Certificate in College Teaching

About the Certificate in College Teaching Program

The Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts’ Certificate in College Teaching saw an 18-month teach-out beginning in July of 2018 and ending in December of 2019.  The teach-out occurred for two reasons: 1) a gradual decline in enrollment brought-on by individual campus' development of their own teaching and learning departments, and 2) the intense six-credit requirement of the program with face-to-face teaching components became less attractive to prospective certificate earners seeking-out shorter term, online options.

About our Program

The Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts’ Certificate in College Teaching represented a collaborative institutional response to the ever-present challenges of promoting exemplary teaching in today’s complex higher education environments. We knew that preparation for the college classroom involved more than a solid base of knowledge in a discipline. Our program was grounded in the latest educational research of best practices in college teaching, and was designed to enhance the teaching and learning experiences for faculty and students in higher education.

About our Graduates

  • Graduates engaged in ongoing systematic documentation of and reflection on their teaching practice and their students’ learning.
  • Graduates’ teaching practice is grounded in personal values, accepted professional standards, and a research base.
  • Graduates employed, appropriately and responsively, a diverse toolkit of teaching methodologies that promote active engagement and learning.

Options for Program Completion

Life happens.  As such, some of our many past course participants may have not fully completed their program within the 18-month teach-out time allotted.  If you fall into that category, and you have only one or two courses left for certificate attainment, the HECCMA staff would like to help you find opportunities for post-closure completion.  Please contact the HECCMA office at your earliest convenience to speak with the Executive Director about ways to complete the program.