Introductions From The HEA Team

1. The UK Professional Standards Framework and Professional Recognition of the Higher Education Academy

2. Introductions From The HEA Team

3. Menu of activities

4. Professional Standards Framework • Many institutions use the PSF and seek external validation of their approaches to professional development against the framework. • Not mandatory. • Has potential to be a key indicator of UK HE’s ongoing commitment to teaching, as well as giving confidence that minimum threshold standards have been met by academic staff. • PSF provides a set of descriptors, developed with the sector, against which institutions can benchmark their approaches to the professional development of staff.  • Managed by the HEA for the sector • Offers HE providers criteria which support the initial and continuing professional development for staff who teach and support student learning. • Flexible framework that is adaptable to the needs of the individual and of the institution.

5. The PSF A framework for higher education providers to: • Align initial and continuing professional development provision for all staff involved in teaching and supporting learning in higher education • Inform progression, promotion and reward criteria Comprises : • Dimensions (Areas of Activity, Core Knowledge and Professional Values) • Descriptors (D1, 2, 3 and 4) equivalent to Associate Fellow, Fellow, Senior Fellow and Principal Fellow

6. Uses of the Framework (1)

7. Uses of the Framework (2)

8. What does the teaching community think?(UKPSF Impact Study, 2013) • The UKPSF has been influential across the sector in changing institutional practice. • An overwhelming majority of respondents (84%) claimed that the UKPSF had led to changes to academic development, learning, teaching or the student experience within their institution for which they had evidence. • The top four areas where change in practice was reported were: • i) shaping accredited courses (70%)ii) influencing institutional CPD frameworks (67%)iii) supporting reward and recognition (47%)iv) influencing institutional strategy and policy (44%).

9. Professional Recognition • RECOGNITION applies to an individual who is seeking to become an Associate Fellow (D1), Fellow (D2) , Senior Fellow (D3) or Principal Fellow (D4) of the HEA.

10. Individuals recognised against UKPSF at the end of February2013

11. Benefits for individuals

12. Benefits for institutions

13. Associate Fellow and Fellow Production of an Account of Professional Practice

14. Nature of UKPSF Descriptors – focus on Senior Fellow (D3) and Principal Fellow (D4)

16. Senior Fellow Account of Professional Practice

17. SF example activities - RAP

18. SF example activities – case studies

19. Principal Fellow Account of professional practice

20. PF example activities

21. More PF example activities

22. Key principles for all applicants

23. Reflective alignment • Four reflective questions: • What did you do? Concise description of engagement including own role • How did you do it? Explanation of approach/methodology employed • Why did you do it that way? Evidence and rationale for choices made – CK+ PV • What difference did it make? Impact on learners/teachers/self/institution/beyond

24. Key principles for accreditors • Independent assessment • Based directly on Descriptors • Use a template • Can use borderline for individual Descriptor elements • Must refer if a Descriptor element is not met at all • Assess as a claim not assignment • Detailed feedback if referring

25. Next steps • Form into pairs/trios – based on chosen category • Agree next review date with partners • Develop an action plan for what you need to do next • Set target for completion

26. Useful links • About the Framework http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf • About Professional Recognitionhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/professional-recognition • About Accreditation http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/accreditation