Memo for Faculty co-ordinators around Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards (FTEA) 2011
This memo outlines key dates and procedures related to the conduct of the Faculty Teaching Awards in 2011.
Teaching Excellence Awards - Overview
Every year the University gives staff and students the opportunity to nominate people who they think deserve
consideration for a teaching award. FTEA nominations are open from 1 August 2011 to 2 September 2011. Staff
and students can nominate any member of staff or team with teaching responsibilities by completing a short
online form at: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/hrm/nomination/. Once five recommendations are received for an
individual or teaching team, and as long as a teaching excellence award has not already been granted to the
person or team within the past six years, then they are asked if they would like to accept the nomination. Each
Faculty (and Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao) is able to confer up to two teaching excellence awards per year with a
monetary value of $2000 (to be used for scholarly activities). This includes automatic nomination for a University
Teaching Excellence Award, from which four awards are made each year with a monetary value of $3000 and
automatic nomination for a national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award (which carries a monetary component of
$20,000 and additional $10,000 for the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award).
Responsibilities of the Teaching Coordinator
The Teaching Coordinator is the main point of contact in the local Faculty selection processes. They are
responsible for organizing the Faculty selection processes, in collaboration with the Dean, and for communicating
with the nominees, the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) and the Teaching Development Unit. The
specific responsibilities of the Teaching Coordinator are to:
 Publicise the call for nominations to staff and students
 Organise the local selection processes and dates for the Faculty in collaboration with the Dean.
 Arrange a selection panel for the Faculty which includes the PVC (Teaching and Learning) and a member of the
TDU.
 Inform nominees about Faculty processes, expectations and dates.
 Announce the successful Faculty award winners to the recipients, the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and
Learning), the Teaching Development Unit and Mike Bell (Secretary of the Staff Awards Committee).
 Complete and submit nominations(with Dean’s signature) for the University Teaching Excellence Awards
and/or Teaching Excellence in a Kaupapa Māori Context. These will be submitted to Mike Bell in the
Professional Development Unit who will forward to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) or the Pro
Vice-Chancellor (Māori) as appropriate by 31st October 2011.
The key dates and responsibilities are outlined on page 3 of this memo.
Faculty Selection Processes
Faculties use their own processes, decided by the Dean and Teaching Coordinator, to finalize the selection of
candidates. Faculty coordinators liaise with the TDU and PVC (Teaching and Learning) to set up panels for judging
Faculty Awards. There will be a TDU representative and PVC (Teaching and Learning) on each Faculty panel.
Coaching and support of nominees
Two portfolio workshops, resources and individual support are available from the Teaching Development Unit on
request. Please see pages 2 and 3 for details.
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Portfolio criteria
Criteria will be based on the teaching portfolio headings published on the Ako Aotearoa website for national
Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards (http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/awards). Nominations should be systematically
evaluated on each criterion. Currently for teaching excellence awards these are:
 Planning and design for learning
 Facilitating learning (delivery)
 Assessing learning (assessment)
 Evaluating learning and teaching (reflection and revision)
 Professional development and leadership in teaching
Currently for teaching excellence in a kaupapa Māori context awards these are:
• Mana - Leadership and Professional Development
o Rangatiratanga - leadership
o Kaupapa Māori – Māori concepts
o Mātauranga Māori – Māori knowledge
o Ūkaipōtanga - Loyalty
o Whanaungatanga – Relationships
o Kaitiakitanga – Guardianship/sustainability
• Whakaakoranga – Teaching Excellence - Design for Learning, Facilitating Learning
o Kairangi - Excellence
o Pūkengatanga - Skills
o Manaakitanga – Concern for colleagues and learners
o Kotahitanga – Collaboration.
• Mātaki – Assessing Student Learning, Evaluation of Learning and Teaching
o Ākonga - Learners
o Kaiako - Teaching
o Taunaki – Evidence
Faculties may develop their own processes, but may wish not to restrict the length of portfolio should nominees
wish to prepare portfolios for the Ako Aotearoa National Awards (up to 8000 words), since this would mean less
work in the preparation of a University/National award. Any word limit should be explicit at the start.
More information
Online nomination form for the Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/hrm/nomination/
Nomination forms for the University Teaching Excellence Awards and Teaching Excellence in a Kaupapa Māori
Context (to be attached to the portfolio and any other supporting documents):
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/hrm/staffawards/index.shtml
Faculty Teaching Awards (purpose, process, criteria): http://www.waikato.ac.nz/hrm/staffawards/index.shtml
Ako Aotearoa National Teaching Excellence Awards: http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/awards
Portfolio pointers: http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/download/ng/file/group-5/portfolio-points-preparing-andpresenting-high-quality-teaching-portfolios.pdf
Resources for portfolio preparation and samples:
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/tdu/resources/teachingportfolios.shtml
Faculty Teaching Awards process: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/tdu/ftea.shtml
For further information, please contact Dorothy Spiller ([email protected]), Pip Bruce Ferguson
([email protected]) or Prof Richard Coll ([email protected]).
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Key Dates for the Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards 2011
Item
Date
Responsibility
Faculty nominations open
1-Aug
Mike (webpage)
Faculty nominations close
2-Sep
HR (Monique)
Collate and filter nominations
6-Sep
Trudy
Notify nominees by email (cc:
Deans/Faculty coordinators/PVC (T&L))
7-Sep
Preetha
Preparation of portfolios for Faculty
awards
7-30 Sep
FTEA nominees/TDU
 Staff with five or more nominations are eligible for the next stage of
the Faculty selection process
 Notify nominees and check for acceptance of the nomination
 Faculty coordinators are then responsible for liaising directly with
nominees about local selection processes and dates
 Support and coaching of nominees available from the TDU
Portfolio workshop
12 Sep
Dorothy
 1.00-4.00pm (Room B.G.24)
Portfolio workshop
16-Sep
Pip
 9.00-12.00am (Room B.G.24)
Faculty selection processes (selection
panels/interviews)
3 -14 Oct
Faculty coordinators
 Selection panels must include the PVC (T&L) and a member of the
TDU. Please arrange selection panels early to ensure the availability of
panelists.
Announce recipients of Faculty Teaching
Excellence Awards
17 Oct
Faculty coordinators
 Please notify recipients, PVC (T&L), TDU and Mike Bell
 Mike Bell to arrange payment
Preparation of submissions for University
Awards
17 Oct – 28 Oct
FTEA recipients
University nominations close
31-Oct
Faculty coordinators
Notes/Comments
 Staff and students can make a nomination by completing a short
online form at: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/hrm/nomination/
 Nomination forms for the University Teaching Excellence Awards and
Teaching Excellence in a Kaupapa Māori Context can be downloaded
from: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/hrm/staffawards/index.shtml
 Nominations for University Teaching Awards are submitted to Mike
Bell who forwards them to the relevant PVC (T&L or Māori)
 Nomination forms for the University awards require the support and
signature of the Dean
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