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Call for nominations - 2013 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards

Dear <<First Name>>,

2012 Prime Minister's Supreme Award recipient - Dr Rhiannon Braund from the University of OtagoEach year the Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards (TTEAs) highlights an outstanding group of practitioners who have demonstrated exceptional levels of teaching ability, high levels of sustained excellence in their work and commitment to their learners.

There are unquestionably many more individuals and groups across the tertiary sector working at a similar level, and equally deserving of national recognition and we now invite nominations for the 2013 awards round.  Note that we encourage nominations from all parts of the tertiary sector and we would also remind you that there are two categories of award: one for general nominations and one for nominees who teach primarily in a Kaupapa Māori context.
 
If your organisation has not put anyone forward before please contact your Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Manager about assistance through the nomination process and portfolio preparation. Members of the Ako Aotearoa Academy of Tertiary Teaching Excellence (all past TTEA recipients) are also on hand to assist nominees through the process.
 
All contact details are listed on page 7 of the 2013 Criteria and Guidelines document.

Go to: www.akoaotearoa.ac.nz/awards and click on Being nominated for an award in 2013.
 
Nominations close 5pm, Thursday 28th March 2013.
 
Warm regards and good luck!
Dr Peter Coolbear

image: 2012 Prime Minister's Supreme Award recipient
Dr Rhiannon Braund from the University of Otago

Issue No. 6
November 2012
NZAPEP logo
Strong relationships with private education providers

At two recent New Zealand Association of Private Education Providers (NZAPEP) regional meetings, Northern Hub Manager Ruth Peterson welcomed the opportunity to acknowledge the PTE Sector’s support for our Professional Development Programme and encourage  members to nominate their excellent teachers for the 2013 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.

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Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards
Now available – Excellence 2012

This publication captures the essence of what excellent teaching means for this year’s Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awardees so that it can be shared with others. The 12 awardees detail aspects of their teaching practice, how they inspire students, and the technologies they employ effectively across a range of teaching situations.

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Professional development logo
Professional development in 2013

We are delighted that to date, more than 300 people have attended our professional development workshops since the programme was launched in July. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Planning is well underway for a new range of topics to join the existing high-quality workshops on offer in 2013.

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Cracking the Reading Code
Resource improves academic reading

Many tertiary learners avoid academic reading and even keen readers can find reading a textbook a huge challenge. Mary Silvester and Clare Hazledine’s (Whitireia New Zealand) new set of audio-visual resources is already receiving positive feedback from learners and their tutors.

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Tuia Te Ako 2013
Hui supports tertiary success for Māori

Tuia Te Ako 2013 is set for 9-11 April, with Te Wānanga o Raukawa co-hosting the event at the beautiful new campus facilities in Ōtaki. Read more about the changes to the hui format and important background on what it strives to do in support of Māori in tertiary education.

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Andrew Smith Mentoring booklets launch
Celebrating new mentoring resources

The release of 3 new resources for enhancing learner-focussed mentoring practices was celebrated recently at Bethlehem Tertiary Institute. They provide support for mentors, learners and organisations in professional and vocational areas. Professional development workshops based on this work will join our PD programme early next year.

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Practice Research
New tools support practice research

A set of 48 research teaching and learning cards and an online video resource provide excellent support for social work research lecturers, supervisors and learners involved in fieldwork.
Jane Maidment, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, describes the research resources her team developed, why and how they can be used.

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Tātou Tātou wins equity award

Congratulations to Elana Curtis and her team from The University of Auckland for being awarded a 2012 Excellence in Equity Award by the university for their NPF project Tātou Tātou – Success for all: Improving Māori student success. Read more about the awards and this project.

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Good Practice Publication Grants
Announcement of second round for 2012

We are pleased to announce we have just re-opened the Good Practice Publications Grant Scheme. We want to share the practice you know works for your Māori and Pacific learners with other tertiary educators. Up to $5000 is available for you to publish your proven good practice.

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