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Dr Sandra Walls General Manager Academic Governance [email protected] www.boxhill.edu.au Box Hill Institute Group

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Page 1: Dr Sandra Walls General Manager Academic Governance s.walls@boxhill.edu.au  Box Hill Institute Group

Dr Sandra WallsGeneral Manager Academic Governance

[email protected] Hill Institute Group

Page 2: Dr Sandra Walls General Manager Academic Governance s.walls@boxhill.edu.au  Box 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Resourcing needed

• Funding for professional development• Funding for grants• Partnering with universities or industry

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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

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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

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Thank you

Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015