What’s up next…..?• Changes to recommendationsRecommendations

• Improving quality assurance and assuring assessor consistencyModeration

• Quota and teaching experienceDoctoral Students

• Stop, start, continueYour Feedback

• More Structure• Group mentoring proposedA ‘Programme’

Assessments and Recommendations

Subject to HEA Approval Recommendations will be one of the following 4 options:

Proceed Clarify (Minor)

ReturnClarify (Major)

Assuring Quality

We want to assure consistency between assessors

We plan to introduce the role of moderator – someone who would sample some of each category of Fellowship to ensure parity of decisions.

Supporting Doctoral Students

We want to support those who will hopefully go into HE teaching

Doctoral students – Associate Fellows (most likely category)

Current Picture

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Axis Title

Supporting Doctoral Students

• Proposed criteria: All possible candidates should be in Year 3 of their studies and have had teaching/student support experience

• What is an appropriate quota?

• 15 per year suggested.

• How to distribute across Colleges?

Possible PG quotas – based on 15 per year total

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Proposed annual Quota (total # students) Proposed annual quota (proportionate to those teaching)

A more formal ‘programme’ to the

Fellowship goal

Associate/ Fellowship ‘programme’

Information session or

completion of online

course

Developing your

application

2 group mentoring sessions

Application Deadline

Optional Sessions on Reflective

Writing

Optional Sessions on using Pebble+

Minimum 3 months prior to deadline).

Senior Fellowship ‘programme’

Info session/ completi

on of online course

Develop the

application

Mentor – what

are your case

studies?

Case Study

Development

2 mentor interaction

s

Application

Deadline

Optional Sessions on Reflective

Writing

Optional Sessions on using Pebble+

Minimum 3 months prior to deadline).

Overview of Proposed Mentoring Arrangements

Liaison with SALT regarding staff changing deadlines and/or between SFHEA and FHEA

Mentors provides dates in line with central support sessions.Hold at least 2 meetings/interactions prior to the application

deadline. Provides Group guidance and support (AF/FHEA. SFHEA may

meet individually)

1 mentor identified from each College for each application deadline for AF/FHEA and SFHEA

What kinds of things may crop up?

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• Answering queries about the application structureAbout the SAR

• The kinds of activities that falls in each category

Helping to explain the UKPSF

• What evidence is expectedEvidence

• To available support sessions run through SALTReferral

• provide general feedback/prompts on a section

• peer assessment of a sectionFeedback

How this might work in practice – AF/FHEA

Final reviewFinal draft to mentor at least 2 weeks prior to deadline

Group Session 2Draft of application. Peer assessment

Group Session 1Review of bulleted list. Explore evidence, peer sharing?

Mentor arranges 2 sessions approx 1 month apartMentor contacts mentees and asks to bring bullet points of each section to the first mentor session. Session dates to be identified (2 possible options for each of

the 2 sessions)

Applicant identifies deadlineSALT will pass on list of people to allocated College mentor to be in touch with.

How this might work in practice - SFHEA

• SALT will pass on list of people to allocated College mentor to be in touch with.

Applicant identifies deadline

• Mentor contacts mentees and asks to asks for Case Study Topics to be identified. May refer to Fellows ‘programme’ at this point

Mentor arranges initial meeting

• Session or deadline dates to be identified (2 possible options for each of the 2 sessions/interactions)

Mentor arranges 2 sessions approx 1 month

apart

• Review of Reflective AccountSession 1

• Review of Case StudiesSession 2

• Final draft to mentor at least 2 weeks prior to deadline Final review

– Help staff find a referee– Draft any element of someone’s application– Observe the mentee’s teaching practice– Proof-read the application/correct the presentation– Be held to account for the SAR Panel decisions.– Know about Pebble+ - phew!

Further details: https://salt.swan.ac.uk/fellowship-mentors/

Mentors are not there to:

Questions and/or issues