Plan your Teaching-as-Research project in our 6-week course Ͼ

This summer CIRTL is teaching an intensive, 6-week course guiding participants through developing a Teaching-as-Research (or TAR) project. TAR is a cornerstone of CIRTL's pedagogy, and future faculty throughout the network conduct TAR projects each year to examine specific questions in teaching through CIRTL's evidence-based, reflective, iterative process.

Read our summer programming preview to see our other courses and workshops on evidence-based teaching fundamentals and academic professional development.

Develop a plan for a Teaching-as-Research project in this 6-week online course. In this course, you'll develop a plan that includes: a specific question to explore in your local teaching context

measurable student outcomes connected to your TAR question data collection methods that align with your question and outcomes, and reflect what's known in educational research relevant to your discipline Weekly course topics mirror the components of your project plan, and each week you'll have time to refine your plan through in-class feedback and activities with peers. By the end of the course, you'll have a project ready to implement. This course is fast-paced and intensive; each week participants will need to spend 4-6 hours outside of class working on your plan. Cap 25; registrants must complete a short application to help instructors determine eligibility for the course

Join CTL Professional Development Lead Preston Cumming alongside instructors of all levels to read and discuss bell hooks’ seminal book Grading for Growth. During this time, we will have discussion of the text as well as ways we can apply this understanding in our own classrooms and university lives.