To recognize the strength of the Teaching Endorsement Program and position it for future growth, the Drake Institute has mapped each teaching endorsement to a defined teaching and learning core competency area. These core competency areas have been identified by the Drake Institute as paramount to effective evidence-based teaching. Aligning the Teaching Endorsements to these core competency areas will enable participants to better identify areas for professional learning and improve the navigation of the teaching endorsement program.
This mapping process includes learning outcomes and application questions specific to each core competency area, which enables awardees of Teaching Endorsements to demonstrate explicitly that professional learning has occurred. These updates exhibit the fidelity of the Teaching Endorsement program and further amplify the merit and credibility of the achievement.
Teaching Endorsements are made available through partnerships and collaborations with departments and units across campus. Content experts have collaborated with the Drake Institute to develop curated workshops, programming, and services to offer over twenty unique endorsement opportunities in the following teaching and learning core competency areas: Active Learning, Assessing Student Learning, Curriculum and Course Development, Educational Technology, Inclusive Teaching, SoTL/DBER, and Specialized Professional Learning. In the coming months, we expect to add teaching endorsements in Foundations of Active Learning, Foundations of Assessment, and more.
Unless otherwise specified, all teaching endorsement programming is available to all who teach at Ohio State University. Steps to complete and apply for an endorsement can be found on our website. If your application is approved, you will be sent a digital award letter from the Drake Institute Associate Vice Provost and Director and be awarded an endorsement certificate in BuckeyeLearn. In addition to these accolades, graduate students completing an endorsement will have the achievement included on their official Ohio State transcript as a milestone.
We would like to thank our campus partners and Teaching Endorsement Managers for their continued support and stewardship of the Teaching Endorsement program. We would also like to congratulate the Summer 2024 Teaching Endorsement Awardees – the first cohort to experience our new learning outcomes and application questions! Our Summer 2024 award cycle saw a 25% increase over last summer, and we are excited to see continued engagement in this program.