Limelight 0409
Last updated by: Helen Dobson on 23 April 2009 - 1:12pm
The April 2009 edition of the Limelight - News from the Academy
The Academy in the Limelight
News from the Ako Aotearoa Academy of Tertiary Teaching Excellence
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Please email your contributions to the Editor at academy@akoaotearoa.ac.nz
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YOUR Symposium
“Turning Vision into Promising Practice”
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Plans for the Symposium are coming together but to enable us to finalise a number of logistical issues we need your help.
Could you please let me (Helen) know, by a reply to this email or by sending to academy@akoaotearoa.ac.nz, answers to the following:
v Are you likely to attend the Symposium? (The 28th will be workshops (optional), with the symposium proper on the 29th and 30th. A full registration form will give travel options etc and will follow at a later date.)
v Would you like to participate in some of the sessions as part of a presenting group?
v What sort of session would you like to participate in?
v What would like to see in the programme?
v Would you rather listen to speakers or participate in activities and workshops?
v Is there some other way you would like to contribute to the Symposium or to the Academy? Photographer at symposium, MC for part of the programme, help with Academy admin, contribute to Limelight, write an article for the Education Review, mentor future applicants for TTEA Awards etc. etc.
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Who has done what:
- Tracey Poutama-Mackie and Julia Bruce were both keynote speakers at the TASDEN event. The following is a report from the Ako Aotearoa Northern Hub about the presenters:
Two Academy awardees recently presented at the northern regional Hub inaugural forum of TASDEN (the Tertiary Academic Staff Developers’ Education Network).
Tracey Poutama-Mackie began with her own moving story of development and linked it to the themes for the day – supporting student diversity, collaborative teaching and literacy, which included her fascinating “Hide the veges in the stew” theory.
Julie Bruce showed how she practices what she preaches with video clips of her salon teams, great pics of her photo shoots, and set a task for everyone to do where they had to discuss collaborative learning opportunities that involve more than one of the organisations represented at the forum.
You can view Tracey’s and Julia’s presentations on the Academy website:
- Associate Professor Tracy Riley, from the College of Education’s School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, has been elected to the board of the Professional Association for Gifted Education. To read more go to: http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-us/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=gifted-education-specialist-elected-to-national-board-20-03-2009
Your website
- Write before you are ready: First steps to avoid writers block. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/write-youre-ready-first-
- Guidelines for developing Multiple Choice Questions http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/general-guidelines-devel
· The Academy’s 2009 Business Plan has been approved by the Ako Aotearoa Board and is available at: http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/files/2009-business-plan.
One of the objectives in the Business Plan is the creation of a contestable fund open to Academy members to enable them to apply for funding for activities that will benefit the Academy. More information will follow on this but in the meantime you might like to think of projects for which funding could be requested. (Ako Aotearoa’s Research Manager will be available at the Symposium to explain about the Ako Aotearoa funding streams so now is the time to start thinking of possible projects for next year.)
If you have ideas about how we can complete any of the other objectives please let me know.
- The Education Review recently published articles written by Academy members:
- Lisa Emerson: Writing a Portfolio for the National Teaching Awards.http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/writing-portfolio-nation
- Selena Chan: What apprentices learn in the workplace. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/what-apprentices-learn-w
- Mark Brown: The Crime of Teaching Excellence. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/crime-teaching-excellenc
- The Academy Community on the Ako Aotearoa website has, over the past four months, had more hits than any of the other communities with over 1200 hits for the month of March 2009.
Other useful Links
- Academic Terminology in New Zealand. An interesting comparison of the terms used in both the New Zealand and the US Academic circles http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~ewan/info/lecturer.html
2009 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards Round
As you will be aware nominations for the 2009 round have now closed and we look forward to a new group of winners joining the Academy. If you helped anyone complete their portfolio or application in any way can you please let me know. One of the KPI’s in our 2009 Business Plan is to mentor / assist new applicants and it would be great if we can show just how many people the academy has assisted.
Promotional Material
Very soon the first Academy promotional brochure will be available for distribution. A supply will automatically be sent to each member. If extras are required please let me know.
Remember:
A reminder that unless you have been asked to contribute by the Committee you do not have the authority to present or otherwise speak on behalf of the Academy. Any requests should come
through the committee c/o the Editor.
Your Limelight Editor, Helen
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