CHANGE TRANSFORM INFLUENCE Recognition, Evidence and Progression at the ANU Michael Martin PFHEA Beth Beckmann SFHEA Barbara van Leeuwen SFHEA Elisabeth Findlay SFHEA Laura Wey Education Indicators for Promotion Academic Professional Development Educational Fellowship Scheme

Once upon a time (when the TPP began)… The original vision…

We had… Begun to develop “education indicators” to assist staff in developing the education component of promotions applications Changed the academic development program to a “decamodular” (packages of ten modules) format Gained HEA accreditation, beginning with a group of 10 “home-grown” SFHEA’s

We wanted… To embed these indicators into ANU promotions processes and enhance promotion opportunities in a way that properly acknowledges teaching & learning Bring many more staff into the academic development program using our new flexible format Mount a successful Educational Fellowship Scheme to create a cohesive group of ANU education fellows

We achieved* Draft sets of indicators – now for each of education, research and service – are currently being considered for use by staff in the 2015 promotions round Astonishing numbers of attendances at PD modules in CHELT – in the thousands The EFS is growing rapidly – about 140 Fellows across ANU (plus some external to ANU). * And are still working on

And the work continues Bringing the indicators to life so that staff gain recognition for all of their activities across education, research and service (acknowledging we are a research-intensive university, but placing equal importance on education) Enhancing the APD scheme through adding modules, and creating new decamods to meet emerging needs Expanding the EFS, including engaging across the sector

The EFS at a glance… January 2015

EFS Highlights Spread across Colleges is roughly proportional to College size, so the growth is uniform across the University Engagement at all levels of appointment Relatively high number of Senior Fellows as we engage with College Champions to create a “ground up” approach to growth External outreach and development

APD Highlights “Decamods” a solution to gap created by removal of GCHE Much higher take-up because of the flexibility offered by modular format Staff able to create tailored academic professional development pathways through the choices offered within Decamods

Academic Promotions Highlights TPP team active during 2014 promotions round in advising and assisting staff with their promotions applications Successful development of “education indicators” has spurred development of parallel “research indicators” and “service indicators” to offer staff an “indicator suite” to promote evidence-based applications

Academic Promotions TPP team acted as Equity Observers for 2014 promotions round, in which the equity focus was Education – present at all promotions committees, both local and central Reported to Academic Board on equity matters arising in the 2014 round

Looking to 2015 Embedding of indicators within promotions policies Further work in developing and assisting staff with promotions applications with a focus on education Using the resources generated within the EFS to create peer- and community-support for education within career progression processes

Summarising… The APD and EFS are designed to embed structures within the ANU to promote teaching “from within” The goal is not to defeat the research culture but to augment and enhance it with a strong teaching culture that is linked to reward and recognition at the ANU Culture change is slow – we need to recognise this as normal as we move forward