-credit course.
2. Complete eight modules:

• Module 0 - Welcome
• Module 1 - Introduction
• Module 2 - Evidence-based Teaching
• Module 3 - Learning Community
• Module 4 - Learning through Diversity
• Module 5 - Teaching as Research
• Module 6 - Reflection

Practitioner

Learning Outcomes:
Engage with teaching as research, evidence-based teaching, learning communities, and learning through diversity.

Prerequisite: Completion of Associate Certification

Requirements: Complete ALL of the following:

1. Enroll in the ASU CIRTL Practitioner non-credit course.
2. Complete 13 modules:

• Introduction to Teaching-as-Research
• Defining your personal goals
• Articulate and refine your Teaching-as-Research question
• Connecting your question to the research literature
• Identify the class/setting for your project
• Identify local IRB procedures & complete human subjects training
• Craft student outcomes for your project
• Methods I -Consider your research approach
• Methods II - Design your plans for implementation
• Methods III - Identify appropriate assessments/data collection tools
• Obtain permissions to conduct human subjects research, if necessary
• Revisit your personal goals
• Plan for data analysis; create a possible data revision

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Scholar

Learning Outcomes:
Advance and disseminate knowledge about Teaching as Research, Evidence-Based Teaching, Learning Communities, and Learning through Diversity

Requirements:

Prerequisite(s): Completion of Associate AND Practitioner Certifications

Complete ALL of the following:

1. Enroll in the ASU CIRTL Scholar non-credit course
2. Complete modules:
   • Participate as a leader in an ASU CIRTL learning community
   • Present or publish findings from the project to an all-university, regional, national, or international audience

For questions contact gradinfo@asu.edu