Digital Badges

Graduate teaching assistants are central to UK's undergraduate teaching mission; the first principle of our strategic plan, the UK PURPOSE, is putting students first. The Essentials in Teaching and Learning badge program provides an opportunity to learn about the essentials of teaching practice, curricular design, and student engagement and to apply these concepts in TAs' various instructional roles. Participants will gain valuable professional development and self-efficacy around teaching in higher education. Participants of the Essentials in Teaching and Learning badge will attend a workshop series, virtual discussions, and complete feedback or reflections focused on teaching and learning practices. Graduate instructors and TAs, postdoctoral scholars, and other postgraduates such as residency or fellow trainees are eligible to enroll in this badge program.

Inclusive teaching involves deliberate and sustained pedagogical and design choices that create learning environments where students are consistently supported. Moreover, students’ perceptions and experiences of belonging strongly affect self-efficacy, motivation, and academic success. Students bring a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences into our courses; the inclusive teaching badge represents dedicated and sustained work towards fostering educational experiences that affirm that value of all students and offer equitable opportunities for success. Participants will complete three workshops, a CELT-facilitated student feedback session, and a reflective statement (as well as pre/post-surveys). Faculty of any kind (full time and part time), graduate instructors and TAs, postdoctoral scholars, and staff with instructional responsibilities are eligible to enroll in this badge program.