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Master Teacher Certification Program

Established in the Fall of 1998, the Master Teacher Certification Program is designed to provide quality learning experiences for new and experienced faculty members to actively engage in reflective and creative exercises and dialogues to enhance teacher effectiveness and student success. It offers faculty opportunities to form communities across disciplines that encourage and facilitate innovative approaches to a student-centered classroom. The program promotes diversity, while encompassing a collaborative and cooperative approach that can be applied to all disciplines, learning styles, and student populations. Currently, there are over 200 faculty members who are Master Teacher Certified.

The program includes the following topics that are covered in a hybrid format with an online course and several face-to-face meetings.

Creating a Community of Learners
Strategies to Improve Student Learning
Active Learning Techniques
Assessment Strategies
Teaching with Technology
Applying Best Practices

Each topic is covered within a module in a Canvas course and has defined learning objectives and tasks that provide a pathway to successful completion of each topic. The content within each module includes articles, presentations, videos, discussions, and assignments. The online Canvas course is designed to align with the face-to-face meetings. The meetings are hands-on, interactive, and engaging and they require completion of the corresponding online modular unit prior to attending.

Face-to-face meetings include a required orientation session at the beginning of the program and two discussion sessions throughout the program.

Participants work in groups to develop a presentation based on a topic from Dr. Saundra McGuire's book, Teach Students How to Learn. The groups present during the first face-to-face meeting and the presentations are recorded and added to the online course. Participants also develop an individual presentation on a topic of their choice and they record their presentations. These video recordings are also added to the online course and they are discussed during the second face-to-face meeting.

The final components of the program include development of a Teaching Philosophy Statement and submission of a Reflections Report.

In April of each year, participants who have completed the program are recognized at the Master Teacher Recognition Ceremony during which they are presented with a Certificate of Completion by the college President.

Spring 2022 Program

The Spring 2022 program was completed by faculty members from St. Philip's College, San Antonio College, Northwest Vista College, Palo Alto College, and Northeast Lakeview College. The document below highlights the topics and schedule for the Spring 2022 program.

Spring 2022 Course Schedule

Current List of Certified Faculty

Currently over 200 faculty are Master Teacher Certified. Faculty must renew their certification every two years. Renewal can be done by providing evidence of 12 hours of professional development in teaching and learning, earning at least six hours of graduate work in education or their teaching discipline, or presenting at two state or national conferences related to teaching and learning or to their discipline.

The current list of certified faculty is shown below:

Master Teacher List

For more information, contact:

Dr. Rebecca Perez, Director

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