Certificate of Higher Education Teaching and Learning

Certificate of Higher Education Teaching and Learning (CHETL) Guidelines

Program Focus:  The Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning program is designed to support faculty in developing the strategies and skills needed to improve teaching and maximize student learning across higher education institutions in Oman.

Program Goals:  Recipients of the Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning Program have demonstrated the ability to:

• Apply instructional strategies suggested in current research and pedagogical literature related to; learner-centered education; development of critical thinking skills, establishment of appropriate learning goals at the course and program levels, and development of appropriate assessments to measure student achievement of those goals.
• Use the SQU course outline to align university graduate attributes, program outcomes, learning objectives, teaching and learning activities, materials, assessment tools, and feedback.
• Apply the principles of active learning.
• Reflect on teaching practice to describe the correlation between course climate and student learning.
• Give effective feedback to fellow teachers.
• Prepare a capstone portfolio (a work in progress throughout teaching career) to highlight student centered courses, active teaching strategies, and authentic assessments of student learning at the course and program levels.

Program Structure:  The Certificate in College Teaching Program offers modular workshops focused on the following topics:

• Introductory workshop for all participants focused on effective integrated course design models and outcome based learning objectives,
• Teaching with Technology
• Student-centered active teaching and learning environment
• Outcome-based learning objectives for programs and courses
• Rubric Design
• Research-based teaching
• Authentic assessment and data analysis
• Teaching with Cases
• Problem-based Learning
• Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
• Student supervision
• Teaching Portfolio

Each workshop certificate will state the credits of study in the required topic to which it can be applied.

CHETL Requirements: The following 3 components must be successfully completed by each participant with 2-3 years:

1. Workshop completion:  28 credits in workshop topics as explained in Table 1.A
2. Peer Assessment as explained in Section 2.A
3. Portfolio completion and submission as explained in Section 3.A

2.A Peer assessment

• Complete peer review as the reviewee
• Complete peer review as the reviewer

3.A Capstone Portfolio that contains:

• Philosophical and theoretical foundations of your teaching
•  Course Outline/Syllabus for one or more courses including course goals, outcome-based learning objectives, course assessment tools and related rubrics.
• One classroom-based research analysis with instructional or assessment changes
• One new lesson plan with active, student-centered teaching strategies, course documents and artifacts
• Sample course assignments and activities to promote student critical thinking skills.
• Any work required for a workshop certificate
• Personal reflection on student learning that includes an analysis of student evaluations of the course and teaching
• Workshop certificates.

There will be a charge (To be determined) for the portfolio review due at the time of submission.