sap induction 2010-11
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Induction slides from Student Academic Partner Scheme briefingsTRANSCRIPT
2010/11
CELT Support team:
Professor Stuart Brand
Luke Millard
Rebecca Freeman
Paul Chapman
Generating the Learning Community
Why?
• Institutional context – NSS/SES
• Changing national context
• Co-creation of learning experience
How?
• Partnership with Students’ Union
• SAP and other engagement activities (BoS, Student rep training, FE and transition)
How did we get to this point?
• Institutional support – Directorate and Senate
• Funding from CELT
• Building on best practice
– CBS student assistants’ scheme– CBS student assistants’ scheme
– NW Missouri State
– Pittsburgh research
Your role
• Partnership
• Employment and studies
• Change agents – new ways of working
• Student voice in academic development• Student voice in academic development
• Advice on further development
• More than the sum of the parts – a cohort
• Evaluation and dissemination
Support
• Cohort (tell us)
• CELT
• Rebecca Freeman coordinate evaluation and support
activitiesactivities
• Paul Chapman coordinate finance
• Cohort events to show progress and share successes
• Project plan – brief plan to be submitted by 26th
November 2010
– Get started
Brief project planTimeline and staff/student roles
Month
Staff Student
November Staff and student meet and attend Mahara training (as required).
December Staff and student prepare exemplar material – both personal profile and
content-led ‘views’.
Liaise with CELT/CICT to resolve technical issues.
January/February Staff provide content in form of 7
lectures.
Student demos the creation of a
personal profile at the start of the
module; provides drop-in surgeries to module; provides drop-in surgeries to
assist students with profile.
February/March Staff provide direction in the form of
group crits.
Student demos the creation of
content-led ‘views’; provides drop-in
surgeries to assist students.
April/May Staff and student review module and design evaluation material.
Student carries out
questionnaires/focus groups with
cohort to evaluate student response to
the use of the software.
Staff and student develop and communicate recommendations for future use as
patchwork assessment, supported by Mahara, is rolled out to other courses.
Project support and evaluation
• Visits to faculties/departments
• At least one visit per project
• Rebecca, Stuart, Luke, Paul
• Meet separately with students and staff where possible
• Offer support
Short interview as part of the evaluation of the scheme• Short interview as part of the evaluation of the scheme
o Inform future development of the scheme
o Find out what how you are getting on
Project support and evaluation
• Blog www.studentacademicpartners.co.uk
• We will keep the blog regularly updated
• Opportunity to share resources
• Opportunities for training / workshops
• Further instructions will be sent so you are able to
update your own blogupdate your own blog
• Expect regular progress reports on the blog - minimum
once a month
o We know how you’re getting on
o Others can learn from your project – offer support
Project support and evaluation
• Workshop sessions
• ‘Show and tell’ and evaluation activity
• Your ideas
• Offer support
• Share resources
Compulsory to attend at least two sessions • Compulsory to attend at least two sessions
• 25th January 2011
• 18th March 2011
• 8th April 2011
• 1st June 2011
Project support and evaluation
• Project reporting – brief reflection on outcomes and
experiences of students and staff on your project
• End of year summary
• Share any artefacts with us for dissemination
• Think about publications, dissemination opportunities
BCU Learning and Teaching Festival Summer 2011• BCU Learning and Teaching Festival Summer 2011
• Student Learning and Teaching Network membership
www.studentlandtnetwork.ning.com
The Important Bit: Getting Paid!
• You will be employed by the Students’ Union
• Maximum of 125 hours at £10 per hour per project
• Payment subject to Tax and National Insurance contributions
• Eligibility to work in the UK alongside your studies
• 2 Forms: New Starter Form & P45 or P46
• Identification: Copy of Passport (Inc. Visa)
Eligibility to work
• UK Citizens:
– No restrictions
• Non-UK Citizens: • Non-UK Citizens:
– Visa dependant: 10 or 20 hours per week max
– You will still need a National Insurance number and a
UK bank account
• Both categories will need to provide ID evidence
Timesheets
• To be done electronically via email
• Complete your timesheet weekly
– Tax & NI increase the more hours you claim
• E-mail your ‘hours’ to your staff academic • E-mail your ‘hours’ to your staff academic
partner
• Staff partner to then email:
• Email will be taken as authorisation
Timesheets
• Payments are processed weekly
• Timesheets that are submitted by 5pm on a
Monday will be paid on the Friday of that
week. week.
• Any later and your payment may not be
processed until the following week.
Please Claim!
Why?
• To share out resources
• Financial monitoring
• To fund other activity• To fund other activity
• Progress reporting
• This is employment therefore you get paid!
We will chase but we’d rather not!
Further information
www.birminghamcitysu.com/saps/howtogetpaid
Contacts
Professor Stuart Brand, Director of Learning and Teaching [email protected]
Luke Millard, Head of Learning Partnerships and SAP co-ordinator [email protected]
Rebecca Freeman, CELT researcher, Evaluation lead [email protected]
Paul Chapman, Membership Engagement Manager, Students’ Union and Finance support [email protected]