1. Preparation for HEA Fellowship Application
Experience Sharing by Issra Pramoolsook, SFHEA Suranaree University of Technology
July 6th, 2018

2. Focus of the Day
Writing your Reflective Account of Practice (RAP) for the application
Valuing diversity in the RAP in terms of content and organisation
Sharing my experience in SFHEA application, especially my approach in writing my RAP

3. Evidence for Inspiration

4. Plan for the Day Part 1: Getting to know PSF and your work
Part 2: Getting to write your RAP

5. Part 1: Getting to know PSF and your work
Task 1:
List all the activities that you do, did, and have done for teaching and support of learning at STOU. Do not care if they are big or small.
Then, put all these activities into the 15 dimensions of the PSF, i.e. A1-5, K1-6, and V1-4.

6. Example: Writing test/exam papers for your course at STOU VS
Writing GAT/PAT exam items for NIETS

7. Part 1: Getting to know PSF and your work
Task 2:
Think about the dimensions that fit with the activity assigned, and then compare with the other team

8. Part 2: Getting to write your RAP
Emphasise the rich areas of activity to be main themes of your RAP
Turn the thin areas into the areas for improvement and strengthening
Discuss among your team members on how you are going to organise the content of your RAP, e.g. what are your main themes

9. Example from Issra’s RAP (6,000 words)
Main account
Preamble
Primary experiences in teaching and support of learning
Roles and responsibilities related to teaching
Roles and responsibilities related to support of learning
Case study 1: Researcher and mentor of young teachers/researchers
Case study 2: Provider of academic services to society
References for all sections

10. Preamble Intention to apply for the fellowship
Indication of my knowledge and understanding of the PSF
Indication of the structure of my RAP

11. Primary experiences in teaching and support of learning
Career milestone
Early career exposure to teaching and support of learning
Focus on the foundation I had before the stories I put in the main sections

12. Roles and responsibilities related to teaching
Teaching at undergraduate level
Teacher
Course coordinator
Textbook writer
Teaching at postgraduate level
Teaching the students in my MA/PhD programmes
Teaching the students from other disciplines

13. Roles and responsibilities related to support of learning
Curriculum revision
Quality assurance
Advisor to undergraduate students
Proofreading of abstracts and manuscripts for S&T colleagues and students

14. Case study 1: Researcher and mentor
Supervising MA and PhD students
Coaching and co-authoring manuscripts for publication
Examining proposals and dissertations
Reviewing manuscripts for journals
Promoting my MA/PhD programmes abroad

15. Case study 2: Academic service provider
Teaching outside SUT
Assessing research tools
Reviewing postgraduate curricula in other universities
Cooperative education-related roles and responsibilities

16. Ideas for organizing content in one theme
The 4Rs Model learned from Professor Abby Cathcart (PFHEA) from QUT
Reporting
Relating
Reasoning
Reconstructing

17. Ideas for organizing content in one theme
My approach of Method-Results-Discussion-Conclusion similar to the RA structure
One theme written as a self-contained island of MRDC
A series of MRDC as a group of islands in your beautiful ocean of teaching and support of learning experiences

18. Some language tips for writing
Use of appropriate tenses according to the purposes of MRDC
Use of first person pronoun ‘I’ and third person pronoun ‘they’
Use of PSF terminology, e.g. RAP, evidence- informed approach, and CPD
Under-assumption and Over-assumption

19. Some language tips for writing (Cont.)
Use of quotations from students and colleagues as evidence
Share also some unsuccessful stories that changed your teaching practice
Emphasis on the impact on students, colleagues and yourself

20. Pitfalls from previous applications (mainly from Professor Abby Cathcart)
No education theory is referenced!
Not enough V3!
Not enough evidence of successful engagement with scholarship!
Not enough specific examples!
No quotations from students and colleagues!
IMPACT is missing!
e.g. ‘I write a textbook’ but the account has no proof that it has a positive impact on teaching and learning.

21. Looking at examples Excerpts from Issra’s RAP
Excerpts from SUT colleagues

22. Your own RAP
Please share with me and colleagues at this session ‘interesting’ tips to write your APP

23. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK