PGR Induction Dr Amanda Pate Academic amp Digital Development LEADS Under Senate regulations Graduate Teaching Assistants GTAs at the University of Glasgows receive training from Learning Enhancement amp Academic Development Service LEADS ID: 801910
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Slide1
Introduction to LEADS
CoSS
PGR Induction
Dr
Amanda Pate
Academic & Digital Development: LEADS
Slide2Under Senate regulations, Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) at the University of Glasgow’s receive training from:
Learning Enhancement & Academic Development Service (LEADS)
A blended learning/flipped workshop (via Moodle + 2-hour workshop)
Training, guidance and support also provided by your College, School and/or SubjectOverall a total minimum of six hours training
Support for Teaching for GTAs
Slide3LEADS GTA Statutory Workshops
GTA Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE)
Run at regular intervals throughout the academic year
Next dates:
Tuesday, September 24 12.00 - 14.00
Friday, October 4 10.00 - 12.00
Wednesday, October 9 13.00 - 15.00
Tuesday, October 15 10.00 - 12.00
Thursday, October 24 9.00 - 11.00
Further information GTA webpage: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/leads/staff/gtas/
Slide4How will the GTA ILTHE session be useful?
Designed to help GTAs:
reflect on your role as a GTA within the context of learning and teaching in higher education
explain some of the ways in which students learn
help
recognise
common challenges experienced by GTAs in their teaching and ways in which they may adapt their practice in response
identify university support services that are available to assist students.
Slide5DAT HE follows on from GTA ILTHE training and is hosted by LEADS
Focuses on topics of learning, teaching and assessment, relevant to early career teachers in HE
Eligibility
30 hours minimum teaching-related activity, including 10 hours teaching time)Two assignments (plus formative tasks)
2019/20 cohorts start:
September 20, 2019
January 10, 2020
Leads to RET AF (Associate Fellowship of RET)
Express interest in the course here:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/leads/staff/gtas/dat/
DAT HE (Developing as a Teacher in Higher Education)
Slide6RET is the University of Glasgow’s framework for continuing professional development and recognition of experience and expertise in teaching and supporting learning:
Recognising
Excellence in
TeachingAligned to the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF)
, which features dimensions:Areas of activity
Core Knowledge
Professional Values
What is the RET Framework?
Slide7RET is awarded in one of four categories:
RET Associate Fellow
RET Fellow
RET Senior Fellow
RET Principal Fellow
Slide8RET Associate Fellow (RET AF)
Aimed primarily at:
Early career researchers with some teaching responsibilities (e.g. PhD students acting as tutors and demonstrators, postdoctoral researchers with some commitments to teaching)
Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs)
Staff who support academic provision (e.g. learning technologists, learning resource/library staff)
Academic staff who may be new to teaching and/or supporting learning, or who have a limited teaching portfolio.
Slide9Involves attendance at a structured programme of workshops, peer groups and teaching observations
Associate Fellowship
assessment involves writing and submitting an application750-word Reflective Personal Statement1,000-word Reflective Analysis of Practice
Peer observationProviding a Reference
The first step in engaging with RET is attending an introductory workshop
Eligibility: minimum 1 year’s teaching in HE
Alternative
: RET Application and Assessment Process
Slide10Further information about LEADS:
gla.ac.uk/
myglasgow
/leads/
amanda.pate@glasgow.ac.uk
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