+ Applying for 2014 UTS Learning and Teaching Awards and Citations Katrina Waite IML [email protected] x2480.

+Applying for 2014 UTS Learning and Teaching Awards and Citations

Katrina Waite [email protected]

+Changes for 2014

Guidelines similar to last year – some slight changes in wording

Amendment to Learning2014 category, with specific guidelines somewhat different from other Award categories

More detailed description of Postgraduate Supervision category

Some changes to application form

+Citations Scheme

Recognises diversity of contributions – no specific categories

May be team or individual

Address only one of the selection criteria

Submission is 4 pages plus attachments

Citation winners are eligible to apply for UTS Learning and Teaching awards in subsequent years and national OLT Citations

+9 Learning and Teaching Award Categories for 2014

Team Teaching

Individual Teaching

Early Career Teaching

Learning2014

Teaching by a casual or sessional staff member

Internationalisation of Teaching and Learning

Strengthening the UTS Model of Teaching and Learning

Postgraduate Supervision

Widening Participation

Academic support

+Note the following

Strengthening the UTS Model of Learning refers to Graduate Attributes and Learning2014

Internationalisation category explicitly includes applications relating to English language embedding and support

Widening Participation Category explicitly includes applications relating to the First Year Experience

+What’s the UTS Model of Learning?

Link on the UTS website and on application guidelines

3 facets

1. an integrated exposure to professional practice through dynamic and multifaceted modes of practice-oriented education

2. professional practice situated in a global workplace, with international mobility and international and cultural engagement as centre piece.

3. Learning which is research-inspired and integrated, providing academic rigour with cutting edge technology to equip graduates for life-long learning.

+Learning 2014

Focused on preparedness and changes to teaching approaches related to the imminent opening of UTS’s new learning spaces, flipped learning and other Learning 2014 initiatives

http://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/teaching-and-learning/learning2014/overview

+Eligibility for Citations

At least three years of UTS teaching required, except for Casual Academics

Casual Academics must have at least 4 semesters of teaching at UTS – not necessarily consecutive

Team leaders must have three years teaching, and other team members - two years

Exclusions in the same category for previous winners

For other eligibility, please refer to printed guidelines

Questions?

+Eligibility for Learning and Teaching Awards

At least three years of UTS teaching required

Team leaders must have three years teaching, and team members must have two years

Exclusions in the same category for previous winners

Please refer to printed guidelines

Questions?

+Citations - Criteria for Selection

Address one of the following:1. Approaches to teaching and learning and/or to teaching

and learning support that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn

2. Development of curricula and resources that reflect a command of the field

3. Approaches to assessment and feedback that foster independent learning

4. Respect and support for the development of students as individuals

5. Scholarly activities and service innovations that have influenced and enhanced learning and teaching. This includes contributions to the development of good learning and teaching practices through leadership or mentoring.

+Learning and Teaching Awards - Criteria for Selection

Same CriteriaHowever, category requirements vary

1. Individual or team award - address at least three of the criteria

2. Applicants for following awards must address at least two of the criteria – Casual or sessional academicWidening participationAcademic support

+Write to your audience - The selection committee

Don’t assume they understand the language of your discipline

DVC (Teaching, Learning and Equity)

An undergraduate student

A postgraduate student

A previous winner

A Professor or Associate Professor nominated by Academic Board

A fellow of UTS or equivalent – (to be confirmed)

+These applications are a genre

Important to include something about your philosophy of student learning towards the beginning of statement –

When presenting evidence, a useful approach is:

“Claim, Explain, Evidence” – Repeat

The application needs to be written about student learning and your contribution to it, rather than your approach to teaching

Consider beginning sentences with “Students” rather than “I”

Evidence is best if it demonstrates “impact on student learning” rather than simply appreciation of you as a teacher.

+How they are assessed

The nomination will be judged against the chosen criteria on the extent to which it shows evidence, particularly evidence of evaluation in the written statement, that the nominee’s contribution has:

a. influenced student learning, student engagement or the overall student experience

b. gained recognition from fellow staff, the institution, and/or the broader community

c. been sustained for an appropriate period

Innovation is also well regarded

+

Evidence of contributions to students’ learning, engagement and/or experience of university to support your claim

Evidence of a scholarly approach, framed by a conscious philosophy.

Clear descriptions of particular practices relevant to the contribution(s), with concrete examples.

Achievement of positive student outcomes relevant to the contribution. (Please refer to guidelines for suggestions)

Important that evidence goes further than “ XXX is great” needs to add “….because xxx really helped me understand a really difficult thing”

Positive student feedback, from SFS or other relevant indicators depending on the contribution. In many cases, evidence will also include how the applicant(s) have responded to feedback over time in order to refine/improve the contribution.

+Evidence cont:

Peer review or recognition of the contribution

Scholarly communication of the contribution, for example through Faculty or UTS seminars or Teaching and Learning forums, conference papers or publications

For leadership contributions, evidence may focus on impacts on teaching or support practices in a course or program that contribute to student outcomes

Evidence of internal recognition of the contribution within UTS, and/or evidence of external recognition from professional bodies, employers or other universities

Formal evaluations

+Citation Nominations Nomination form

Written statement of consent to the nomination

Two written references of no more that a single A4 page each, provided by people who are able to make informed comment on the applicant’s contribution

(Not Dean /A/Dean/ Head of School/ Unit Director)

4 page written statement conforming to guidelines 12 pt and 2cm margins

Useful to establish the context at the beginning – size of cohort distinguishing characteristics of students and or subject

Student Feedback Surveys for at least the last two years – Use the summary report from PQU (not your own printed versions)

Equivalent evaluation evidence required for student support applications.

Postgrad supervision applicants are advised to use the RSFS (cont)

+Citation Nominations (cont)

Committee will also contact your Dean and Associate Dean/Head of School or Unit Director for confidential written comments

(Make sure that you advise all of these referees about the nature of your application)

No additional supporting documentation

12 hard copies to the Office of the DVC And Vice President (Teaching, Learning and Equity) and one soft copy to [email protected] by 5:00pm Fri 10th October 2014

+Learning and Teaching Award Nominations

Nomination form

Written statement of consent to the nomination

Two written references of no more that a single A4 page each, provided by people who are able to make informed comment on the applicant’s contribution

Not Dean/ A/Dean / Head of School

Up to eight page written statement conforming to guidelines - 12 pt and 2cm margins

Student Feedback Surveys for at least the last two years – Use the summary report from PQU

Equivalent evaluation evidence required for student support applications.

Postgrad supervision applicants are advised to use the RSFS (cont)

+Learning and Teaching Award Nominations (cont)

Supporting documentation of up to Eight A4 pages or one media resource (website, audio-visual resource etc The committee will not view more than eight pages if a website or equivalent is submitted

Committee will also contact your Dean and Associate Dean/Head of School or Unit Director for confidential written comments

(Make sure that you advise all of these referees about the nature of your application)

12 hard copies to the Office of the DVC and Vice President (Teaching, Learning and Equity) and One electronic copy to [email protected] by 5:00pm Friday 10th October 2014

+Pathway to National Recognition – Office for Learning and Teaching

Similar Criteria

For OLT Citations you may address one criterion

For National Teaching Awards you need to address all the criteria

Need to present strong evidence including evidence of recognition within your own university – UTS Citations and Teaching Awards provide this

+UTS 2013 Citation Winners Dr Gerhard Hambusch (Early Career) – for successful engagement of

students through experiential learning that challenges assumptions and beliefs to inspire independent thought, self-learning and ethical decision making in finance

Associate Professor Guang Hong – For inspiring undergraduate students and enhancing their learning by integrating teaching and research for energy and environmental sustainability in mechanical engineering

Dr Paul Kennedy – For a decade-long contribution to data analytics teaching with an emphasis on creating authentic learning experiences for students to benefit their career progression

Dr Catherine Killen - For inspirational and sustained contribution to student learning through novel transdisciplinary curricula and experiential learning approaches: developing innovation capability in engineering students

+OLT Citation Recipients 2013

Dr Andrea Leigh – For inspiring and motivating students in environmental science through learning approaches that highlight relevance to professional scientific practice

Jenna Price – For a sustained commitment to improving student retention and engagement for journalism students from day one to employment

Dr Jon Tyler, Dr Laurel Dyson, Dr James Wakefield, Jessica Frawley – For a sustained cross-faculty team-teaching approach to providing innovative assessment and improved feedback for introductory accounting students in large classes

+UTS 2012 Citations winners

Dr Tony Brown – Adult Education

Dr Laurel Dyson – School of software

Dr David Bond, Dr Robert Czernkowski, Professor Peter Wells - Accounting

+UTS examples of successful submissions which included general staff

Alternative Formats Service – Library

Provision of academic support in the U:Pass program

+Previous UTS Learning and Teaching Awards and Citations Recipients

http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/grants-awards/uts_awardfinalists.html

+Contacts

Questions?

Contact: Katrina Waite x2480

( On leave from 19 Sep – 7 Oct) Please speak to me early.

PQU summary reports

[email protected] x7427