Participate in CIRTL

Gain teaching skills

Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who participate in CIRTL will develop skills that help them see teaching as a dynamic and ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning. CIRTL Network events and CIRTL@IUB activities help participants engage in and reflect on CIRTL Network events in a sequential way, aligning with the CIRTL learning outcomes. These three CIRTL outcomes recognize:

  • the role of the CIRTL core ideas in effective teaching and learning,
  • scholarly teaching that uses the CIRTL ideas to demonstrably improve learning of students, and
  • scholarship that advances teaching and learning, and makes the results public. 

Prepare for academic jobs

Beyond what CIRTL graduate students and postdocs learn about and learn to do, their participation in CIRTL has personal and professional benefits as well. 

  • Be in community with people across North America who share interests in teaching and learning. 
  • Receive mentoring and training to become effective teachers.
  • Develop leadership and networking skills.
  • Earn and showcase Associate, Practitioner, and Scholar digital badges.
  • Gain competitive advantage in academic career searches.
  • Have increased success as junior faculty members.

Receive CIRTL@IUB recognition

CIRTLIUB-Badges.jpgBelow we recognize Indiana University Bloomington graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who have achieved CIRTL@IUB recognition.

Graduate students who complete CIRTL@IUB's Associate level certificate develop foundational knowledge and practices related to teaching and learning through completion of the Associate requirements for our local Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship Program (Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning). In addition, CIRTL@IUB Associates develop foundational knowledge about evidence-based teaching and mentoring practices in STEM and social/behavioral science fields through participation in two CIRTL cross-network events.

The following individuals have completed the CIRTL@IUB Associate level certificate:

2021

  • Lekeah Durden, Biology
  • Rajagopal Sankaranarayan, Instructional Systems Technology, School of Education
  • Basia Walenkiewicz, Chemistry
  • Patti Walsh, Mathematics Education, School of Education
  • Yichuan Yan, Information Systems Technology, School of Education

2020

  • Julie Eyink, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Graduate students who complete CIRTL@IUB's Practitioner level certificate develop foundational knowledge and practices related to teaching and learning through completion of the Practitioner requirements for our local Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship Program (Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning). In addition, CIRTL@IUB Practitioners develop foundational knowledge about evidence-based teaching and mentoring practices in STEM and social/behavioral science fields and develop a teaching-as-research proposal as part of participation in a learning community.

 

Graduate students who complete CIRTL@IUB’s Scholar level certificate develop foundational knowledge and practices related to teaching and learning through completion of the Scholar requirements for our local Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship Program (Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning). In addition, CIRTL@IUB Scholars develop foundational knowledge about evidence-based teaching and mentoring practices in STEM and social/behavioral science fields, implement their teaching-as-research proposal, and share their findings with the teaching and learning community.

 

How do I participate in CIRTL@IUB?

Join the CIRTL Network

Subscribe to the CIRTL Network newsletter, view the calendar of events, and register to participate.

Track your CIRTL@IUB participation

Join the CIRTL@IUB Canvas project site to record your participation in CIRTL activities and receive recognition for your accomplishments.

Connect with the CIRTL@IUB Leadership Team

Got a question? Need more information? Connect with the CIRTL@IUB Leadership Team.