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This fall CIRTL is offering 10 workshops, 2 courses, and one event series for graduate students and postdocs pursuing teaching careers in higher education, in addition to our year-round self-paced courses. You can read detailed descriptions of this programming below, and at the bottom of this page you can find a matrix showing how each offering addresses CIRTL’s learning goals:…
A group of CIRTL colleagues recently published a study in Anatomical Sciences Education on the long-term outcomes of "Transforming Your Research into Teaching (TYRIT)," a multi-institutional CIRTL Network program for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars focused on course design skills. The study investigates whether TYRIT participants utilized their course designs and pedagogical skills in future work and how they perceived…
This summer CIRTL is offering 3 courses, 2 teaching institutes, and 4 workshops for graduate students and postdocs pursuing teaching careers in higher education. Summer programming is topically focused around evidence-based teaching fundamentals, academic professional development, and teaching-as-research. We will announce programming schedules and registration dates by late April. Anyone can register to attend programming, but participants from CIRTL member…
A CIRTL graduate student recently published an article on Developing a Learner-Centered Response to Writing through a Graduate Course in Writing-Across-the-Curriculum, for her Scholar level work at the University of Arizona. Check out her reflective approach to applying the Teaching-as-Research framework, including thoughts on how training in writing pedagogy can support graduate student identity development and improve student learning. Authors:…
This spring CIRTL is offering 4 courses, 2 event series, 1 workshop, and 1 event for graduate students and postdocs pursuing teaching careers in higher education. Spring programming covers a range of teaching and learning topics: evidence-based teaching fundamentals, academic professional development, and teaching-as-research. All programming includes synchronous online sessions that take place in Zoom, unless otherwise mentioned. We will announce programming…
This fall CIRTL is offering 2 online courses, 1 online practicum, and 7 online workshops designed for graduate students and postdocs pursuing teaching careers in higher education. Fall programming is topically focused around evidence-based teaching fundamentals, student belonging, and academic professional development. All programming includes synchronous online sessions that take place in Zoom, unless otherwise mentioned. We will announce programming…
Two CIRTL colleagues recently published a study on mentoring relationships between STEM faculty and postdoctoral scholars in a co-teaching program. The University of Arizona's CIRTL Postdoc Pathways Program created a postdoctoral teaching certificate that includes pedagogical training and a short-term, intensive co-teaching partnership with a faculty mentor. These facilitators used pre- and post-survey data to examine how the co-teaching teams collaborated…
This summer CIRTL is offering 2 courses, 2 teaching institutes, and 4 workshops for graduate students and postdocs pursuing teaching careers in STEM disciplines. Summer programming is topically focused around evidence-based teaching fundamentals and academic professional development. We will announce programming schedules and registration dates by late April. Anyone can register to attend programming, but participants from CIRTL member institutions and…
A group of CIRTL colleagues recently published a mixed-methods study on their experiences of community while facilitating a community of practice (CoP). This particular CoP was a cross-institutional seven-week CIRTL workshop series on course design for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars called Transforming Your Research Into Teaching (TYRIT). These facilitators used qualitative items from a survey to explore these two…
Every year, CIRTL hosts graduate students and postdocs from across the network to share the results of their Teaching-as-Research (TAR) projects in an online presentation session. If you have recently completed a TAR project, consider signing up to present! Presenting your work is a unique professional development opportunity to: Learn how to hone your message into concise and convincing talking…