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SaMnet: Science and Mathematics network of Australian university educators
OLT Leadership for Excellencein Learning and Teaching Program 2011
Project Leaders
A/Prof Manjula Sharma (USYD) A/Prof Will Rifkin (USYD)Ms Stephanie Beames (QUT)Dr Elizabeth Johnson (La Trobe) A/Prof Cristina Varsavsky (Monash)Dr Andrea Crampton (CSU) HelpersA/Prof Marjan Zadnik (Curtin) Mr Matthew HillProf Susan Jones (UTas) Dr Vicky TzioumisMs Kelly Matthews (UQ) Ms Wakiuru WohoroA/Prof Simon Pyke (Uade) Dr Alex Yeung
Outline
Conceptual: What is SaMnet?Operational: What does SaMnet do?
• Journey of the projects• Journey of the people
What next?
Conceptually
SoTL23+7 teams of 4 carry out Action-Learning Projects
LeadershipSate forums SKYPEsOrganisational change
CoPInquiry labsMediaStandardsDisciplines
Operationally
SoTL21+8 teams of 4 (?) carry out Action-Learning Projects
LeadershipSate forums, SKYPEsOrganisational changeLetters
CoPInquiry labsMediaStandardsDisciplines
Critical friendsWeb site
Newsletters – celebrations, articlesCommunication and connections
SaMnet Scholars
Operationally
Call for proposals – not fundedWhole day leadership/SoTL workshops in Feb-Apr 20122-hour workshops in May/AugNetworking via conferences & Skypes from June …Writing workshop in JulyACSMEWhole day leadership/SoTL workshops in Feb-Apr 2013Distributed leadership meeting with critical friends - closureNetworking via conferences - ACSME
Case studies initiated in April 2012, concluding in June 2012
Distributed leadership
Context (trust) links with prioritiesCulture (respect) academic freedom and directives Change (recognition) stakeholders and supportRelationships (collaboration)
ACTIVITY
Journey of the projects
High engagement, SoTL & leadership outcomes
5 Projects have clear links with priorities (context), teams are exercising academic freedom (culture), developments include stakeholders from various levels and there is a level of ‘direction, expectation, monitoring, support’ (change), work is collaborative (relationships).
4 Projects have tenuous links with priorities (context), BUT teams are exercising academic freedom to gravitate attention on their work (culture), which is driving change and collaboration …
Journey of the projects
Low engagement, no SoTL, no leadership (?)2 Projects have clear links with priorities (context), teams have not taken ownership, there is support from management but no directive (culture), no change and no collaboration is occurring (relationships).
Some engagement, SoTL, leadership6 Projects have various links with priorities (context), there has been staff movement (culture), various levels of change and collaboration (relationships) are occurring.
Journey of the projects
Of the remaining projects …6 Projects: SaMnet is seen as an opportunity to ‘extend’ current work to include more colleagues as part of leadership or more SoTL (context), there is at least one staff asserting academic freedom (culture). These are gaining buy-in and collaboration from ‘the reluctant’ (relationships) and are being noticed, gaining influence (change).
SaMnet is providing the lead or lag time or latch/hook …
7 second round projects
Journey of SaMnetters
Learning by observing leaders debate issues relevant to the sector
Some actions seem obvious to me but take colleagues outside their comfort zones. I am learning how to work through this process.
Feeling part of a community energizes me ….
I needed support to start SoTL. A focus on SoTL is resulting in solid defensible evidence …
Strategies for careers, role models
Journey of the Steering Committee
What is the role of critical friends?
What is mentoring (critical friend, AD T&L, AD) and how does it play out? Insider vs outsider
Role of the various overlapping CoP, communications …
What have the Steering Committee learnt form this project?
What next?
• Which features do we continue and how?
• How do we support the champions and helpers?
• More teams are seeking to join …
Acknowledgements
We salute our SaMnet Scholars.
SaMnet is funded by ALTC / DEEWR* (*OLT / DIISRTE) We have the support of the ACDS