Delivery

Delivery Standards

Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
1.1 UOW has plans and strategies to recruit and retain quality staff who demonstrate a contribution to effective learning

Promotion and probation statistics

CPD module usage

UOW and Faculty Plans

Academic Performance Framework

Continuing Professional Development (Learning and Teaching) Policy and Framework
HES 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 Academic Development Committee> Academic Senate
1.2 The selection process considers evidence of teaching effectiveness – e.g. through the presentation of evaluations and peer assessments etc

Selection Committee reports

Academic Staff Position

Classification Standards

Position Descriptions

HES 3.2.3 Faculty Selection C’ttee> UEC> Academic Senate
1.3 All subject coordinators and lecturers possess a qualification at least one AQF level higher than the level at which they teach or can demonstrate equivalent experience; tutors and demonstrators may have the same level qualification provided they are closely supervised and have a professional development plan in place

Sign-off documentation kept by School/Faculty

Alesco reports on academic staff holding a PhD

Recruitment and Selection Policy

Teaching and Assessment: Code of Practice - Teaching
HES 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 Faculty Selection C’ttee> UEC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
2.1 All teaching staff (incl. casual teachers) are appropriately inducted and prepared for their teaching and ancillary duties

Staff feedback

UOW staff induction program participation rates

Teaching and Assessment: Code of Practice – Teaching

Teaching and Assessment: Assessment & Feedback Policy

Code of Practice – Casual Academic Teaching
HES 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 UEC> Academic Senate
2.2 All teaching staff (incl. casual teachers) understand their responsibilities under TAPS and other relevant University and Faculty policies and procedures

Staff feedback

Annual Audit of Subject Outlines

Audit of casual staff

Teaching and Assessment Suite of Policies (TAPS)

Code of Practice – Casual Academic Teaching

HES 3.2.3 UEC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
3.1 All new academic staff involved in teaching have completed the requirements of the CPD Framework for newly appointed academic staff involved in teaching within 12 months of their appointment CPD completion rates and times Continuing Professional Development (Learning and Teaching) Policy HES 3.2.3 UEC> Academic Senate
3.2 Academic staff at all levels and including casual teachers have access to professional development opportunities relevant to their needs

LTC system for recording staff participation in L&T courses and seminars

Career Development Plan

Continuing Professional Development (Learning and Teaching) Policy

Teaching and Assessment: Code of Practice – Teaching

Teaching and Assessment: Assessment & Feedback Policy

Code of Practice – Casual Academic Teaching

HES 3.2.3 UEC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
4.1 All staff involved in teaching provide fair access to consultation with students by appropriate means during session Student feedback

Teaching and Assessment: Code of Practice – Teaching

Teaching and Assessment: Assessment & Feedback Policy

FAQs on Student-Academic Consultation
HES 3.2.5 UEC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
5.1 UOW encourages pedagogical research and communicates innovations in research into learning and teaching to staff

WATTLE reports

Faculty teaching reviews and staff professional development planning

Number of OCTAL nominations

OCTAL Guidelines

Continuing Professional

Development (Learning and Teaching) Policy

Continuing Professional

Development Framework
HES 3.2.3 UEC> Academic Senate

5.2 UOW encourages academic staff to incorporate pedagogical research into their teaching practice

OLT grants, fellowships and exchanges

Dissemination events/fora

Faculty Teaching and Learning

Scholars Program

CPD Portfolio

Continuing Professional Development Framework
HES 3.2.3 UEC> Academic Senate
5.3 UOW offers a technology rich learning environment

Number of subjects offered through Moodle?

Student feedback

UOW Technology-Enriched Learning Strategy (TEL)

Digital Learning Thresholds
HES 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 UEC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
6.1 UOW actively supports the sharing of information on good practice in teaching and assessment

LTC system for recording staff participation in L&T courses and seminars

Continuing Professional Development Framework HES 3.2.3 UEC> Academic Senate
6.2 UOW encourages academic staff to undertake peer observation of teaching LTC system for recording peer observations Continuing Professional Development Framework HES 3.2.3 UEC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
7.1 UOW rewards and celebrates quality teaching (e.g. through promotions, awards, prizes and grants

External teaching citations, grants, fellowships

Internal awards and grants
OCTAL Guidelines - UEC> Academic Senate
7.2 UOW sets and reaches targets for applications for promotions and learning and teaching awards

Promotion and probation statistics

External teaching citations, grants, fellowships

Internal awards and grants

Continuing Professional Development Framework

OCTAL Guidelines
- UEC> Academic Senate
7.3 There are clear guidelines and support for staff seeking academic promotion based on teaching ranked highly, including on how to  evidence teaching achievement

Comparative Academic Promotion success rates by faculty and level

Staff feedback

Promotion Committee Feedback

Academic Promotion Committee Procedures (under review)

Mix of Evidence Guidelines

Academic Promotion: A Guide to Evidence about Teaching (under review)

- UEC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
8.1 UOW evaluates systematically and transparently the levels of staffing required to conduct and support teaching adequately, sets appropriate targets (e.g. for staff : student ratios) and allocates resources accordingly

Staff: student ratios

Faculty review reports

UOW Strategic Plan

Faculty workforce plans

Annual Faculty plans and performance reports
HES 3.2.1 VCAG
8.2 UOW has clear goals and strategies for the assessment, allocation and management of learning spaces

Student feedback

Staff feedback

Timetabling Policy

Overcrowding in Teaching Spaces Procedure

Annual Faculty plans and performance reports
HES 2.1.1 UEC> Academic Senate
8.3 In the event of a course (or course instance) being discontinued, UOW adopts clear and effective ‘teach out’ or course transition plans to ensure that no student enrolled in the course is disadvantaged Student feedback

Course and Subject Approval Procedures and Forms

‘Subject Suspension Form’
- CPDG> QARG> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
9.1 The grades awarded (and other information provided to students on their achievement) make a direct link between the intended learning outcomes and students’ actual performance on assessment tasks

All courses have clear CLOs

Teaching and Assessment: Code Of Practice- Teaching

Teaching and Assessment: Subject Delivery Policy

Teaching and Assessment: Assessment & Feedback Policy
HES 1.4.3 EPAQ> UEC> Academic Senate
9.2 Teaching staff provide helpful and timely feedback to students on performance Student feedback

Teaching and Assessment: Code Of Practice- Teaching

Teaching and Assessment: Subject Delivery Policy

Teaching and Assessment: Assessment & Feedback Policy
HES 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 UEC> Academic Senate
9.3 Work placements and other forms of work-integrated learning are appropriately supervised and assessed Feedback from students and host organisations Code of Practice – WIL (Professional Experience) HES 5.4.1 UEC> Academic Senate
9.4 Where more than one member of staff is teaching a subject, good processes and communication with other teaching staff ensure consistency in terms of delivery of subject and assessment

Internal moderation reports

Calibration activities

Teaching and Assessment: Code Of Practice- Teaching

Teaching and Assessment: Subject Delivery Policy

Teaching and Assessment: Assessment & Feedback Policy
- UEC> Academic Senate
9.5 UOW validates course learning outcomes through periodic external peer review of assessment and student learning outcomes Inter-university moderation reports Course Review Policy/Procedures HES 5.3.4 UEC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
10.1 Where a UOW subject is offered through a third party arrangement, any variation in content, subject objectives or assessment of learning outcomes must be approved by the relevant UOW Subject Coordinator

Subject Outlines approval

Annual Audit of Subject outlines

Collaborative Delivery Review Procedures

Collaborative Delivery - Subject Quality Assurance Procedures
HES 5.4.2 UEC> Academic Senate
10.2 All teaching undertaken via a third party must meet the University requirements for teaching and assessment as set out in the TAPS and other relevant policies and procedures Annual Review Report

Teaching and Assessment: Code of Practice – Teaching

Teaching and Assessment: Subject Delivery Policy

Teaching and Assessment: Assessment & Feedback Policy

Collaborative Delivery Review Procedures

Collaborative Delivery - Subject Quality Assurance Procedures

Procedure for Monitoring Comparative Student Outcomes
HES 5.4.2 UEC> Academic Senate

10.3 All UOW courses offered through a third party are regularly reviewed to ensure equivalence of student learning outcomes and fulfilment of all contractual obligations

Annual Review Reports

Collaborative Delivery Annual Review Procedures

Collaborative Delivery - Subject Quality Assurance Procedures

Third Party Contracts/Agreements
HES 5.4.2 UEC> Academic Senate
10.4 All new courses delivered through a third party arrangement must be covered by a contractual agreement and meet all specified due diligence and risk assessment requirements

Third Party Register

Annual Review Reports
Assessment of New Collaborative Delivery Procedures HES 5.4.2 UEC/UIC> Academic Senate
Performance IndicatorMeasureKey InputsExternal ReferencesGovernance
11.1 Where a course, or a component of a course, is delivered across multiple locations, an analysis of student results will be undertaken at the end of each session as a means to ensure equivalence of learning outcomes

CSO Data Reports

Annual CSO Monitoring Report
Procedure for Monitoring Comparative Student Outcomes HES 1.3.5 and 5.3.4 EPAQ> UEC/UIC> Academic Senate