Supporting Staff

The Resource Centre contains practical material about good teaching and learning in the tertiary sector. The Resources can come from the Communities and Project Groups on the site. The Resources are high-quality, well-presented, evidence-based, and relevant to New Zealand.

Supporting Staff includes professional development, support services for staff, and staff workload.

Most recent resources about Supporting Staff

Improving the effectiveness of large-class teaching in law degrees

This report identifies effective methods for teaching large classes supported by limited hours of small group, face-to-face teaching. The report and adaptive good practice template will be of interest teachers of large classes.

The success and impact of early career academics in two New Zealand tertiary institutions

A report examining the experiences of Early Career Academics. It identifies several processes that contribute to the induction, preparation and meaningful socialisation of ECAs who will be capable of enhancing their students’ educational outcomes and their own academic careers.

Investigation into the role of emotions in tertiary teaching

A pilot study into the emotions experienced by tertiary educators in their teaching contexts.

Pasifika Students: supporting academic success through the provision of mentoring

This project identifies the success factors that help promote Pasifika student academic success from the perspectives of those most directly involved in the mentoring process - Pasifika students and their lecturers, and the Pasifika mentors themselves.

Teaching Adults Posters

A set of colourful posters designed to support adults to learn, either online or in tertiary classrooms.