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Enabling Learning by Valuing Teachers

Enabling Learning by Valuing Teachers. Jane Thomas Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow Director of SALT (Swansea Academy of Learning & Teaching) Superintendent of Assessment, Swansea University Deputy Head, Learning, Teaching and Professional Issues -

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Enabling Learning by Valuing Teachers

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  1. Enabling Learning by Valuing Teachers Jane Thomas Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow Director of SALT (Swansea Academy of Learning & Teaching) Superintendent of Assessment, Swansea University Deputy Head, Learning, Teaching and Professional Issues - College of Human and Health Sciences

  2. Learning is acquiring new, or modifying existing, knowledge, behaviours, skills, values or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. Learning is not compulsory; it is contextual. Learning may be viewed as a process, rather than a collection of factual and procedural knowledge. Learning is based on experience. (Wikipedia 6-12-12) Teaching is defined “as imparting knowledge to or instruct (someone) as to how to do something; To cause (someone) to learn or understand something by example or experience; To encourage someone to accept (something) as a fact or principle: make (someone) less inclined to do something. (Oxford English Dictionary 6-12-12)

  3. Valuing teaching Student evaluation Peer review KPI/KIS/NSS PDR Internally – ELTA/ESSA Externally by application – HEA External peer review - NTF

  4. Distinguished Teaching Awards / ELTA (Excellence in Learning & Teaching Award) Fellowship of the HEA National Teaching Fellow

  5. DTA/ELTA The university has been running the DTA since 2001 and it has now been renamed the ELTA (Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award) to align with the University’s emphasis on recognizing excellence across the institution. Enhancements are also to be made to the nominations process and the publicity strategy to increase the numbers of nominations and increase student engagement with the process. An Excellence in Student Support Award will be introduced for non-teaching staff (ESSA).

  6. HEA Fellowship Associate Fellow Fellow Senior Fellow Principal Fellow Linked to the UK Professional Standards Framework

  7. Criteria UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf Process Evidence Reflection References Cost

  8. NTF selection NTFS scheme HEA hosted/funded Annual Awards 3 nominations per institution – England and Wales all HEIs Up 55 awards of £10k External peer review ‘Fellowship’ NTFA

  9. The NTFS process Call for nominations/applications released -December Nominations close – March Nominees informed – June Announcements – July Awards Ceremony - October

  10. Selection criteria Individual excellence: Evidence of enhancing and transforming the student learning experience commensurate with the individual’s context and the opportunities afforded by it Stimulating student interest Inspiring commitment to learning Generating high quality resources Enhancing student learning Supporting the diversity of student needs Drawing on research, scholarship and professional practice to add value to learning and teaching Contributing to the literature/evidence base

  11. Selection criteria 2. Raising the profile of excellence Evidence of supporting colleagues and influencing support for student learning; demonstrating impact and engagement beyond one’s immediate academic/professional role Outstanding contributions to colleagues’ professional development in relation to promoting and enhancing student learning Contributing to departmental/college/institutional/national initiatives to facilitate student learning Contributing to and/or supporting meaningful and positive change with respect to pedagogic practice, policy and/or procedure

  12. Selection criteria 3. Developing excellence: Evidence of the nominee’s commitment to his/her ongoing professional development with regard to teaching and learning and/or learning support Ongoing review and enhancement of individual professional practice Engaging in professional development activities which enhance the nominee’s expertise in teaching and learning support Engaging in the review and enhancement of one’s own professional and/or academic practice Specific contributions to significant improvements in the student learning experience

  13. The 2012 Fellows: Jane Thomas – 1st Welsh Nurse to join the NTF community Dr Charles Buckley – Bangor PGCE Ruth Matheson – UWIC Learning & Teaching Development Unit Sheila Oliver – Cardiff Dentistry ‘Research Led and Practice Driven’

  14. Route 2: Progression Newly introduced progression route using criteria which value teaching attributes within a specified framework from Tutor  Lecturer  Senior Lecturer  Reader/Chair Valuing teachers whether by nomination, self-selection, peer review or selection enhances the student and teacher experience. This institution does so but we can all engage more fully and recognise the impact of our best teachers and the wider beneficial effects they can have. SALT = opportunity, partnership and engagement

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