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Prof. Dr. Marianne Merkt Dr. Antonia Scholkmann merkt@dghd.de scholkmann@dghd.de

The UK Professional Development

Framework and its consequences for Academic Staff Development

NewGoalsintheBolognaProcess

“PolicyDevelopmentfornewEHEAgoals”4.MeeAngworkinggroup,Brussels6.-7.April2017

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Agenda

§  Standardsforthedevelopmentofteachingcompetence

§  TheUKProfessionalDevelopmentFramework

§  StandardizaAonandtheemergenceofnewacademicdevelopmentprofessionals

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Agenda

§  Standards for the development of teaching competence

§  TheUKProfessionalDevelopmentFramework

§  StandardizaAonandtheemergenceofnewacademicdevelopmentprofessionals

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Standards for academic teaching competence

Standardsasmeansto...

§  EnsurecompetenceorientaAon§  ProvidecomparabledevelopmentopportuniAes

§  Provideaframeworkfortheassessmentofacquiredcompetences

§  …

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TeachingstaffinEuropeanUniversiAesunderBologna:

§  HomogenizaAonoftasks§  Comparabilityofchallenges

§  IncreasedinternaAonalmobility

§  …

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Standards as challenge

HowtooperaAonalizestandardswhichtakeintoaccount…§  variousqualificaAonlevelsofteachingstaff?§  diversetasksundertheumbrellaof„teaching“?§  individualdifferencesandpersonaldevelopmentgoals/wishes?

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IInteractionsDirectcontactbetweenteacherandstudent/

studentandstudent

IILearningsituationsStudentsactions,directedbytheinstructionaldesign

IIIInstructionalarrangementsComplexinstructionalscenarios

IVModules„Building-bricks”ofthecurriculum

VCoursesCombinationofmodules

VICourse-systemsConnectionsbetweencourses

VIISystemicconnectionsBetweenhighereducationandotherpartsoftheeducationalsystemand/orlargersociety

Levels of higher education

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Agenda

§  Standardsforthedevelopmentofteachingcompetence

§  The UK Professional Development Framework

§  StandardizaAonandtheemergenceofnewacademicdevelopmentprofessionals

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The UK Professional Development Framework (SEDA-PDF)

§  IniAatedbySEDA(StaffandEducaAonalDevelopmentAssociaAon;UK)§  Itprovides…

§  “recogniAonforhighereducaAoninsAtuAonsandorganisaAons

§  accreditaAonfortheirprofessionaldevelopmentprogrammesand

§  recogniAonfortheindividualswhocompletethoseprogrammes“

hRp://www.seda.ac.uk/what-is-seda-pdf

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§  IncenAveSystems

§  ProfessionalDevelopment

§  ScholarshipofTeachingandLearning

§  QualityManagement

Professional development

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SEDAdoestheaccreditaAon

§ UniversiAes§ theirprogrammesofAcademicDevelopment§ Persons,whohaveaRendedprogrammesofAcademicDevelopmentandrecogniAonof§ theSEDAFellowshipscheme

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UK Professional Development Framework 1.Professionalvalues

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UK Professional Development Framework

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1.Professionalvalues2.Namedawards3.Documenta-onandReflec-onofCoreDevelopmentoutcomes

UK Professional Development Framework

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Agenda

§  Standardsforthedevelopmentofteachingcompetence

§  TheUKProfessionalDevelopmentFramework

§  Standardization and the emergence of new academic development professionals

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New AD professionals...

Staffinacademicdevelopment/educaAonaldevelopment

§  Enablersofcompetencedevelopment§  Widevarietyofprofessionalroles,

e.g.trainers,consultants,qualitymanagers,

liaisonofficersetc.

è“thirdspaceprofessionals”

TeachingstaffinEuropeanUniversiAes

§  Actualteaching§  Withinthe

disciplines§  With/withoutresearchduAes

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Situation in Germany

§  Approximately3.000newjobssince2012(throughfundingscheme„QualityPactforTeaching“,QPL)

§  FinancingunAl2020,conAnuaAonnotsecuredyet

Surveybythedghd(2015):§  Majorityofnewacademicdeveloperswouldliketostayinthefield§  HighdemandforstructuredqualificaAons

èprofessionalizaAonofADrolesandtasks

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To sum up...

ü  StandardsasatooltoprofessionalizehighereducaAonteaching-naAonallyandontheEuropeanlevel

ü  UKProfessionalDevelopmentFrameworkisagoodmodelhere

becauseitis-  integraAveforHEasdiversefield-  flexible&adapAvetodifferentneedsandcontexts-  substanAatedinactualacademicdevelopmentpracAce

ü  StandardizaAonrequiresnotonlyframeworks,butalsoresources/personneltosupportdevelopment!

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Prof. Dr. Marianne Merkt Dr. Antonia Scholkmann merkt@dghd.de scholkmann@dghd.de

Thank you and looking forward to the discussion