Dear Rakesh
Until this October, all sessions for 'Associate' teachers
were held in the evenings, as most of them taught during
the day. This has worked very well from the
beginning as having 2 start dates per year enabled me to
change dates for each cohort and most of those who do
teach in the evenings were able to be accommodated in one
or the other.
Unfortunately, it has been decreed that this shouldn't
happen - 'we ought to be able to cover these things during
- wait for it - "working hours"' - this from someone who
has never worked in a University and hasn't been in any
educational setting for a VERY LONG TIME - but who has the
power to tell me when and where... I will let you know how
the new variant is working when I've had time to evaluate -
but I'm not happy about it at the moment and hope that
there may be a change next year.
Action Learning Sets have been part of Exeter's Assoicate
Programme from the beginning. They intercalate with
the workshops and times to meet are arranged by the set.
As I have always been pushed for staff, the ALS organises
itself - rotating leader and timekeeper, without a tutor,
and reports back. It seems to work well for 99.9% of the
groups. Like the workshops, they run in terms (the start
date of each programme is always term 1, whatever it is in
reality)and tail off towards the end of the group contact
time of the programme.
Up to now, we haven't made much use of WebCT - mainly
because of the lack of staff resources.
Who would I take in - anyone who has teaching
responsibility.
Hope that's clear.
Jess.
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 16:03:07 +0000 Rakesh Bhanot
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> I am trying to 'get a picture' of how, when and with what type of
> students HE institutions run their SEDA Associate Teacher courses. For
> example, at Coventry University, we run workshops on Saturdays because
> it is impossible for course participants to find a mutually convenient
> time to meet during the week. Students on the course include
> colleagues from the Library, Student Services, Careers, the Centre for
> Lifelong Learning as well as part-time lecturers. We use action learning
> sets (held on weekdays) and WebCT as part of the course. I'd like to
> hear from colleagues who run Associate Teacher courses and to share
> ideas for overcoming some of our 'common' problems (sic.).
>
> Rakesh Bhanot - Programme Manager, Postgraduate Courses in Learning and
> Teaching in HE
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Jessica Claridge
University of Exeter
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