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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
Registration for the 2025 TLC program opens on Monday, April 7.
Registration for the TLC program is currently closed. The Centre plans to allow more participants into the program in April 2026.
Any faculty member, regardless of TLC enrollment, can take a workshop. TLC workshops are for pre- and tenured faculty members, instructors, sessional instructors, librarians, and post-doctoral fellows.
Teaching and Learning Certificate (TLC) workshops are held twice a year, in May and December. The workshops are held mornings and afternoons and are three hours in length.
The UM TLC program, (designed using a competency-based framework for education programs; Johnstone & Soares; 2014), is designed for faculty and full-time instructors who are in the early part of their teaching career.
You will:
The TLC program is based on the five roles faculty and instructors are required to play as teachers: Curricular Designer, Communicator, Student Advocate, Assessor and Lifelong Learner. Based on a review of the existing literature and similar programs offered at North American universities, these roles encompass the most common aspects of higher teaching that educators will encounter.
The program has been specifically designed to accommodate the busy schedule of faculty: limited classroom hours, flexible workshop offerings, supportive mentoring and individualized teaching feedback.
TLC Orientation
August 2025
TLC Teaching Skills Institute
August 2025
TLC Mini-Institute
May 2025 & August 2025
TLC Workshops
May 2025 (in-person) & December 2025 (online)
TLC Teaching Café
April 2025
To attain the TLC certificate, you will need to attend all TLC workshops, institutes and the Teaching Café, and with the support of a mentor, complete all the classroom observations and the TLC Teaching Dossier.
Three classroom observations are conducted, by your mentor, in the course of the two-year program. The classroom observations, supplemented by mentor support, form a cornerstone of the TLC program.
The Institutes and workshops are designed to deliver the fundamental pedagogical knowledge required to meet the outcomes of the program. The workshops are designed based on the principles of evidence-based best practices in teaching and learning.
During the course of the program, and based on the material covered in the workshops and institutes, you will be asked to complete sections of the Teaching Dossier document required to fulfill the outcomes of the program.
The Teaching Mentor: A teaching mentor, who is recognized for teaching excellence and educational expertise, will be assigned to you. The role of the teaching mentor is to support you both in the certificate program and in your teaching development. The teaching mentor will meet with you regularly, give feedback on dossier submissions and provide the teaching support needed to complete the program.
Classroom observations: The teaching mentor will conduct the classroom observations and give you verbal and written feedback. The classroom observation tools are designed in accordance with evidence-based best practices in teaching evaluation. (Carroll & O’Loughlin, 2014; Elmendorf & Song, 2015; Greenwood et al., 1994, Leff et al., 2011, Sullican et al., 2012.) Prior to the observation, the mentor will meet with you, to discuss your lesson plan and goals for the observation. After the pre-observation meeting the mentor will observe the class, take detailed notes during the observation, and will collect feedback from the students. The feedback from your mentor and students will be collated by the mentor and shared with you in a post-observation meeting. These observations can be used as evidence of self-evaluation of teaching practice in your Teaching Dossier.
You are required to attend the following events and workshops:
Ten foundational teaching workshops:
The Teaching Dossier document, required to fulfill the program outcomes, may not exactly align with your faculty requirements for a teaching dossier, but you will have a rich repository of teaching practice documents you can draw from to craft your own Teaching Dossier.
Elements of a Teaching Dossier:
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