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ACUE Credentials

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ACUE Overview

Earn Microcredentials or a Certificate with ACUE!

The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) delivers the highest-quality courses, pathways, and certifications with quick-to-implement practices that make a huge impact on student success. ACUE was created to meet one goal: help students succeed by improving teaching.Working collaboratively with scholars in teaching and learning, ACUE developed the Effective Teaching Practice Framework to meet that goal.

Through this framework, ACUE offers courses that provide either a full certification (for the entire Effective Teaching Practices program) or micro-credentials to help you improve your teaching practices.

UTEP offers 3 ACUE courses on a consistent schedule:

  • Effective Teaching Practices (28-week full certification)
  • Promoting Active Learning (8-week micro-credential)
  • Fostering a Culture of Belonging (8-week micro-credential)

Format: These are self-paced*, online modules. Participants are selected as a cohort and participate in virtual group discussions. Each module requires a total of approximately 2 hours per week to complete.

*The work is completed self-paced, but must be completed within the 8-week or 28-week time-frame.

Faculty and staff who take these courses experience an asynchronous learning design that aligns with the best practices in effective instruction and is compelling to both new and seasoned instructors and a wide array of staff roles. With support from a skilled facilitator, course-takers will:

  • Engage in authentic demonstrationsof interactions with students and colleagues.
  • Learn from nationally recognized experts.
  • Collaborate with colleagues in facilitated discussions.
  • Implement new practices and observe student impact.
  • Write structured reflections, including plans to continually refine their practice.

Learn more about these programs and their schedules below:


ACUE Courses

Effective Training Practices (28-wk Certification)

Fostering a Culture of Belonging (8-wk Microcredential)

Transforming a campus culture to meet the needs of its diverse community is no simple feat — it takes a village. Fostering a Culture of Belonging equips administrators, faculty, and staff with actionable practices they can immediately implement to contribute to whole-campus reform and ensure all students and colleagues feel seen, heard, and valued.

This course will explore:

  • Managing the impact of biases
  • Addressing Imposter Syndrome
  • Cultivating an environment of belonging
  • Much more

This course runs on the following schedule:

  • Spring: Mar 3 - May 11
  • Fall: September - December

Registration is Now Closed for the Spring


Promoting Active Learning (8-wk Microcredential)

ACUE’s microcredential course in Promoting Active Learning Online (geared for those teaching primarily online) will provide you with practices proven to more actively engage your students in learning and thinking critically.

This course is organized around six competencies and takes six to eight weeks to complete. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members with whom you will share insights and ideas.

Competencies addressed in this course are aligned with ACUE’s Effective Practice Framework:

  • Developing Effective Modules and Microlectures
  • Teaching Powerful Note-taking Online
  • Using Groups to Ensure Active Online Learning
  • Using the Active Learning Cycle in Online Courses
  • Planning Effective Online Discussions
  • Facilitating Engaging Online Discussions

Educators who complete the requirements for this open enrollment course earn a micro-credential in “Promoting Active Learning Online.” This micro-credential may be utilized to meet partial requirements necessary to earn the ACUE Certification in Effective Teaching Practices.

This course runs on the following schedule:

  • Spring: Mar 3 - Apr 27
  • Summer: Dates Coming Soon
  • Fall: September - December

Registration ins Now Closed for the Spring