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Pete Cannell and Alison Gilmour (Learning Development Team)

‘Reflecting on the nature of professional development of teachers in HE as a context for OU initiatives such as OpenPAD’. Pete Cannell and Alison Gilmour (Learning Development Team).

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Pete Cannell and Alison Gilmour (Learning Development Team)

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  1. ‘Reflecting on the nature of professional development of teachers in HE as a context for OU initiatives such as OpenPAD’ Pete Cannell and Alison Gilmour (Learning Development Team) Tulliallan Staff Development Event – 29/30 November 2013

  2. What does professional development of teaching mean to you? (please feel free to discuss both your OU and external roles) • What is professionalism in HE?

  3. Enhancing Teaching in 2013Scottish HE Sector • Watershed moment for Scotland? • Changes in the traditional boundaries • Changing significance of professional development • UK Professional Standards Framework

  4. Staff: enhancing teachingKey questions • How are staff (academic, academic-related or support staff) in teaching roles supported, formally and informally, to develop their teaching? • How are staff supported at different stages in their careers? • What recognition and reward is there for teaching staff? • How is it known that staff are developing their teaching, and how is practice shared? • What are the challenges and opportunities in all of these?

  5. Staff: enhancing teachingEvidence • Literature review • Extended interviews with one key member of staff at Scottish HEIs • Cross-sector workshop in April 2013 • Online survey of staff

  6. Evidence • Literature review • Extended interviews with one key member of staff at Scottish HEIs • Cross-sector workshop in April 2013 • Online survey of staff

  7. The Report • Priorities for staff • engagement with colleagues: observation, peer assessment of teaching, opportunities for discussion • time and space for reflection • opportunities to learn about new techniques and technologies beyond simply ‘how to’ • opportunities to engage with learning and teaching issues in their own discipline

  8. The Report (2) • Key policy and practice issues • adequate resources – building in time to staff workload planning • finding a stronger space for learning and teaching in light of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) • understanding what constitutes good teaching and evidencing enhancement • working better with HR and finance to support professional development • support for engagement with new technology WITH pedagogical development

  9. The new HEA UKPSF • The new HEA UK Professional Standards Framework for teachers in HE has four levels: • Associate Fellow • Fellow • Senior Fellow • Principal Fellow

  10. Routes to recognition • The OU now supports two routes • The individual route Five stages to professional recognition [Associate Fellow (£100), Fellow (£200)] • The institutional route OpenPAD [Free]

  11. Offers support to ALs who wish to apply to the HEA through provision of a five step approach and a selection of forums which are moderated by three ALs. A general (welcome) forum and other more focused forums enable ALs to seek support and discuss how their role relates to the UK Professional Standards Framework. The individual route

  12. OpenPAD Applicants work through the materials of OpenPAD as well as undertaking a Practitioner Inquiry.

  13. Staff: enhancing teaching workshops Pete and Alison are running a sector-wide workshop in December in Paisley and Dundee: Enhancing the professional development of teachers in HE: sharing good practice:
 • 12 December 2013, University of the West of Scotland (Paisley) 10.00-13.30 • 13 December 2013, University of Dundee, 10.00-13.30
 You are more than welcome to attend if you would find this workshop interesting. Please register before Monday 9 December at: http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/events

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