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Certificate of Teaching Enhancement
Description: The Montana State University Teaching and Learning Committee offers a Certificate of Teaching Enhancement to full and part-time tenure-track and adjunct faculty working at the University. The certificate provides evidence of the faculty member’s involvement in activities such as workshops, seminars, training sessions, tutorials, etc. that are oriented to the enhancement of teaching. Faculty can earn the certificate after completing 12 units of teaching enhancement activities and after submitting documentation of how they have incorporated what they learned into their classes. See below for a description of how these units are awarded. The certificates can be included in annual review and promotion and tenure materials as well as in applications for teaching awards. Faculty may earn multiple certificates.
Credit: To receive credit for Teaching and Learning sponsored activities, interested faculty should complete the form that will be distributed at these events. To receive credit for other activities, faculty should download and complete this form (Word format) and submit it to Anne Angermeyr in Undergraduate Education (318 Montana Hall or annea@montana.edu). Forms should be submitted immediately after attendance rather than all at one time. Faculty may earn a maximum of 6 units for activities conducted outside the University. After completing 12 units, faculty should submit a three to five page description of how their teaching has improved as a result of attendance. The Committee will track the number of units and award the Certificate after completion of the required units and documentation of how teaching has improved.
Examples of workshops, events, and educational sessions that can be counted for the certificate include:
- Teaching and Learning Committee workshops and events
- Burns Technology brown bag lunches and Web CT training sessions
- MSU and conference workshops that target teaching. These may include departmental teaching enhancement activities.
If faculty have additional ideas for activities that they would like to count towards the certificate, they should contact the chair of the Teaching and Learning Committee for discussion.
Unit calculation: Lunches/short workshops will count as 1 unit. Longer activities can count for more than 1 unit, depending on the length. For example, a half day activity will count as 2 units, a full day activity will count as 4 units.
Award of the Certificate: The Teaching and Learning Committee will hold a lunch at the end of each academic year to recognize faculty receiving the certificate. At the lunch, faculty who receive the award will be expected to give a short presentation regarding how they have used the workshops/events to improve their teaching. A condensed version of their description may be posted on the Teaching and Learning Web site.
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