CIRTL Programs
The North American CIRTL Network offers a range of online workshops, webinars, and event series to help graduate students and postdocs refine their teaching approaches as they advance through their academic careers, including:
Online Workshops
CIRTL Network online workshops include one or a few interactive online sessions with assignments before and after to help participants develop a specific, concrete product such as a job search document or a teaching plan. Although workshops are free, most are limited in attendance size and require advance registration by the date indicated on the event page. As a participant from a CIRTL Network member institution, your registration receives priority for any programs that are offered (as long as spots are available). Some workshops may also have specific audiences.
Online Events
These drop-in online events for graduate students and postdocs usually last one hour and are led by faculty and staff from the CIRTL Network universities. The format is an interactive live presentation and discussion, and attendance is open to all through a browser or mobile app, with no advance registration deadlines or size caps.
Recent event series include:
- Engaging Students through High-Impact Practices
- Exploring Careers in Teaching at a Community College
CIRTL Teaching as Research Series
The CIRTLÂ Teaching as Research series brings together graduate students, postdocs, and faculty from across nearly 40 research universities through web conferencing to discuss design and methodology for classroom research projects, share useful resources, present preliminary results, and get constructive advice. Advance registration policy depends on the event type, but there is a virtual symposium of Teaching as Research projects each year open to anyone who is interested in attending.
CIRTL Alumni Network
Have you attended CIRTL Network programming before? Have you finished your graduate or postdoctoral education? We invite you to join the CIRTL Alumni Network to stay connected with your peers and best practices around higher education, and hear about special events for alumni only!
Other Free Memberships
Additional online resources are also available to Cornell graduate students, postdocs, and alumni through the Graduate School. View a full list of free memberships.