Enhancing Professional Recognition in Higher Education: HEA Recognition Workshop

1. Applying for Higher Education Academy (HEA) recognition through the UH CPD Framework Learning and Teaching Innovation Centre

2. Aims of the workshop At the end of the workshop we hope you will have: • considered the importance of being a ‘dual professional’ • considered and discussed the CPD framework (understanding the application and assessment processes) • identified which category of fellowship is appropriate for you • reflected and evaluated your own experiences in light of the UK Professional Standards Framework and considered your practice against the relevant criteria for your identified category of fellowship • started to draft your own submission • considered buddying up with a colleague to keep each other on track

3. University of Hertfordshire perspective • We support the HEA national professional recognition scheme and view it as an important marker of learning and teaching professionalism Based on the UK Professional Standards Framework Dual professionalism

4. Professional Recognition Benefits • Be recognised for the valuable work you do and to celebrate this • Valuable portable asset recognised across the sector • Might be critical for promotion/career progression • Help to keep up to date with latest developments in learning and teaching (CPD events, networking)

5. UK Professional Standards Framework Professional Recognition – HEA Fellowships Areas of Activity Principal Fellow Senior Fellow Professional Values Core Knowledge Fellow Associate Fellow Dimensions of Practice Descriptors

6. UH Accreditation Taught route Experience route PGCLTHE Evidence of experience assessed by either an oral or written submission AFHEA Teaching and Supporting Learning (Module 1 of PGCLTHE) FHEA Evidence of experience assessed via written and oral discussion SFHEA PFHEA

7. UKPSF Dimensionsof the Framework Areas of activity • Design and plan learning activities and/or programmes of study • Teach and/or supporting learning • Assess and give feedback to learners • Developing effective environments and approaches to student support and guidance • Engage in continuing professional development in subjects / disciplines and their pedagogy, incorporating research, scholarship and the evaluation of professional practice

8. UKPSF Dimensions of the Framework Professional values • Respect for individual learners and diverse learning communities • Promote participation in higher education and equality of opportunity for learners • Use evidence-informed approaches and the outcomes from research, scholarship and continuing professional development • Acknowledge the wider context in which higher education operates recognising the implications for professional practice

9. UKPSF Dimensions of the Framework Core knowledge (knowledge and understanding of) • The subject material • Appropriate methods for teaching and learning in the subject area and at the level of the academic programme • How students learn, both generally and in the subject / disciplinary area • The use and value of appropriate learning technologies • Methods for evaluating the effectiveness of teaching • The implications of quality assurance and enhancement for academic and professional practice with a particular focus on teaching

10. Applicationvia our UH CPD Framework • Routes for: • Associate Fellow • Fellow • Senior Fellow

11. Which category might you apply for?

12. Application for AFHEA

13. Application for AFHEA

14. Application for FHEA

15. Application for FHEA

16. Application for SFHEA

17. Application for SFHEA

18. Evidencing your professional development

19. It is essential that you make a claim • You must support your reflective evidence by linking it to learning and teaching literature appropriate to your context and experience throughout your application • Show us clearly how you meet the Core Knowledge and Professional Values • Indicate in your text where you think the links are by including the relevant knowledge or value in brackets, like a reference (K1) (V3) • It is essential that you make a claim, rather than the Panel extract the evidence

20. Reference requirements

21. Reference requirements Discuss your plan to apply for recognition with your line manager Referees must be familiar with UKPSF Referees must be able familiar with your work and the context in which you teach and/or support learning.

22. Gathering your evidence; think about your education roles and experiences Useful to develop a timeline Might include: • Career milestones • Specific roles • Involvement in learning and teaching initiatives • Areas of research/scholarly practice • Recognition and Reward • Collaboration • Staff development activity • Leadership/management roles

23. Gathering your evidence; think about your education roles and experiences And remember……. ‘Teaching is not to be regarded as a static accomplishment, like riding a bicycle or keeping a ledger; it is, like all arts of high ambition, a strategy in the face of an impossible task.’  Defining the curriculum problem, Stenhouse, L (1975)Cambridge Journal of Education, Taylor & Francis, p.124

24. Getting feedback on your submission LTIC colleagues are happy to: • discuss overall approaches and ideas • provide feedback on a full draft of one section (written or prepared) • provide feedback on case studies chosen for oral assessment (SFHEA) We would also recommend attending a writing day where LTIC colleagues will be available to support you.

25. Application process • Complete application requirements including references • Email your application to HEAFellowships@herts.ac.uk • You will receive a confirmation of receipt email • You will then receive details of your assessment date. • If a written submission for AFHEA or FHEA you will be informed of the date that the panel will meet to consider your application. • Oral assessment AFHEA/FHEA and all SFHEA applicants will receive details of time, date and room for the assessment

26. Application process • Following panel meetings you will be emailed with the outcome. • If not initially successful you will be referred to a colleague in the Learning and Teaching Innovation Centre for support to reapply • We will send confirmation to HEA and you will receive certification from them by email • There is a payment required by the HEA for colleagues based at a non-subscribing institution (i.e. not working at or affiliated to UH): • AFHEA = £100 per person • FHEA = £200 per person • SFHEA = £300 per person • PFHEA = £500 per person Fees correct according to HEA website accessed on Dec. 16th 2018

27. Dates and Deadlines for your Diary AFHEA/FHEA - Submission deadlines: • 2nd August 2019 • 25th October 2019 • 24th January 2020 • 17th April 2020 • 12th June 2020 • 31st July 2020 Application form, evidence template and references to be sent to: HEAFellowships@herts.ac.uk

28. Dates and Deadlines for your Diary SFHEA -Submission deadlines: • 23rd August 2019 • 20th December 2019 • 7th February 2020 • 26th June 2020 SFHEA –Panel dates: • 16th and 17th September 2019 • 16thand 17th January 2020 • 5thand 6th March 2020 • 22nd and 23rd July 2020 Application form, evidence template and references to be sent to: HEAFellowships@herts.ac.uk