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CIRTL Practitioner / Scholar Graduate Certificate

UAB offers two CIRTL graduate certificates designed to provide you with opportunities to improve your teaching. Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, employees, and community members are welcome to take one or more CIRTL courses. CIRTL@UAB is part of the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network. Built around the core values of Learning through Diversity, Teaching as Research, and Interdisciplinary Learning Communities, CIRTL is dedicated to preparing the next generation of college faculty. UAB offers two CIRTL certificates:

  1. CIRTL Practitioner (15 credits) requires courses to help you gain teaching skills to prepare learners to develop, deliver, and assess learning opportunities for diverse populations.
  2. CIRTL Scholar (21 credits) builds on the Practitioner certificate and guides participants in developing and implementing a Teaching-As-Research (TAR) project to enhance teaching effectiveness. If you choose to complete the CIRTL Scholar certificate, you will also be awarded the CIRTL Practitioner certificate.

Why CIRTL?

CIRTL is a nationally recognized credential for teaching in higher education settings. In addition to gaining skills to prepare you to be effective teachers, earning a CIRTL certificate provides you with a credential that is nationally recognized as a measure of excellence in college teaching. You will also gain experience teaching at a world-class institution.

Who Will Benefit from Completing the Program?

  • Current college faculty and instructors who want to enhance their teaching effectiveness.
  • Aspiring college faculty and instructors who want to be prepared when they begin their teaching career.
  • Future faculty and instructors who want to have “an edge” on other candidates as you apply positions in the next step of your career.
  • Anyone interested in gaining transferable skills that will help you teach others by facilitating intentional learning activities.
 

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