Teaching & Pedagogy

Teaching and pedagogy remain hallmarks of Baylor's undergraduate experience. Baylor graduate students serve in the classroom, lab, and the field as educators. As such, the Baylor Graduate School helps equip its students to be better teachers. 

Academy for Teaching & Learning

Baylor University’s Academy for Teaching & Learning (ATL) has a two-fold mission: to support and inspire a flourishing community of learning and to promote the integration of teaching, scholarship, collegiality, and service in a Christian environment.

Teacher of Record Training

Graduate students throughout programs at Baylor University, both at the master's and doctoral level, have the opportunity to teach undergraduate classes. Evidence shows that this is beneficial to graduate students, preparing them for future jobs in the academy--possibly even speeding their time to degree while reducing their waiting time on the job market. The Baylor University Graduate School works hard to support graduate student TORs.

TeaCHE Capstone in Higher Education

The Academy for Teaching & Learning, in collaboration with the Baylor University Graduate School, offers the Teaching Capstone in Higher Education (TeaCHE) for students wishing to teach in higher education upon graduating with a masters or doctoral degree. With an increasingly tight and competitive job market, this capstone is intended to enhance your readiness to teach in a higher education environment and, thereby, increase your marketability on the job market.

Seminars for Excellence in Teaching

Since 2008, the Academy for Teaching and Learning has hosted a series of one-hour Seminars for Excellence in Teaching (SET) to help colleagues meet the historic expectations of excellence in teaching at Baylor. For new Teachers of Record (TOR), SET satisfy SACS requirements for professional development in teaching. For more experienced TOR, SET facilitate the sharing of ideas and insights about teaching and learning today and encourage participants to renew their commitments to inspirational teaching. SET are also a valuable resource in the preparation of graduate student Teachers of Record.

Teaching in English

The Graduate School works with the Global Gateway Program (GGP) to evaluate and offer instruction to International Teaching Assistants (ITA) and Teachers of Record at Baylor University. International students must have a score of 25 on TOEFL (internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language) or 7.5 on IELTS (International English Language Testing System) in order to serve as an ITA.