Fundamentals Microteaching Sessions

Participants must successfully complete one microteaching session on each of the following topics (in any order):

• Topic 1: A favourite theory or theorist
• Topic 2: A key concept or skill from an introductory course
• Topic 3: Your favourite teaching method/ teaching a CTE teaching tip*

*Note: Topic 3 is required for participants receiving prior learning credits

Lesson plans are due 7 days prior to scheduled microteaching sessions and must be submitted via the LEARN dropbox. 

Facilitators will evaluate lesson plans and provide feedback, on LEARN, within 2 business days. If revisions are required, participants must submit their revised lesson plan within 24 hours of receiving feedback. It is the participant's responsibility to check LEARN for this feedback and make any necessary revisions within 24 hours. If participants fail to submit on time, their registration in the session will be cancelled in order to make room for a particpant on the waitlist. 

Please note that failing to submit your lesson plan or lesson plan revisions on time counts as a cancellation.

Due to high demand, microteaching sessions fill quickly and often carry a waiting list. It is important that we have measures in place that prevent repeated and short-notice cancellations. Respectfully consider:

• the learning experience of the session (i.e. one of the outcomes of the Fundamentals program is to improve the participants ability to give and receive effective feedback, which requires full attendance)
• participants waiting to enrol in our sessions
• timely completion of the Fundamentals program

With this in mind:

1. To cancel your microteaching session, without penalty, you must provide 72 hours notice prior to your session. This allows CTE staff to offer the space to another student and for the other student to have enough time to prepare. No penalty will be applied if you are cancelling your registration because you are sick or because you could not pass the COVID-19 screening questions in the Campus Check-in (for on campus microteaching sessions).
2. Cancellations within 72 hours of a microteaching session will result in a 90-day probation period. During this period, you will be unable to enrol in any microteaching sessions.
3. More than two cancellations in a term (regardless of the notice given) will also result in a 90-day probation period. During this period, you will be unable to enrol in any microteaching sessions.

Please note that failing to submit your lesson plan or lesson plan revisions on time counts as a cancellation.

To cancel your microteaching session, please send an email to: cte-mts@uwaterloo.ca. Do not cancel your registration through the registration system.

Should you need to cancel your attendance in an on-campus microteaching session because you are sick or because you could not pass the COVID-19 screening questions in the Campus Check-in we will do our best to schedule you into another session.

Students who have completed EMLS 601R/ESL 601R: Professional Spoken English or EMLS 621R can have one of these count in place of:

• one microteaching session (either topic 1 or topic 2)*

• workshop CTE226/CTE1226: Classroom Delivery Skills

To count this course as credit for your Fundamentals microteaching, students in the course must:

• attain a minimum average grade of 70% on the oral assignments (i.e., not on the 2 tests)
• request a letter from the course instructor, after the course has finished
• forward the letter from your instructor (as a PDF) to cte-grad@uwaterloo.ca

*Note: students who receive this credit are expected to complete Topic 3 (your favourite teaching method/ teaching a CTE teaching tip) as one of their microteaching sessions

The Fundamentals of University Teaching LEARN site houses resources on planning and preparing for microteaching sessions. You will find everything you need there to prepare for your microteaching sessions.

Have further questions? Contact us at cte-grad@uwaterloo.ca.