T&L Professional Development Programs

OLT professional development program

Throughout the year OLT offers a range of professional development activities for Higher Education academics and VET teaching staff.  These include:

• personalised introductory sessions for new teaching staff at CDU
  
• compulsory introductory Learnline workshops for staff delivering units that make use of CDU’s online learning environment
• topic-specific Learnline workshops providing more advanced and indepth training on particular features of Learnline
  
• an annual VET professional development day providing in-service training on topical VET teaching issues such as developing learning and assessment strategies, assessing employability skills, managing apprentices, responding to literacy and numeracy needs and validating and moderating assessment 
• tailored professional development sessions that respond to the specific needs of individual Higher Education Schools and VET Divisions
  
• personalised assistance in course and unit development
• seminars and workshops on specific teaching and learning topics, including applying for teaching and learning grants and awards and developing a teaching portfolio.
  

To find out what's on, or to register for a specific session, visit OLT's Professional Development Calendar.

Teaching and learning qualifications

Certificate IV in Training & Assessment

The TAA40104 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment specifies the competencies required to deliver training and conduct competency-based assessment in a range of contexts. It is the mandatory requirement for delivering and assessing nationally accredited vocational education and training programs.

To find out more about the course, please contact either:

Business Advanced and TAA (Top End), Casuarina Campus
Phone: 08 8946 7521
Email: businessadvancedTAA@cdu.edu.au

Business, Information Technology and TAA (Central), Alice Springs
Phone: 08 8946 7524
Email: business_IT_TAA-central@cdu.edu.au

Graduate Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

The Graduate Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education focuses on enabling teaching staff to develop the core skills, versatility, competence and confidence to teach effectively in higher education. It also offers experienced teaching staff the opportunity to further develop this aspect of their work and to obtain formal recognition as a postgraduate qualification.

The course is available to CDU staff who are employed in a teaching role or a teaching support role. Applicants must be in a position to apply their learning to current teaching in higher education and to reflect upon it.

Master of Education

The Master of Education program is designed to meet the professional learning needs of professional educators and practising teachers who are engaged in change management, policy formation, the delivery of professional development and training programs, tertiary education, informal and non-formal education in community-orientated programs, working with volunteers and youth groups. It offers opportunities to negotiate a personalised learning pathway suited to the specific needs of the educational or professional context.

Teaching portfolios

A teaching portfolio is a summary document of your teaching philosophy, major accomplishments and strengths in teaching accompanied by supplementary material that provides quantitative, qualitative and contextual evidence of your claims. 

You need a teaching portfolio:

•    as part of your personal professional development
•    to support applications for promotion or awards
•    to manage your performance reviews more confidently and effectively
•    as part of your preparation for university quality audits.

To help you compile your teaching portfolio we have put together a Teaching Portfolio Content Guide which you can download and use as a checklist.  We have also produced An All-Level Professional Development Guide for Teaching Focused Academics in consultation with staff, Heads of School and Faculty Deans to help give you a better sense of the types of professional development activities you may benefit from engaging in at different stages of your career.

Other CDU professional development programs

Professional development for CDU staff is coordinated by People Management and Development (PMD) and aligned with the University's Staff Competency Framework. PMD provides access to a wide range of courses and programs including:

• Compulsory induction workshops on Indigenous culture awareness, fire awarness and emergency evacuation, ergonomics in the workplace and discrimination, harassment and bullying
  
• DevelopPD online short courses in IT skills, interpersonal skills and business skills
• Staff Professional Development Leave which enables staff to undertake a professional development leave program for up to six months.

Professional development opportunities offered by other areas of CDU that may be of interest to teaching staff include:

• Training in the use of Callista, the University's student management system, delivered by ITMS. This includes training in how to use Area 52 and eRollbook.
• Library tours and workshops as well as online tutorials and guides designed to assist staff and students with information literacy and researching skills.
• Postgraduate research supervision and training available through the CDU Research Office, including an annual supervisors' workshop and access to fIRST, an online research supervision and training resource.
  
• A range of commercial short courses offered by CDU's Business Development area including personal development courses in time management, people skills and conflict resolution.

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