CTL Teaching Development Program
Are you a doctoral student looking for a way to document and showcase your teaching development? CTL’s new Teaching Development Program (TDP) allows Columbia doctoral students to cultivate, document, and articulate their teaching development across the arc of their graduate school career. Graduate students can participate in the TDP program on either of two tracks: Foundational or Advanced.
Completion of a TDP track earns a letter outlining track competencies and certifying completion from the Center for Teaching and Learning. Completion will also be noted on Columbia transcripts for doctoral students in Arts and Sciences and SEAS departments. For more information:
- Read program details below
- Browse FAQs about the TDP program
- Register for a TDP info and demo session on Fri. January 31 (12:10PM – 1:25PM, 203 Butler Library)
On this page:
The Teaching Development Program is now open for current Columbia University doctoral students. To register, click the button above and fill out the registration form. CTL will review and send confirmation of registration, with instructions for getting started.
Foundational Track
The Teaching Development Program’s Foundational Track introduces graduate students to fundamental concepts and practices in student-centered teaching. It helps to deepen the experience of TAships, connecting early instructional experience to proven and sustainable pedagogical practices.
Graduate students who complete the Foundational Track will be able to:
- Describe and implement pedagogical practices that draw on evidence-based educational research
- Develop learning goals and aligned assessment strategies that are clear and measurable
- Receive and apply peer-to-peer feedback on their teaching practice
- Articulate and reflect on their own student-centered approach to teaching
Advanced Track
Graduate students wishing to develop advanced teaching practices and engage more deeply with a community of peers are invited to continue into the TDP’s Advanced Track. This track puts special emphasis on transferable professional skills that are cultivated through teaching practices and culminates in the development of a digital teaching portfolio.
In addition to the Foundational Track skills listed above, graduate students who complete the Advanced Track will be able to:
- Articulate and reflect on their own inquiry-based development as a teacher
- Present evidence of sustained teaching development to potential employers in and beyond academia
- Demonstrate organized, engaging, and distinctive communication practices that extend into future professional settings
TDP Program Outline
Foundational track |
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Pedagogical training |
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Application and practice |
Participation in a CTL service with reflection (choose 1): |
Capstone(if exiting with Foundational Track certification) |
Reflective narrative about application of pedagogical training and feedback |
Advanced track |
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Pedagogical training |
In addition to Foundational Track requirements
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Application and practice |
In addition to Foundational Track requirements Second participation in a CTL service with reflection (choose 1): Observing others teaching with reflections (1 of each):
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Capstone
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Submission of:
Exit interview |
The CTL is here for graduate students.
The Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning provides an array of support for graduate students in both their current and future teaching responsibilities.