Practitioner Certificate Requirements

CIRTL Certificates are nationally recognized certifications. The Practitioner Certificate is the second level of CIRTL certification and demonstrates more profound knowledge and skills in quality teaching and learning methodologies and practices. Practitioner-level participants must complete associate-level requirements, complete a Teaching-as-Research (TAR) project in one of three tracks (evidence-based teaching, learning through community, or learning through diversity), and submit a two-page project report describing their findings.

The Teaching-as-Research project can be completed by:

  • Graduate Teaching Assistants
  • Graduate Research Assistants
  • Graduate students interested in teaching a lesson, lab, or one-off project in the classroom. 

*All assistants or students who wish to complete this certificate will require prior approval from their instructor(s) and the CIRTL Leadership team. 

Once completed, the project report must be submitted on the UMB CIRTL online course site located on Blackboard. Please contact CIRTL@umaryland.edu to request access. 

 

Badge with the word practitioner in between the CIRTL and UMB logos

Before pursuing any certificate, please contact Jennifer Aumiller, MEd, the Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Scholars and the Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development (jaumiller@som.umaryland.edu) to ensure your selected activities or project will count toward certification.