1. Dr Sandra Walls General Manager Academic Governance
Box Hill Institute Group

2. Support for Sessional Academic Staff
For the eleven years that the Box Hill Institute Group (BHI Group) has delivered higher education degrees, sessional academic staff have been supported to pursue professional
development via postgraduate education courses with established university partners.
Support for Sessional Academic Staff
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

3. Sessional academic staff supported to pursue professional development via postgraduate education courses with established university partners
Active Communities of Practice
Grants available to facilitate scholarship
Annual mixed sector symposium – Go5
Annual teaching and learning symposium
Leadership Breakfast
What it is
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

4. How it Works Master of Education – Monash University
Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching – The University of Melbourne
Previously:
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education – Deakin University
Graduate Certificate in TESOL – Deakin University
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

5. Support for Sessional Academic Staff
Enrolments of sessional academic staff of the postgraduate
education courses are high. For example recent enrolments in:
Master of Education
2015 – 10 staff
2014 – 14 staff
Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching
2013 – 6 staff
2012 – 12 staff
Support for Sessional Academic Staff
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

6. Positive outcomes Development of scholarly community at BHIG
Group of 5
Mixed sector symposium
Strategic alliance with university partners Deakin, La Trobe, ACU and Monash University and industry
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

7. Resourcing needed Funding for professional development
Funding for grants
Partnering with universities or industry
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

8. Challenges and Areas for Improvement
Developing academic community within VET-identified institution
Funding uncertainty
Opportunities to partner for research with universities and industry
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

9. Evidence of impact/ success?
Now accredited to deliver:
2 higher education diplomas
7 associate degrees
14 bachelor’s degrees
4 graduate diplomas
3 master’s degrees
In nine disciplines across two campuses
Over 130 students graduated in 2014
Evidence of impact/ success?
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015

10. Thank you
Support for Sessional Academic Staff | Box Hill Institute | April 2015