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Bond University Learning & Teaching Awards

Overview Bond University’s mission is ‘…to inspire tomorrow’s professionals who share a personalised and transformational student experience.’ As such, on an annual basis, Bond recognises, acknowledges and awards educators who have made an outstanding contribution to student learning.

Five types of learning and teaching awards are described here.

1. Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

2. Faculty Award forOutstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation

3. Vice-Chancellor Quality Excellence Award forOutstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation

4. Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching -Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

5. Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching -Teaching Excellence Award

An overview of the five awards is provided in the table below and details provided in the following sections.

Award Type Eligible Academics Award Value Application Details Deadline for

Applications Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

Open to full-time, part-time and sessional staff who have taught in a minimum of three semesters (or equivalent) over the past two years at Bond University.

$2,000 Complete Nomination Form and Maximum Two Page Statement

13 November 2017

Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation

Open to teaching staff who have developed an innovative approach to student learning and collected evidence of its effectiveness over at least a three-year period (two years for early career academics).

$2,000 Complete Nomination Form and Maximum Four Page Statement

13 November 2017

Vice-Chancellor’s Quality Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation

Open to teaching staff who have developed an innovative approach to student learning and collected evidence of its effectiveness over at least a three-year period (two years for early career academics). AND Have been awarded a Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation in the same year of competition.

$5,000 Nomination Form submitted for the Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation also covers this nomination. Applicants are encouraged to revise and refine their Maximum Four Page Statement from the Faculty Award nomination.

5 February 2018

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Award Type Eligible Academics Award Value Application Details Deadline for

Applications Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

Open to teaching staff who have developed an innovative approach to student learning and collected evidence of its effectiveness over at least a three-year period (two years for early career academics).

Note: Nomination or award of Faculty and/or Vice-Chancellor’s Award is not a requirement for this award.

$10,000 In accordance with Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching guidelines, all nominations must be supported and lodged through the Bond Office of Learning and Teaching.

Nomination Form and Four Page Statement (which may be revised and refined from internal award competitions).

2 April 2018 (internal deadline)

10 May 2018 (Expected external deadline)

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching - Teaching Excellence Award

Evidence of evaluation, innovation, leadership and scholarship in four areas.

Note: Nomination or award of Faculty Teaching Excellence Award is not a requirement for this award.

$25,000 In accordance with Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching guidelines, all nominations must be supported and lodged through the Bond Office of Learning and Teaching.

Nomination Form and Ten Page Statement.

4 June 2018 (internal deadline)

12 July 2018 (Expected external deadline)

Introduction to Faculty-Level Awards Each Faculty may annually award a maximum of two awards. If two awards are granted, one will be a Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation. The other may be a second award of this type or a Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.

There are three primary distinctions between the two types of Faculty-level awards:

1. IntentThe Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation hasbeen designed to acknowledge those educators who have identified a problem, challenge or issue anddesigned, developed, evaluated, improved and collected data on the success of a specific responsive andinnovative solution.

The Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching has been designed to acknowledge those staff who are excellent educators and have made a significant difference in the student learning experience. Awardees will not be assessed on the basis of innovation.

2. EligibilityBoth awards require that the educator receive a minimum of two nominations from students and/or staff inany combination. Both nominations may be from students, both from staff, or one from a student and onefrom staff. One of these nominations may also be a self-nomination.

Nominees for the Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation must have been staff members in a teaching position at Bond University for a minimum of two full consecutive years if early career (no more than five years’ experience teaching in any higher education institution, including tutoring and part time teaching) and three full consecutive years if not early career. Note: the innovation must have been fully implemented for two years if early career and three years if not, meaning that if this is equal to the applicant’s tenure at Bond University, the innovation must have commenced immediately.

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Nominees for the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching must have taught in a minimum of three semesters (or equivalent) over the past two years at Bond University. Sessional staff are eligible and invited to apply.

3. ProgressionThe Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching does not progress directly to other award pathways. Recipients of the Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation are expected to apply for the Vice-Chancellor Quality Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation and then the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching – Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Note: The application process is aligned between the three levels and need only be refined and revised throughout the progression.

A panel of the Faculty’s choosing will assess the submitted nominations. The one restriction on Faculty Assessor Panel membership is that peer mentors assisting with the drafting of Award Application Statements must not be panel members. The deadline for Faculty announcement of award recipients is 3 February 2017.

Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Deadline for Applications: COB 13 November 2017Email Applications to: Faculty Learning and Teaching Manager

26 June 2017 - Nominations for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards opened and advertised 18 August 2017 - Nominations for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards closed25 August 2017 - Nominated Academics notified and invited to apply for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards 13 November 2017 - Deadline for 2017 Faculty Teaching Award Applications 27 November 2017 - Announcement of 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards

Only individual applications will be considered.

There are two parts to applications and only applications with both parts submitted by the deadline will be considered.

1. Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination Form2. Maximum Two Page Written Statement

Content In a maximum of two pages describe:

• your students and your teaching

• why you think that you should be acknowledged with a faculty award for excellence in teaching

Formatting requirements

• documents must be A4 page size

• font must be 11 point Arial or 11 point Calibri (narrow fonts must not be used)

• margins must be at least 2 cm with clear definition between paragraphs, and no columns should be used

• left-align only; do not right justify

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• eTEVAL results or alternative measures of student evaluation of teaching must be presented within thetwo-page statement; no appendices are to be included

Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation Deadline for Applications: COB 13 November 2017Email Applications to: Faculty Learning and Teaching Manager

26 June 2017 - Nominations for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards opened and advertised 18 August 2017 - Nominations for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards closed 25 August 2017 - Nominated Academics notified and invited to apply for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards 13 November 2017 - Deadline for 2017 Faculty Teaching Award Applications 27 November 2017 - Announcement of 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards

Individual and team applications will be considered (for a total of two Faculty-level awards). Team awards will only be considered where there is ample evidence that the cumulative contribution of the team significantly exceeds and multiplies that which could have been made by a single educator working on his/her own.

There are two parts to applications and only applications with both parts submitted by the deadline will be considered.

1. Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained InnovationNomination Form

2. Maximum Four Page Written Statement

Nominees must select ONE of the four assessment criteria listed below, and include clear and consistent forms of evidence.

The assessment criteria are:

1 Approaches to teaching and the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn.

This may include fostering student development by stimulating curiosity and independence in learning; participating in effective and empathetic guidance and advice for students; assisting students from equity and other demographic subgroups to participate and achieve success in their courses; encouraging student engagement through the enthusiasm shown for learning and teaching; inspiring and motivating students through effective communication, presentation and interpersonal skills; enabling others to enhance their approaches to learning and teaching; and developing and/or integrating assessment strategies to enhance student learning.

2 Development of curricula, resources or services that reflect a command of the field. This may include developing and presenting coherent and imaginative resources for student learning; implementing research-led approaches to learning and teaching; demonstrating up-to-date knowledge of the field of study in the design of the curriculum and the creation of resources for learning; communicating clear objectives and expectations for student learning; providing support to those involved in the development of curricula and resources; and contributing professional expertise to enhance curriculum or resources.

3 Evaluation practices that bring about improvements in teaching and learning. Evaluation comprises making judgements about the quality of programs and activities that are part of the

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academic, cultural and social experience of higher education. This may include showing advanced skills in evaluation and reflective practice; using a variety of evaluation strategies to bring about change; adapting evaluation methods to different contexts and diverse student needs and learning styles; contributing professional expertise to the field of evaluation in order to improve program design and delivery; and the dissemination and embedding of good practice identified through evaluation.

4 Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience. This may include participating in and contributing to professional activities related to learning and teaching; innovations in service and support for students; coordination, management and leadership of courses and student learning; conducting and publishing research related to teaching; demonstrating leadership through activities that have broad influence on the profession; providing innovative learning and teaching for different contexts, including technology enhanced environments, for large and small class sizes and/or to meet the needs of a diverse student cohort; and influencing the overall academic, social and cultural experience of higher education.

In assessing the evidence supporting Early Career nominations, consideration will be given to the career stage of the nominee.

Written Statement The written statement describes the nominee’s contribution to student learning and must address one of the four assessment criteria, providing evidence to support claims.

The written statement must have four components which must be presented in the following order:

• proposed citation (maximum 25 words)- avoid jargon and include the discipline or field of work and thedistinctive contribution of the nominee or team; the citation should inform the broadest possibleaudience about the work of the nominee

• a summary of the particular contribution (innovation) and its specific context

• a statement addressing the chosen assessment criterion providing evidence of the contribution

• a summary of robust evidence of evaluation, innovation, leadership and scholarship in the writtenstatement that the nominee’s contribution has: influenced student learning, student engagement or theoverall student experience; gained recognition from fellow staff, the institution and the broadercommunity; and been sustained for a period of no less than three years (two years for early career).

It is strongly recommended that nominees seek peer support in the preparation of their nomination and that these are proofread prior to submission. Nominees should note that for the overall university and national citations and awards, 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. Discipline jargon should therefore be avoided in all award applications.

Length of written statement The written statement is limited to four A4 pages. Excess pages will not be accepted.

Statement of contribution (for team nominations) Team nominations must include an additional page which explains the role and indicates the percentage contribution of team members.

Formatting requirements

• documents must be A4 page size

• font must be 11 point Arial or 11 point Calibri (narrow fonts must not be used)

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• margins must be at least 2 cm with clear definition between paragraphs, and no columns should be used

• left-align only; do not right justify

• references must be inserted and formatted in APA style

Vice-Chancellor Quality Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation Deadline for Applications: COB 5 February 2018Email Applications to: OLT@bond.edu.au

Individual and team applications will be considered. Team awards will only be considered where there is ample evidence that the cumulative contribution of the team significantly exceeds and multiplies that which could have been made by a single educator working on his/her own.

In any given year there will be a minimum of one individual award. A second, team, award will only be granted where there is evidence of a substantive contribution that could only be accomplished by a team.

There are two parts to applications and only applications with both parts submitted by the deadline will be considered.

1. Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained InnovationNomination FormThis form does NOT have to be re-done from the Faculty application. Submit the same form alongwith your revised and refined four-page written statement.

2. Maximum Four Page Written Statement

Applicants are strongly encouraged to refine and revise their four page statements for this heightened level of competition. Apply the feedback from the Faculty-level award application to improve the Vice-Chancellor overall University award application. Use the Faculty-level award as evidence within the Vice-Chancellor overall University award application.

Dr Sarah Long, Director, Learning and Teaching is available for mentoring, application advice and peer-reviewing applications upon request.

Email: slong@bond.edu.au for appointments.

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning Internal Deadline for Applications: COB 2 April 2018 Email Applications to: OLT@bond.edu.au

Individual and team applications will be considered.

Applicants must refine and revise their four page statements for this heightened level of competition. Use the Faculty-level award and Vice-Chancellor award as evidence within the National award application.

Note: Nomination or award of Faculty and/or Vice-Chancellor’s Quality Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation is not a requirement for this Award.

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Dr Sarah Long, Director, Learning and Teaching is available for mentoring, application advice and peer-reviewing applications upon request.

Email: slong@bond.edu.au for appointments.

Bond University is eligible to submit a maximum of six applications. Where there are more than six interested applicants a panel will select the six strongest applications to submit.

Full application information is available at: http://www.olt.gov.au/awards/citations

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching - Teaching Excellence Awards Internal Deadline for Applications: COB 4 June 2018 Email Applications to: OLT@bond.edu.au

Only individual applications will be considered.

Applicants must address all four assessment criteria in a ten-page statement.

Note: Nomination or award of Faculty Teaching Excellence Award is a not a requirement for this Award.

Dr Sarah Long, Director, Learning and Teaching is available for mentoring, application advice and peer-reviewing applications upon request.

Email: slong@bond.edu.au for appointments.

Bond University is eligible to submit a maximum of eight applications. Where there are more than eight interested applicants a panel will select the eight strongest applications to submit.

Full application information is available at: http://www.olt.gov.au/awards/teaching-awards

Additional Information

• Staff CommunicationsA full description of the 'Bond University Learning and Teaching Awards' will be placed on the Bond Website -About Bond- Learning and Teaching.

A fortnight prior to each of the Faculty award deadlines, Bond OLT will administer a Staff Daily Digest announcement and send an announcement to BUSA, and ADLTs in all Faculties. Faculties will send an all Faculty academic staff email.

• Dates and Deadlines (summary list)

Dates & Deadlines Action/Item

3 July 2017 Expected external deadline for National OLT Teaching Excellence Applications

5 June 2017 Internal deadline for National OLT Teaching Excellence Applications

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1 May 2017 Expected external deadline for National OLT Citation Applications

3 April 2017 Internal deadline for National OLT Citation Applications

6 February 2017 Deadline for applications for the VC Quality Award for 2017 Teaching Excellence

27 November 2017 Announcement of 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards (both types)

13 November 2017 Deadline for 2017 Faculty Teaching Award Applications (both types)

25 August 2017 Nominated Academics notified and invited to apply for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards

18 August 2017 Nominations for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards closed

26 June 2017 Nominations for 2017 Faculty Teaching Awards opened and advertised

• NominationsEligibility for Faculty-level awards includes two nominations (from self, staff and/or students). Nominationscarry-through on progressive applications and are therefore not required for Vice-Chancellor and Nationalaward applications. Only awardees of Faculty Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learningthrough Sustained Innovation are eligible for the Vice-Chancellor awards. Applicants do not need to havebeen awarded the Faculty and/or Vice-Chancellor Award to qualify for the National OLT Awards. Beingawarded Faculty level awards will serve as evidence of fulfilment of the criteria for Vice-Chancellor’s QualityExcellence Awards and likewise for National OLT Awards. ADLTs and BUSA are strongly encouraged tonominate and encourage academics to apply.

• Application Forms and ProcessesApplications for the Award Types listed above will use adaptations from the standard National OLTapplication form, four-page citation statement and adapted guidelines and application instructions.Applicants who choose to progress from Faculty-VC Quality-National OLT competitions will be encouraged torevise and refine their applications based on feedback throughout the process.

• Panels and Selection CriteriaFaculties will have full discretion on the composition and process of their panels and will use the NationalOLT criteria (except for the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching – criteria listed below).

The Vice-Chancellor’s Quality Award for Overall Teaching Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation panel will be comprised of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching), Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), Director of Research or Delegate, Chair of Academic Senate or Delegate, Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching using the National Office of Learning and Teaching criteria.

Criteria for all awards with the exception of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Evidence of evaluation, innovation, leadership and scholarship in the written statement that the nominee’s contribution has:

- influenced student learning, student engagement or the overall student experience- gained recognition from fellow staff, the institution and the broader community- been sustained for a period of no less than three years (two years for early career)

Criteria for the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

- highly commendable eTEVALs (or alternative forms of student evaluation of teaching)

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- other evidence of teaching quality and of facilitating a positive student experience

• Application AssistanceApplicants may not be assisted with their applications and statements by any panel members.

• Financial AdministrationRecipients of Faculty-level awards will be supported through their Faculties with purchasing and accounting.Recipients of Vice-Chancellor’s Quality Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learningthrough Sustained Innovation and Australian OLT Citations and Teaching Excellence awards will be supportedthrough Bond OLT with purchasing and accounting. Bond OLT will distribute written guidelines to recipients.

• Award MoneyFaculties may select up to two annual recipients (individuals and/or teams). Each individual or team is to beawarded $2000 through Faculty-level budgets and administered by Faculties.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Quality Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation will annually be awarded to a maximum of one individual and one team (if an appropriate team entry is submitted). The award value is to be $5,000 for individuals and $5,000 for teams. Two additional High Commendations may be awarded at the discretion of the panel, but with no monetary value. The award monies will be administered through Bond OLT (through a restricted account).

The National OLT Citations (currently $10,000 each) and the Teaching Excellence Awards (currently $25,000 each) will be administered through Bond OLT (through a restricted account).

• Award CeremonyFaculties may hold award ceremonies at their discretion.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Quality Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation will be announced at the Vice-Chancellor’s discretion and formally awarded annually during Learning and Teaching Week (Semester 3, Week 3). Prize money will be given after this date.

The National OLT Citations and Teaching Excellence Awards will be awarded at announced ceremonies and further acknowledged with a framed certificate during Learning and Teaching Week (Semester 3, Week 3). Prize money will be given after this date.

For further information contact:

Dr Sarah LongDirector, Learning and Teaching Email: slong@bond.edu.au

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ID _____________

(For Bond OLT use only)

Bond University Nomination Form Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination Form

Contact details Title (e.g. Professor)

First and last name

Position title

School/ department/ faculty

Email address

Telephone

Staff type check (X) one box Academic staff Professional staff

Gender check (X) one box Female Male

Brief Description Describe the discipline or field of work and rationale for an excellence in teaching award (maximum 25 words). The description is to inform the broadest possible audience about your work. Please avoid jargon.

Two Nominations Insert the verbatim nominations from a minimum of two staff and/or students. Self-nomination is acceptable as one nomination. Indicate whether each nomination was from self, a student or a staff member.

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ID _____________

(For Bond OLT use only)

Bond University Nomination Form Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning through Sustained Innovation Nomination Form

Nomination type and category Individual Team nomination

This is a nomination in the Early Career Category

Contact details (for nominee or lead of the team) Title (e.g. Professor)

First and last name

Position title

School/ department/ faculty

Email address

Telephone

Staff type check (X) one box Academic staff Professional staff

Gender check (X) one box Female Male

Description of Citation Describe the discipline or field of work and distinctive contribution of the nominee (maximum 25 words). The description is to inform the broadest possible audience about the work of the nominee. Please avoid jargon in the citation.

Synopsis Describe the distinctive contribution to student learning and engagement and the resulting impact on students, in a maximum 75 words. Write in the third person. Should the nomination be successful, the synopsis will be used in communications such as the presentation ceremony programme, on Bond OLT’s website and in archival information.

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Assessment criteria Select ONE criterion for assessment as appropriate to your nomination.

1. Approaches to teaching and the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students tolearn

2. Development of curricula, resources and services that reflect a command of the field

3. Evaluation practices that bring about improvements in teaching and learning

4. Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/orthe student experience

Team nominations Please list all members – if more than five members, a separate list may be attached. Names and titles must be accurate for publication purposes. Teams with more than five members must have a team name. The contribution of each member should be expressed as a percentage. The total of all members’ contributions to the activity or programme should not exceed 100 per cent.

Team name

Title First and last name Percentage contribution

Staff type (A/P)

A - Academic or P - Professional

Staff

Lead

Total %

Two Nominations Insert the verbatim nominations from a minimum of two staff and/or students. Self-nomination is acceptable as one of the nominations. Indicate whether each nomination was from self, a student or a staff member.