TPT Requirements 2026 Onward

Total estimated hours: 26 hours, comprised of 18 hours of programming/teaching and approximately 8 hours of independent work

• Attend Foundations of College Teaching Seminar (four 90-minute meetings plus a pre-seminar short reading/writing assignment) (6 hours of in-person meetings plus ~2 hours of independent work)
• Attend Teaching as a Graduate Student (TAGS) (offered each year in August and January) (4 hours)
• Attend the Reflective Teaching Statement Workshop (90 minutes)
• Write a Reflective Teaching Statement and include it in your Tier 1 portfolio (~2 hours)
• Observe a faculty member teach, have a follow-up conversation, and include a written reflection about the experience in your portfolio (~ 1 hour of observation, 1 hour of conversation, and 15-30 minutes of writing)
• Attend at least 4 hours of teaching-related workshops, spread across at least two events (in addition to TAGS, the Reflective Teaching Statement workshop, and the Foundations Seminar). To provide breadth, workshop hours must address at least 3 of the following themes (additional workshops may repeat themes, align with other themes on the list, or be categorized as “other”). Each workshop may have up to two thematic tags; tags are determined by participants. (4 hours)
  • Instructional practices
  • Course design
  • Accessibility and/or Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  • Inclusive Teaching
  • Instructional Technologies/Technology and Teaching
  • Assessment
  • Theoretical/philosophical perspectives
  • Discipline-based/focused pedagogical topics
  • Student belonging and well-being
  • Science of learning principles
• Complete written reflections for each workshop attended and include them in your Tier 1 portfolio (~ 2 hours)
• Teach at least 3 hours (3 hours)
• Write a Tier 1 portfolio review/reflection (~ 1 hour)

Total estimated hours: 42 hours, comprised of 24 hours of programming, and another 18 hours of independent work. This is a high estimate, as the length of independent work, observations, and consultations will vary significantly.

• Complete Tier 2 goal-setting writing prompt (~30 minutes)
• Complete c3Design online course design seminar (six 90-minute meetings plus independent completion of online modules) (9 hours of meetings and ~10-12 hours of independent work)
• Complete course design materials begun in c3Design, including an original syllabus and assignment description; include these materials in your Tier 2 portfolio (time estimate incorporated into c3Design independent work)
• Attend at least 7 hours of teaching-related workshops, spread across at least 4 events. To provide breadth, workshop hours must address at least 5 of the following themes (additional workshops may repeat themes, align with other themes on the list, or be categorized as “other”). Each workshop may have up to two thematic tags; tags are determined by participants. (7 hours)
  • Instructional practices
  • Course design
  • Accessibility and/or Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  • Inclusive Teaching
  • Instructional Technologies/Technology and Teaching
  • Assessment
  • Theoretical/philosophical perspectives
  • Discipline-based/focused pedagogical topics
  • Student belonging and well-being
  • Science of learning principles
• Complete written reflections for each workshop attended and include them in your Tier 2 portfolio (~3-4 hours)
• Conduct 2 class observations, hold follow-up conversations, and include a written reflection on these conversations in your Tier 2 Portfolio: (~2 hours of observations, ~ 2 hours of conversations, and ~ 30 minutes of writing)
• Observe a peer
• Have a peer observe you
• Complete a CTE teaching consultation in which you either: (1 hour)
• Revise your reflective teaching statement from Tier 1 OR;
• Consult about your teaching (learn about the types of teaching consultations on the CTE’s consultation request page)
• Teach at least 5 hours (5 hours)