University Teaching Certificate

Continue to reflect upon your teaching practice in this flexible, self-directed certificate designed to prepare you for a teaching career in academia by focusing on teaching in your discipline, practicing fundamental skills in a classroom setting, and engaging in scholarly research about teaching and learning. You will reflect upon the current state of teaching in your discipline and how to adapt and change this approach in your personal teaching practice.

There are two certificate streams: one intended for master's students and one intended for doctoral students. 

Please note, the University Teaching Foundations Certificate is a prerequisite for this certificate.

SKILLS ACQUIRED

• Developing your Teaching Philosophy Statement
• Developing your Teaching Dossier
• Providing Peer Feedback

Additional Certificate Skills  

• Researching the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Developing your Teaching Practice
• Designing and Facilitating a workshop on Current Topics in Higher Education for the Graduate Student community (Doctoral Stream)

FACILITATOR 

• Holly Gibbs, Educational Developer 
• Karen Lochead, Educational Developer 

DATES & LOCATION 

Offered through online workshops via Zoom. 

• Part I Lesson Planning: Nov. 12, 2021 at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Part II Feedback Approaches, Learning Preferences, and Self-Reflections: Oct. 29, 2021 at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 
• Part II Feedback Approaches, Learning Preferences, and Self-Reflections: Dec. 10, 2021 at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

To register for the UTC, visit the Develop Your Teaching Webpage, or fill in the Laurier Student Teaching Certificate Form. 

You will be added to the UTC classlist in MyLS, where participants will find the Zoom registration links in the MyLS Calendar or under the Zoom Meetings Tab.

ASPIRE PILLAR

• Teaching