FAQs

All graduate students including, but not limited to, MA, MS, MEd, EdD, PhD. All postdoctoral scholars are eligible as well.

100 hours of approved workshops or development series or other training activities, plus a personalized professional portfolio that you can use to market yourself to prospective employers in and beyond academia. We have compiled a basic list of eligible activities. We encourage you to seek out additional opportunities for which you can earn hours through the petition process.

We recommend 1–2 years. It is possible, however, to complete the certificate in a single semester. You may also request an extension if you need more time to complete the program.

Two non-credit-bearing development series will be offered in fall:

• Structuring Content: Lesson, Course, and Curriculum Design
• Teaching and Presentation Practicum

Two additional non-credit-bearing development series will be offered in spring:

• Communication Strategies for Teaching and Beyond
• Professional Portfolio Design

Approximately 2 two-part “how to” workshops will be offered every month during the academic year. We also offer workshops during the summer.

Submit the application form in one of two cycles: Fall (due Sept. 1) or Spring (due Feb. 1).

Our upcoming offerings are listed on our workshops page. You can also search REPORTER for available workshops and development series. If you are interested in taking a workshop that appears in the REPORTER catalog but not on the schedule, add it to your “watchlist” so that we can monitor demand.

No. We will provide you with peer-reviewed microteaching opportunities. If you do have a teaching assignment, you may request to apply up to 20 hours of your teaching experience to the certificate program.

Teaching experience hours must be petitioned through the TCC Moodle project space.

In today’s competitive job market, advanced degree holders are expected to be able to communicate their ideas in a clear and compelling way to a broad audience. They are also expected to work constructively with a diverse group of stakeholders, resolve conflict, and balance competing priorities. The goal of the teaching and communication certificate is to help you refine and market your transferable skills while making you a more effective instructor.

The petition process is straightforward. To receive credit for an unlisted activity, petitions must be submitted through the TCC Moodle project space. Petitions should be approximately 250 words per activity being petitioned.

Petitions must include: (1) a summary description of the activity, (2) the amount of hours being petitioned, and (3) the argumentation to receive those hours specifically discussing the potential applications to the participant’s teaching skills. Petitions for Teaching Experience hours must also include the course syllabus.

Please petition for any workshop that:

1. is not facilitated by the Graduate School
2. does not furnish you with a certificate upon completion.

Pre-approved workshops (i.e workshops on our list of eligible activities) that include a certificate can be counted toward your TCC by sending us a soft copy of the certificate. All others require you to follow the petition process. Other non-workshop activities such as teaching experiences and observations can be added toward your TCC hours by submitting the required forms or evidence such as a syllabus.

You should email our team at graduate-teaching@ncsu.edu.