Developing my teaching

Opportunities at the University of Auckland

Academics with teaching responsibility must frequently review their teaching skills and undertake professional development aimed at enhancing their teaching capacity.The University provideds:

•  Guidelines for the Enhancement and evaluation of teaching and courses 
•  Policy document on academic staff development.

The CLeaR provides professional development programmes and activities related to teaching and supervision for academic staff at various stages of their career.

The Academic Practice Group at CLeaR holds regular workshops to facilitate professional development on all aspects of teaching and learning both generic and discipline specific. Activities for academic staff range from short courses and workshops on all aspects of teaching and learning to a two year certificate in academic practice.  To see CLeaR's full range of activities click here. 

At the FMHS

Both the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education (CMHSE) and the Learning Technology Unit (LTU) run workshops, research meetings and seminars on various topics throughout the academic year. The CMHSE also offers postgraduate qualifications in clinical teaching which for teachers involved in clinical education may be an alternative to the CLeaR postgraduate programme.

Within the Schools, a number of educational courses and programmes are also provided which may be more discipline or profession specific.

Beyond the University 

Other ways of staying up to date with teaching practices include being involved with educational projects (particularly those working collaboratively between institutions, countries or professions) and attending educational conferences or subject or profession specific conferences and meetings with an education focus. Increasingly, health professional education is moving towards sharing practice across professions and working interprofessionally. Finally, reading subject discipline or educational books and journals is helpful to keep in touch with new ideas, innovations and practices in your own subject area and more widely. This type of engagement (Scholarly teaching) is also important to consider when seeking promotion - you can read more about it in the following section (Contribute to scholarship, research and professional activity).