Learning and Teaching Committee

 

Subject:          Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning in HE

 

Origin:            Professional Development; PDQ Team

 

 

The agenda draws attention to the publication by the Higher Education Academy of the Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning in HE, at

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/regandaccr/standardsframework(1).pdf 

 

The PDQ Team noted details at its meeting on 20 March 2006 and at the same time endorsed the following proposals from Professional Development concerning the University’s approach to the framework document:

 

(i)                  to seek to have the ‘New Lecturers’ route badged in line with Standard Descriptor 2

(ii)                to seek to have the ‘Associate Teaching’ route badged in line with Standard Descriptor 1

(iii)               to accept that the current Teaching Skills training for postgraduate teaching assistants would not fit with the Standard Descriptor 1 but to emphasise that individuals could follow the Associate Teaching route in order to gain recognition

(iv)              to defer action on provision to meet Standard Descriptor 3 until further information emerged on CPD.