Aspiring NTFs webinar 1 November 2021
- 1. Welcome to the NTF briefing 2022 Facilitated by Prof Debbie Holley (NTF) with Caroline Coles (Chair ANTF) Prof Sally Brown (NTF and former ANTF Chair) Dr Viv Rolfe NTF and Dr Holly Earl (Advance HE)
- 2. NTF briefing format: please add questions into chat … Welcome to webinar series: Caroline Coles, Chair, ANTF The NTF application process: Prof Debbie Holley The joys of the NTF journey: Prof Sally Brown Planning your own journey: Dr Viv Rolfe Advance HE perspective: Dr Holly Earl Panel Q&A: Participants, Debbie, Caroline, Sally, Viv and Holly And tweet! @NTF_Tweet
- 3. @CarrieColesNTF What's my story? Caroline Coles Since achieving mine in 2017 I have been very active in the NTF community, and was elected as the Chair of the Association of NTFs (2019) I organised our wonderful symposium in March 2020, getting in just before lockdown! And last year's online...I mentor NTFs both in the UK and nationally @CarrieColesNTF
- 4. What evidence can be used? A wordle from the ANTF
- 6. In It Together: diversifying and fostering a more inclusive NTF community • AHE equality data found Black & Minority Ethnic colleagues, those in Further Education and with Professional Services contracts are underrepresented in teaching awards • Proportion of B&ME NTFS nominees lower than the proportion of B&ME academic staff in the sector (14.8% BAME in NTFS 2020 compared with 16.5% in the sector data). Although increased in 2021 by +5.7% in comparison with 2020 (9.1%) and increase over five years of +7.1%. • The ‘In It Together project’: raise awareness and provide events for colleagues to share ‘lived’ experiences and insights across the NTF community (leads: Professor Sally Everett, Professor Momna Hejmadi, Steve Briggs, & Dr. Nicola Watchman-Smith) • Question: How can we address the systematic hurdles that colleagues face in becoming NTFs • Actions underway: a programme of community-based mentoring (with NTF winners acting as 1-1 mentors for aspiring NTFs) , new resources to demonstrate the benefits gained for HE providers, events focused on addressing the hurdles faced by aspiring NTFs, and new network of subject- based NTF champions, to offer targeted support for nominations
- 7. In It Together: diversifying and fostering a more inclusive NTF community
- 8. The timeline Call for nominations released: 4 October 2021 NTFS nominations close: 12:00 noon 9 March 2022 Public announcement of 2022 winners: 4 August 2022 All the detailed information, template for application, video clips and lots more from AdvanceHE!
- 9. Three criterion (1500 words) assessed plus a 300-word Context Statement (not assessed) Individual Excellence (demonstrating impact) Developing excellence (commitment to and impact of..) Raising the profile of excellence (demonstrating impact)
- 10. Criterion 1: Individual excellence: Evidence of enhancing and transforming student outcomes and/or the teaching profession; demonstrating impact commensurate with the individual’s context and the opportunities afforded by it. This may, for example, be demonstrated by providing evidence of the impact of: • stimulating students’ curiosity and interest in ways which inspire a commitment to learning; • organising and presenting high quality resources in accessible, coherent and imaginative ways which in turn clearly enhance students’ learning; • recognising and actively supporting the full diversity of student learning requirements; • drawing upon the outcomes of relevant research, scholarship and professional practice in ways which add value to teaching and students’ learning; • engaging with and contributing to the established literature or to the nominee’s own evidence base for teaching and learning.
- 11. Criterion 2: Raising the profile of excellence Evidence of supporting colleagues and influencing support for student learning and/or the teaching profession; demonstrating impact and engagement beyond the nominee’s immediate academic or professional role This may, for example, be demonstrated by providing evidence of the impact of: • making outstanding contributions to colleagues’ professional development in relation to promoting and enhancing student learning; • contributing to departmental/faculty/institutional/national initiatives to facilitate students’ learning; • contributing to and/or supporting meaningful and positive change with respect to pedagogic practice, policy and/or procedure.
- 12. Criterion 3: Developing excellence Show the nominee’s commitment to and impact of ongoing professional development with regard to teaching and learning and/or learning support. This may, for example, be demonstrated by providing evidence of the impact of: • on-going review and enhancement of individual professional practice; • engaging in professional development activities which enhance the nominee’s expertise in teaching and learning support; • specific contributions to enable significant improvements in students’ outcomes and/or experience.
- 13. Summary: ‘The Claim’ • Nominees, you will present evidence in a personal ‘Claim’ for the award of NTF against the three NTFS award criteria; • Three parts to the nominee ‘Claim’: – Section A: Context Statement (max 300 words) – Section B: Claim against the three NTFS award criteria (max 1500 words per criterion) – Section C: Reference List (excluded from word count) • Only Section B of the Claim is scored by reviewers – each of the NTFS award criteria (1-3) is scored separately; • The Claim must be written by the nominee.
- 14. Pause for questions and answers from chat themes
- 15. The joy of the NTF: Prof Sally Brown @ProfSallyBrown
- 16. The joy of the NTF • I knew the scheme very well, because I had set it up from scratch when I worked for the Institute for learning and Teaching, now Advance HE; • Sometime after I left, I was encouraged by the university where I was PVC, Leeds Beckett, to apply and was delighted to be successful; • My application was built on decades contributing to the learning community around teaching, learning and particularly assessment in Higher Education.
- 17. Think: mentors, teams and collaborations Read: Prof Sally Browns advice to prospective NTFs
- 18. The NTF journey, planning and where it can take you...
- 19. I'd received a teaching award at De Montfort University and this was a springboard for my NTF application (successful in 2012) (and Principal Fellow in 2015). I always sought feedback from students on my teaching and digital approaches to medical science, and the NTF criteria helped me take evaluation of my work more seriously and to therefore grow in what I was doing. Having the NTF to aim for gave me confidence to build networks and reach out beyond my institution. This led me to securing further funding for Open Education projects. Now in industry I still utilise my NTF networks to support partnership building and studentship opportunities. How I did mine @vivienrolfe
- 20. Our panel questions and answers from chat themes
- 21. Further information and all the information on the AdvanceHE website link here And we want to flag up the fabulous CATE team awards link here
- 22. IFNTF 2018 2nd World summit, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Photograph courtesy of Nick Pearce)Pearce) • Founded 2016 • National Teaching Fellows from UK; Ireland; USA; Canada, Australia, New Zealand https://www.ifntf.org/