Teaching & Learning Certificate

T&L Certificate Application

Upcoming Workshops

The Alpha Kappa Delta Teaching & Learning Certificate is one of a number of opportunities offered by AKD for professional development — for graduate students looking to get a start on their teaching skills and faculty at all levels who want to improve their classroom teaching.

About
The AKD Certificate Program in Teaching and Learning is designed to provide participants with a rich learning experience that will help them build their teaching portfolios and become more effective faculty in colleges and universities.

Pursuing the certificates is also a great way to plan your conference attendance and network with highly motivated colleagues who are committed to your success and the continued vibrancy of the organization and discipline as a whole. Conferences in 2021-22 may be hybrid, and if so, you can attend multiple meetings without constraints of funding or time for travel.

Program Requirements
In 2021-2022, the program requires attendance at five sessions of the candidate’s choosing at any of the AKD workshops offered throughout the year. These sessions are currently included (check back for more soon):

  • June 16, 2021: AKD Workshop on Teaching Sociology Post-Pandemic (virtual)
  • July 14, 2021: AKD Workshop on Editors’ Panel (virtual)
  • October 21 & 22, 2021: Embedded Sessions at the Mid-South Sociological Association annual meeting (hybrid)
    • Thursday, October 21st, 8:00am-9:15am. Session 1: A Sociologist’s Guide to Publishing Open Access
    • Thursday, October 21st, 9:30am-10:45am. Session 2: Editors’ Panel 
    • Friday, October 22nd, 9:30am-10:45am, Session 3: AKD’s Statement on Systemic Racism: Moving Forward with Action
    • Friday, October 22nd, 2:30pm-3:45pm, Session 4: Preparing for the Academic Job Marketl)
  • March 31, 2022, 1:00pm-5:00pm: AKD Pre-Conference at the North Central Sociological Association annual meeting (in-person)
    • What Can’t Students do with a Sociology Degree? Building Transferable Skills throughout the Curriculum with Authentic Community Engaged Learning
  • April 8-10, 2022: Embedded Sessions at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting (in-person & virtual option)
    • April 8th, 10:15am-11:45am, Session 53: Decolonizing Classes and Class Materials 
    • April 9th, 12:00pm-1:30pm, Session 112: Teaching Sociology
    • April 9th, 1:45pm-3:15pm, Session 124: Teaching Race, Power, Privilege, and Anti-Racism 
    • April 9th, 3:30pm-5:00pm, Session 136: Teaching At The Community College: Be the Change You Want to See in the World
    • April 10th, 12:00pm-1:30pm, Session 147: (virtual) Teaching Sociology and Advising Students 
  • April 13, 2022, 1:00pm-4:00pm: Graduate Student Teaching Workshop at the Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting (in-person)
    • 1:15pm-1:45pm, Session 1: Introductory & Large Enrollment Courses
    • 1:45pm-2:30pm, Session 2: Course Design Topic Tables
    • 2:45pm-3:30pm, Session 3: The Graduate Student/Teacher Balance
    • 3:30pm-4:00pm, Session 4: Finding Out Where and How Your Course Fits
  • June 22, 2022: AKD Workshop on Publishing Your Work (Virtual)

T&L Certificate Application

Deadline: August 31, 2022 (submit to akd@lemoyne.edu)