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.

Steps: 

1. Complete an evidence-based teaching course, such as CIRTL's free non-credit Moodle course "An introduction to evidence-based undergraduate STEM teaching" or a credit-bearing course at ASU or another institution on evidence-based teaching of undergraduate students.  ASU examples include: BIO 530 or ENG 594.  Average time to complete: (7-8 weeks).
2. Submit proof of completion of the evidence-based teaching course prerequisite.  Allow 1 week for review and response.
3. Upon receipt of permission, enroll in the ASU CIRTL Associate Level non-credit course

4. Complete 8 modules.  Average time to complete: 1 week.

    

Course Availability:  

The Associate non-credit course is offered during Session C for the current semester. 

Practitioner

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

Steps: 

1. Completion of Associate course (see above)
2. Enroll in the ASU CIRTL Practitioner non-credit course

3. Complete nine modules, following each of the steps of the teaching as research process: develop research questions, conduct review of the literature, identify research methods and protocol, create the action plan, data collection and analysis and review of results and reflection.  Average time to complete:  12 weeks

    

Course Availability:  

The Practitioner non-credit course is offered during Session C for the current semester. 

Scholar

Learning Outcomes:
Advance and disseminate knowledge about teaching as research, evidence-based teaching, learning communities, and learning through diversity.

Requirements: Complete CIRTL Scholar Form Here 

Prerequisite(s): Completion of Associate AND Practitioner Certifications

Submit evidence of presentation or publication of published findings from the TAR project to an all-university, regional, national, or international audience.

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