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Dr Sandra WallsGeneral Manager Academic Governance
[email protected] Hill Institute Group
Support for Sessional Academic Staff
For the eleven years that the Box Hill Institute Group (BHI
Group) has delivered higher education degrees, sessional
academic staff have been supported to pursue professional
development via postgraduate education courses with
established university partners.
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015
What it is
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015
•Sessional academic staff supported to pursue
professional development via postgraduate education
courses with established university partners
•Active Communities of Practice
•Grants available to facilitate scholarship
•Annual mixed sector symposium – Go5
•Annual teaching and learning symposium
•Leadership Breakfast
How it WorksMaster of Education – Monash University
Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching – The University of
Melbourne
Previously:
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education – Deakin University
Graduate Certificate in TESOL – Deakin University
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015
Support for Sessional Academic StaffEnrolments of sessional academic staff of the
postgraduate
education courses are high. For example recent enrolments
in:
Master of Education
2015 – 10 staff
2014 – 14 staff
Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching
2013 – 6 staff
2012 – 12 staff
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015
Positive outcomes•Development of scholarly community at BHIG
•Group of 5
•Mixed sector symposium
•Strategic alliance with university partners Deakin, La
Trobe, ACU and Monash University and industry
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015
Resourcing needed
• Funding for professional development• Funding for grants• Partnering with universities or industry
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015
Challenges and Areas for Improvement•Developing academic community within VET-identified institution
•Funding uncertainty
•Opportunities to partner for research with universities and
industry
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015
Evidence of impact/ success?Now accredited to deliver:
•2 higher education diplomas•7 associate degrees•14 bachelor’s degrees•4 graduate diplomas•3 master’s degrees
•In nine disciplines across two campuses
•Over 130 students graduated in 2014
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015
Thank you
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015