Contact Details (For Nominee, Or Representative of a Team)

NOMINATION FORM 2017 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence

Application type ☐ Individual Application ☐ Team Application Contact details (for nominee, or representative of a team) Title Staff I.D. Full name Email Phone address Faculty Department Position Category ☐Academic staff ☐ Professional staff ☐ Student group

Other team members (Team applications only. Teams may be of any size, but no more than five members may be named on application).

Title Full name Staff I.D. Category (A/P/S / EP)*

* Use one of the following, as appropriate: A = Academic staff P = Professional staff S = Student group EP = External partner

Category for Nomination Please nominate ONE category for assessment. 1. Biological Sciences, Health and Related Studies (including Medical ☐ Sciences). ☐ 2. Early Career ☐ 3. Humanities and the Arts ☐ 4. Law, Economics, Business and Related Studies ☐ 5. Indigenous Education 6. Physical Sciences and Related Studies (including Engineering, Computing ☐ and Information Science) ☐ 7. Social Sciences (including Psychology and Education) ☐ 8. High impact intervention for progression, retention and attainment

1 Nominee’s Declaration I/We (print name of applicant or team rep.)

………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………… Accept nomination for a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and agree that this application may be shared to further enhance Learning and Teaching at Macquarie

Signature: Date:

Associate Dean Learning & Teaching or Director’s support for nomination. I support this nomination on the basis of the attached application. I confirm that the contact details provided are correct and that the applicant(s) referred to on this form is/are currently staff member(s) and / or current students. Full Name

Signature

Faculty/Office Date:

Written Statement (8 x A4 pages in total) 1. Synopsis (150-200 words): teaching area or discipline, teaching experience, the teaching focus, teaching methods, and research/teaching interests. 2. Overview: address the category in which the applicant is nominated; educational philosophy and beliefs; a description of the teaching context; an integrated summary of the claims relating to the selection criteria; teaching experience and responsibilities at all levels – undergraduate, postgraduate coursework, including continuing professional education and postgraduate research activities. 3. Response to selection criteria: statements must address the criteria and should include supporting evidence as attachments (does not contribute to page count). Student survey data from institutional teaching quality survey or feedback should be framed and presented as a broader source of evidence to support excellence of teaching. 1) Criterion 1: Approaches to learning and teaching that influence, motivate & inspire students to learn 2) Criterion 2: Development of curricula and resources that reflect a command of the field 3) Criterion 3: Evaluation practices that bring about improvements in teaching and learning 4) Criterion 4: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience

2 Notes:  Assessors are likely to be drawn from cognate disciplines and learning and teaching specialisations; it should not be presumed they have detailed knowledge of the discipline.  Use text boxes provided below - headings should be retained.  Referee reports can be provided by contacts at MU, other higher education institutions relevant industry / community partner(s).  Supporting evidence as attachments does not contribute to page count.  Nominees are advised to consult the previous years’ Assessment Reports available on the AAUT Awards website.

3 1. Synopsis (150-200 words)

2. Overview

3. Response to Selection Criteria (use criteria as sub-heading)

Criterion 1: Approaches to learning and teaching that influence, motivate & inspire students to learn

Criterion 2: Development of curricula and resources that reflect a command of the field

Criterion 3: Evaluation practices that bring about improvements in teaching and learning

Criterion 4: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience

4 Additional Information 1. Curriculum vitae: outline the nominee’s educational qualifications, employment history, teaching positions and teaching experience.  Max three A4 pages for individual nominations.  One additional page for per additional team member. This means a team of three may have five pages (three + two).

2. Statement of contribution (for team nominations only): an additional page which explains the role and the percentage contribution of team members

3. Two references Two references, one-page each, are to be provided by people able to comment on the nominee’s contribution to student learning against the nominated assessment criterion:  One referee must be the head of the nominee’s faculty, department, school or administrative unit or at higher level.  If it is a team nomination, the references should apply to the team.  Any pages in excess of the page limit will not be provided to the assessors.  References must be signed – electronic signatures are accepted.  PDF file

4. Supporting materials While assessment is based primarily on the written statement, nominees can choose to submit two of the following supporting materials:  A three-minute video (which could include footage of the nominee talking about their programme, their teaching philosophy or interviews with students).  Website (URL).  10 pages of printed teaching material in PDF format – not included in page count. The relevance of all material must be made clear in the written statement.

5. Digital photograph A formal digital photograph of the nominee or nominated team to the following specifications must be submitted with each nomination:  colour with white background  head and shoulders only  image resolution of 300 dpi (approximately 10 cm by 10 cm; as a guide, the size of the file must be at least 1 MB)  JPEG file.

Timeline: Faculty/Office provide an Award Application Summary Form 18 August 2017 listing intended applicants to the Office of the PVC L&T. 25 August 2017 Completed nominations to PVC L&T via [email protected] Note: Applications that do not appear on this form will be deemed not to be endorsed

5 and will not be considered by the Selection Panel.

Checklist for Applicants

1. Nomination form (2 x A4 pages) [ ] 2. Written statement (8 x A4 pages) [ ] 3. Two Referees' Report (2 x 1 A4 page) [ ] 4. Curriculum Vitae (see notes) [ ] 5. Digital photograph of nominee or nominated team [ ] 6. Optional supporting materials (max 10 x A4 pages) [ ]