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Dr Sandra Walls General Manager Academic Governance

Dr Sandra Walls General Manager Academic Governance. s.walls@boxhill.edu.au www.boxhill.edu.au Box Hill Institute Group.

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Dr Sandra Walls General Manager Academic Governance

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  1. Dr Sandra Walls • General Manager Academic Governance • s.walls@boxhill.edu.au • www.boxhill.edu.au • Box Hill Institute Group

  2. For the eleven years that the Box Hill Institute Group (BHI Group) has delivered higher education degrees, sessional academic staff have been supported to pursue professional • development via postgraduate education courses with established university partners. Support for Sessional Academic Staff • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

  3. Sessional academic staff supported to pursue professional development via postgraduate education courses with established university partners • Active Communities of Practice • Grants available to facilitate scholarship • Annual mixed sector symposium – Go5 • Annual teaching and learning symposium • Leadership Breakfast What it is • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

  4. Master of Education– Monash University Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching– The University of Melbourne Previously: Graduate Certificate in Higher Education – Deakin University Graduate Certificate in TESOL – Deakin University How it Works • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

  5. Enrolments of sessional academic staff of the postgraduate • education courses are high. For example recent enrolments in: • Master of Education • 2015 – 10 staff • 2014 – 14 staff • Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching • 2013 – 6 staff • 2012 –12 staff Support for Sessional Academic Staff • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

  6. Development of scholarly community at BHIG • Group of 5 • Mixed sector symposium • Strategic alliance with university partners Deakin, La Trobe, ACU and Monash University and industry Positive outcomes • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

  7. Resourcing needed • Funding for professional development • Funding for grants • Partnering with universities or industry • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

  8. Challenges and Areas for Improvement • Developing academic community within VET-identified institution • Funding uncertainty • Opportunities to partner for research with universities and industry • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

  9. Now accredited to deliver: • 2 higher education diplomas • 7 associate degrees • 14 bachelor’s degrees • 4 graduate diplomas • 3 master’s degrees • In nine disciplines across two campuses • Over 130 students graduated in 2014 Evidence of impact/ success? • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

  10. Thank you • Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

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