How to Get Started

1. Click here to review the core competencies.
2. Speak with their adviser or another music faculty member to obtain an agreement to be the music faculty mentor.
3. Develop a draft plan of activities and timeline to attain each competency.
4. Complete the Application Materials. Fill out the College Teaching Portfolio checklist. Click here to link to the CCT Requirements webpage where you can download the checklist document.
5. Send the materials via email to Mitchell Robinson, associate professor of music education for review and approval. The chair of the music education area will review the College’s recommendation with the Graduate School.
6. Send a copy of the approved application to the Secretary of Graduate Studies for College records.

Eligibility: students must be in an M.A., M.M., D.M.A., or Ph.D. program in the College of Music and have a commitment to developing their teaching competence.