ACUE Credentials

Professional Development

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

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:

Effective Teaching Practices (28-week full certification)
Promoting Active Learning (8-week micro-credential - counts toward certification)
Effective Teaching 101 (5-8 hour self-paced - counts toward certification)

Full Course 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:

Designing an Effective Course
Establishing a Productive Learning Environment
Using Active Learning Strategies
Promoting Higher Order Thinking
Assessing to Inform Instruction and Promote Learning

Learn more about these programs and their schedules below:

ACUE Courses

Effective Teaching Practices (28-wk Certification)

This is a comprehensive program organized around 4 micro-credentials:

This course runs October 13, 2025 to June 21, 2026

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
Using Groups to Ensure Active Learning
Using the Active Learning Cycle
Planning Effective Class Discussions
Facilitating Engaging Class Discussions

This course runs October 6, 2025 - December 1, 2026

Effective Teaching 101

Start the semester strong with ACUE’s new self-paced course, Effective Teaching 101. In under 8 hours, learn evidence-based practices to engage students and set the tone. Gain tools for building rapport, setting expectations, and assessing early progress. Module reflections can be reused in future ACUE pathway courses.