NC State Campus Writing and Speaking Program
C²TC
Communication Teaching Certificate
A free, asynchronous certificate program for NC State faculty who want to deepen their expertise in writing, oral, and digital communication pedagogy.
Three specialized certificates
Choose your focus — or earn all three
Each certificate stands on its own. Complete all three to earn the C²TC Certificate of Advanced Communication Pedagogy. The prerequisite for any certificate is the Core Teaching Certificate (CTC).
Written Communication Instruction
Research-based frameworks for teaching writing across disciplines. Covers writing transfer, feedback and assessment, discipline-specific genre instruction, and assignment design.
Explore certificate →Digital Communication Instruction
Frameworks for teaching digital rhetoric, multimodal composition, and digital project design. Covers digital literacies, assessment, and ethical dimensions of digital communication.
Explore certificate →Oral Communication Instruction
Principles of public speaking instruction, oral communication across disciplines, and assessment of oral performance. Modules in development for Spring 2026.
Learn more →What you gain
Built for faculty who teach communication
C²TC is designed for faculty who already take their teaching seriously and want more sophisticated tools. It is not a remediation program. It is an advanced professional development experience grounded in communication studies research.
Knowledge and skills
- → Research-based strategies for teaching written, oral, and digital communication
- → Assessment tools and rubrics for communication-intensive assignments
- → AI-assisted instruction and multimodal composition frameworks
- → Inclusive and accessible design for diverse learners
Recognition and community
- → Specialized certificates and digital badges for professional portfolios
- → Cross-disciplinary cohort of faculty and graduate instructors working through the certificate together
- → Opportunity to present capstone projects at the OFE Annual Conference
- → Shared repository of faculty-created teaching materials, rubrics, and capstone artifacts
Program resources
Cohort and repository
Cohort
Four optional synchronous sessions per semester for participants to workshop assignments, share capstone work, and build a cross-disciplinary network. Designed especially for new faculty, graduate instructors of record, and teaching faculty — all welcome.
Learn about the cohort →Repository
A shared, growing collection of faculty-created teaching materials from C²TC participants — assignment prompts, rubrics, syllabi, and capstone projects contributed by instructors across disciplines.
Browse the repository →Related program
Looking for course-level support?
WOLF (Written and Oral Literacy Facilitation) pairs faculty with a CWSP liaison to audit and redesign communication in a specific course. C²TC and WOLF are designed to complement each other.