Leading Teaching and Learning for Course and Topic Coordinators: Workshops 2 - 4

Course description

Participants in workshops 2-4 of this program are required to have completed workshop 1 - https://www.flinders.edu.au/staffdev/index.php/course/ACG

Great courses don't happen by accident or in isolation - they are the collective and deliverate effort of a team of staff.  Most topics have multiple teachers and courses are delivered by a team of Topic Coordinators.  This means that Course and Topic Coordinators occupy informal leadership positions within the University.

The series of 3 workshops listed below will further your development as a leader within the teaching environment of Flinders University.

Workshop 2:

• Developing academic leadership for course and topic development and delivery

Workshop 3:

• Liaising, collaborating and networking to support student learning

Workshop 4:

• Valuing quality in teaching: Summing up and leading on

Type of course

Workshop

Presenters

Who should attend

Current Course and Topic Coordinators

What you will learn

Workshop 2:

You will:

• develop a small, focused Action Plan related to the Course/Topic you coordinate;
• identify the skills needed to deliver the outcomes of your Action Plan and strategies for developing those skills.

Workshop 3:

• Interpersonal and teamwork skills to engender productive working relationships to support student learning.

Workshop 4:

• Reflective practice skills around leading teaching and learning;
• Other learning outcomes to be suggested by the participants prior to the workshop.

Prerequisites / assumed knowledge

Workshop 2:

• Leading Teaching and Learning for Course and Topic Coordinators Workshop 1: Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships in Teaching and Learning at Flinders.

Workshop 3:

• Leading Teaching and Learning for Course and Topic Coordinators Workshop 2: Developing Academic Leadership for Course and Topic Development and Delivery.

Workshop 4:

• Leading Teaching and Learning for Course and Topic Coordinators Workshop 3: Liaising, Collaborating and Networking to Support Student Learning