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UF has joined the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) network as a partner institution. The CIRTL network was founded in 2003 to help develop faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices that benefit diverse learners, especially in STEM. Program participants may earn three levels of CIRTL certification: Associate, Practitioner, and Scholar. View details on the program and learning outcomes.

Getting Started

  1. Register for one of the CIRTL Passport to Great Teaching Certificates.
  2. Register for CIRTL events through the CIRTL events webpage.
  3. Subscribe to the CIRTL newsletter.

Certificates

CIRTL Associate Certificate

Overview

Through the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Associate Certificate, graduate students will define and recognize the value of the Teaching-as-Research process, and how it can be used for ongoing enhancement of learning.

Miles Required: 1000

Core Activities: 700 miles
1 out of the 6 core activities are required.

  1. Preparing Future Faculty  | 700 miles

    • Visit the Graduate School website to learn more and register for this activity
    • Attend at least 11 sessions
    • After receiving your certificate of completion, go to the Passport Portal, click Submit a Reflection, select Preparing Future Faculty in the drop-down list, and attach your certificate
    • If you don't have a Passport Portal account, create one

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  2. CIRTL Self-Paced Teaching & Learning Courses  | 700 miles
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    Visit the CIRTL website to learn more and register for one of the activities: An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching  After receiving your certificate of completion, go to the Passport Portal, click Submit a Reflection, select CIRTL: An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching in the drop-down list, and attach your certificate.   

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    Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching  

    After receiving your certificate of completion, go to the Passport Portal, click Submit a Reflection, select Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching in the drop-down list, and attach your certificate. 

    If you don't have a Passport Portal account, create one

  3. CALS Teacher’s College (only available to students in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) | 700 miles

    • Visit the CALS website to learn more and register for this activity
    • After receiving your certificate of completion, go to the Passport Portal, click Submit a Reflection, select CALS Teacher’s College in the drop-down list, and attach your certificate
    • If you don't have a Passport Portal account, create one

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Elective Activities: 300 miles
Choose 1 activity from each numbered list below to complete your remaining miles.

  1. Teaching as Research
  2. Holistic Teaching
  3. Evidence-Based Teaching
    • Synchronous F2F or Online Workshops (Evidence-Based Teaching category) | 100 miles

      • Visit the Synchronous Events calendar to register for workshops with the Evidence-Based Teaching category designation
      • If registering through the Passport Portal, be sure to select Evidence-Based Teaching as your category
      • If registering through CIRTL, be sure to submit a reflection in the Passport Portal after completing the workshop.
      • If you don't have a Passport Portal account, create one

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    • Asynchronous Workshops (Evidence-Based Teaching category) | 100 miles each

      • Visit the Events and Workshops webpage and expand the At-Your-Own-Pace Online Workshops drop-down list or the Asynchronous Guided Online Workshops drop-down list to learn about and register for qualifying asynchronous workshops in the Evidence-Based Teaching category
      • After attending a workshop, submit a reflection in the Passport Portal by clicking on Submit Activity and selecting the name of the workshop in the drop-down list
      • Be sure to select Evidence-Based Teaching as your category when submitting your reflection
      • If you don't have a Passport Portal account, create one

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Note: CIRTL activities change semester-to-semester, and some activities will only be offered once during each semester. Qualifying workshops will be updated at the beginning of each semester.

CIRTL Practitioner Certificate

Overview

The goal of the CIRTL Practitioner Certificate is to receive advanced pedagogical instruction and complete a teaching-as-research project. As part of a cohort you will develop and execute a teaching-as-research project that contributes novel insights to one of the following areas: Evidence-Based Teaching, Learning Communities, Learning-through-Diversity.

Prerequisites
1 out of the 2 prerequisites are required.

  1. Preparing Future Faculty

    • Visit the Graduate School website to learn more and register for this activity
    • Attend at least 11 sessions
    • After receiving your certificate of completion, go to the Passport Portal, click Submit a Reflection, select Preparing Future Faculty in the drop-down list, and attach your certificate
    • If you don't have a Passport Portal account, create one

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  2. CIRTL Associate Certificate

    • Complete the requirements for the CIRTL Associate Certificate located in the Passport to Great Teaching certificates drop-down menu

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Requirements

  1. Apply to participant in the CIRTL Practitioner cohort, see RiTL FLC.
CIRTL Scholar Certificate

To complete the CIRTL Scholar certificate, you must publish or present your CIRTL Practitioner project in a regional, national, or international journal or conference. The Center for Teaching Excellence at UF offers opportunities to share your findings in a session or as a poster at its annual Interface Teaching Conference.