Dear All

In theory, mentoring is supposed to be accounted for in the Workload Allocation Model, but in practice this varies from department to department.  Kent recently revised its promotions criteria so that excellence in practice across the academic piece is acknowledged  - the idea being that activities such as mentoring are recognised - but this has only just come into force and nobody is taking any bets on whether these 'soft but important' activities will carry much weight.

Fran

Fran Beaton
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PGCHE Programme Director and Chief Examiner
Academic Practice Team
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University of Kent
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From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julie-Anne Regan
Sent: 11 March 2009 14:47
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: time release for PG Cert

This was indeed a very useful paper, which I hope will inform our institution's workload policy and model. I would be very interested to know if any institutions give any time remittance or any other form of recognition to the role of mentor for participants on the PG Cert programme.
Best wishes
Julie-Anne Regan

Quoting "Cooper, Alison" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Thank you very much for doing this on everyone's behalf John .
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> 
> Ali
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> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development 
> Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Peters
> Sent: 09 March 2009 16:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: time release for PG Cert
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>  
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> You might remember my request for information on time release policy 
> at your institution to undertake a PG Cert.  Many thanks to those who 
> took the time to respond.
> 
> I was asked by a number of respondents to circulate the results to the 
> list.  So here they are, suitably anonymised but grouped by new and 
> old universities as I thought they may have differing issues.  What 
> the responses tell me is that our policy of 20 per cent teaching 
> release is reasonably in line with many comparable institutions [very 
> few give no incentive or support to engage in the award] but that lots 
> of other institutions have similar difficulties policing such a policy 
> across departments.  There are still a significant number of 
> institutions who do not require completion of a PG Cert but do require 
> part of it to be completed and encourage the rest.
> 
> There are also a number of more creative motivators being tried 
> elsewhere... if they were combined, new staff would be allowed no 
> teaching, a laptop computer, their department would get a thousand 
> pounds and we could all have an increment, a letter of commendation 
> and strawberries and cream at the end!
> 
> cheers
> 
> John
> 
> <<PG Cert time release questions summary 9 3 09 anon.doc>>
> 
> Dr John Peters
> 
> Academic Development and Practice Unit
> 
> University of Worcester
> 
> 01905 855506
> 
> I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with 
> me.  (D.F.Malone)
> 
> http://www.worc.ac.uk/adpu/650.htm 
> <http://www.worc.ac.uk/adpu/650.htm>
> 
> 
> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development 
> Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Peters
> Sent: 23 February 2009 17:10
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Time release or recognition for staff engagement in a PG Cert
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I've been asked to collect some quick information on policies that 
> operate at other institutions with regard to new staff engagement with 
> the PG Cert.  Here we currently have a probationary policy that 
> requires engagement for those with less than 3 years teaching 
> experience but, in return, promises release from 20 per cent of their 
> teaching load in their first year.
> 
> Do you give new academic staff any remission in teaching load in their 
> first year to help them settle in or in return for engagement in the 
> PG Cert?  Or do you offer any reward for completion of the PG Cert? 
> Are there other extrinsic motivators out there?!
> 
> cheers
> 
> John
> 
> Dr John Peters
> 
> 


Julie-Anne Regan
Academic Development Advisor and
Programme Leader for MA in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Molloy 106
ext: 1947