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MATSITI - ACDE Project

Role and Tasks of Lead Institution - QUT

Presentation 16 March 2012


LEAD INSTITUTION ROLES

Project Leadership Management and Administration

a) Co-Lead overall project - support engagement of all in participating institutions

b) Lead the intellectual, policy and practice work embedded in the research component; ensure quality of the components and final report.


Cont.

c) Manage the agendas and outcomes for Steering & Reference groups, and national meetings

d) Manage and administer the various components of the project.


Research

a) Produce a review of international and national literature on successful Indigenous teacher education programs including but not limited to: retention, success, graduation rates, graduation status, and employment destinations and pathways both within and outside the profession

b) Review/synthesise historical and current Evaluation reports or data that indicates the strength, weaknesses, success of participation in both mainstream and cohort specific programs Indigenous teacher education programs

c) Undertake a cost-benefit analysis of cohort-based programs and other specific programs or modes of delivery


Cont.

d) Design Institutional Audit proforma and analyse data

e) Undertake a small qualitative study of factors relating to successful course completion and early career (focus groups/interviews with current and past students and staff in select institutions)

f) Undertake process to facilitate preparation of institutional action plans

g) Prepare final report


PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS

1 Deans participate in National Meetings, at the beginning to help scope the project at the national and institutional levels, at the end to share institutional plans and shape future work of ACDE in this area.

2 Undertake Institutional Audit (as per negotiated guidelines) in consultation with various institutional stakeholders.

3 Engage with appropriate within-institution stakeholders around retention and success of existing students.


Cont.

4. Head of Indigenous higher education unit (or Equivalent position) and Dean participate in mid-year national meeting

5. Attend end of year meeting - Develop an Institutional Action Plan for increasing retention and success.

6 Attendance at State meeting if needed.


What now

• Two more meetings – possibly July and November TBA

• July meeting to include Director of your institution’s Indigenous higher education unit – this meeting will focus on presentation of analysis of audits, planning for qualitative study (tentatively planned for July-August) and pre-planning discussion on institutional plan


cont

• Third meeting – late October- early November –• - finalise reporting – discussion of research

outcomes and recommendations • - final preparation of institutional plans

Education

MATSITI - ACDE Pre-service Research