Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
Eligibility to participate in the Commonwealth Government Learning and Teaching Performance Fund is dependent on meeting the fund’s participation requirements. Participation requirements and Charles Darwin University documentation to meet these requirements are illustrated below.
1. A current and recent institutional learning and teaching plan or strategy that is publicly available on the university’s website
2. Evidence of systematic support for professional development in learning and teaching for sessional and full-time academic staff
- Human Resources Policy (.pdf)
- Staff Professional Development Leave Approval Process (.pdf)
- General information on professional development
- Overview of professional development and support provided for teaching and learning practice
- Activities and elements included are:
- A series of professional development workshops including workshops on the University’s learning management system Learnline
- Workshops and seminars presented by Visiting Fellows in Teaching and Learning with national and international standing
- An Introduction to Tertiary Teaching program that all new academic staff are required to attend (.pdf)
- From time to time sponsored places for CDU academic staff in the Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Teaching and Learning specialisation)
- Other major online resources to assist staff in their teaching and learning activities are the Teaching4Learning website and the Graduate Attributes and Employability Skills website.
3. Evidence of probation and promotion practices and policies which include effectiveness as a teacher
4. Evidence of systematic student evaluation of teaching and subjects that informs probation and promotion decisions for academic positions
- Probationary Employment Process (.pdf) - see Attachment A
- Promotion Process Academic Staff (.pdf) see e.g. criterion indicators p5
