Record of completion certificate

The Teaching Commons offers this Record of Completion certificate to recognize graduate students' and teaching assistants' dedication to the enhancement of their teaching and learning at York University. This is a flexible certificate that you can earn year over year, choosing different workshops and modules each year to enhance your professional teaching development.

To automatically earn the certificate, the requirements must be completed within one academic year (between September and August). If you wish to take longer to complete the requirements, please email Natasha May using email address maynat@yorku.ca when you have completed the requirements to receive your certificate.

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Requirements

Complete any five (5) online modules or workshops by the Teaching Commons
- The Teaching Assistant Course Orientation (TACO) is one self-contained way you can complete the requirements.
We will record your completion and automatically email you an electronic copy of your certificate if you complete everything in one academic year (September to August). Certificates are emailed in December and June each academic year.

There is nothing specific you need to do to enrol in this certificate program, but if you think you've earned a certificate, but don't receive notification by the end of December or June, email maynat@yorku.ca

Online Modules

There are asynchronous modules available ANY TIME that can each count as one workshop toward the certificate!

Marking and Grading Modules

Teaching Dossier Modules

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Modules

Teaching Assistant Course Orientation (TACO)

To express your interest in any of the below workshops, please complete our registration of interest form, and if there is sufficient interest, we will reach out when the workshop is scheduled.

Workshop Topic or Title (tentative)		Approximate length (in hours)
Designing your Tutorial		2
Marking and Grading Practices		2
Effective Strategies for Teaching in a Lab		2
Teaching Students with Disabilities		1
Supporting First Year Students		1
Teaching Critical Reading Skills		1
Making Meaningful Connections with your Students		1
Participatory Learning: How to Engage your Students		1
Teaching Critical Research Skills		1
Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom		1
What is Conflict?		1
Facilitating Discussions		1
Fostering Academic Integrity		2
Teaching Critical Writing Skills		1
Using Active Learning Strategies		1
Dealing with Classroom and Student Conflict		1
Teaching, Research, and Life: Time Management Strategies		1
Introduction to Course Design: Learning Outcomes		1.5
Introduction to Course Design: Assessment		1.5
Classroom strategies for when they have done the readings		1
Asking effective questions to facilitate learning		1
Motivating and Engaging your Students		1
Learn How to Do a Teaching Dossier		2
Reflecting on a Semester of Teaching		1

Contact

For any inquiries related to the Record of Completion Certificates, contact Natasha May, Educational Developer.

Email: maynat@yorku.ca