Teaching Recognition at Kings
(TRaK)
Application for Associate Fellowship
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Web links may be included by as an external source however panel members are not required to consider them as part of your
application.
PART ONE Personal Information
Name:
Email:
School/Department/Service/CAG:
Total number of years of employment in Higher Education:
Payroll Number:
* For the purpose of HESA return/Key Information Sets (KIS) on staff qualifications to teach and it would be
helpful if you could please ensure this data is up-to-date via the self-service function.
Please list any relevant qualifications or awards you already hold, together with date of attainment:
Personal Statement
Please use this space to position yourself in the institution and your work context/your subject discipline(s)
and explain your teaching philosophy and pedagogic approaches with evidence (800 words maximum).
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PART TWO Demonstrating commitment to professional development (D1)
If your teaching and learning support role is within D1 you will be able to demonstrate achievement and
success in some parts of the dimensions of the framework – i.e. the Areas of Activity, Core Knowledge and
Professional Values.
TWO areas of activity (A), at least K1 and K2 of the Core Knowledge (K) and All the Professional Values (V)
There is no limit to the list but ten activities should be sufficient. One activity MUST be a peer support
activity.
Professional and developmental activities
Activity (date)
Last Update 21/07/2014
A1-5
K1-6
V1-4
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PART THREE Account of Professional Practice (APP)
You must address at least two Areas of Activity, together with relevant areas of Core Knowledge and all
the Professional Values.
Examples should be based around the ‘Typical activities’ for Associate Fellowship. For each Area of Activity
selected you should look to provide around 3 examples (no more than 5) to demonstrate your performance
of, you should consider where appropriate:
WHAT?
 What do you do? Roles and responsibilities
 What is your approach? The methods and techniques you utilise in the context of your discipline,
teaching/leadership role
 What is your rationale for the approach? (Why do you do it in that way?) Theoretical and professional
rationale exhibiting engagement with pedagogical literature, College and national policy documents,
wider subject and pedagogic scholarship and your reflection on your own professional values and
those in the UKPSF
SO WHAT?
 So what do you need to do to know whether your approaches to practice are effective? Evidence of
impact, student/colleague feedback, peer support of teaching/lesson observation enhancement data,
evidence from pedagogical research and other curriculum evaluations that you have undertaken/been
involved in, external examiners reports highlighting your specific contributions, peer review of
academic work
NOW WHAT?
 Now what might you do to improve what you do? Planned innovations (such as developing a CTF bid,
incorporating new methods into practice, developing) critical reflection on practice leading to
engagement with professional development activities. Now what might you do to convince others and
develop capacity within your teaching team? How will you network, share your excellence and
engage others in your wide for wider student benefit?
Please give the word count at the end of each example (maximum of 500 words for each section).
Evidencing A1: Design and plan learning activities and/or programmes of study
Evidencing A2: Teach and/or support learning
Evidencing A3: Assess and give feedback to learners
Last Update 21/07/2014
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Evidencing A4: Develop effective learning environments and approaches to student support and guidance
Evidencing A5: Engage in continuing professional development in subjects/disciplines and their pedagogy,
incorporating research, scholarship and the evaluation of professional practices
PART FOUR Referees
At least one referee must be a current employee of King’s College London
First referee
Name:
Job title:
School/Dept/Service
Email address
How is this person known to you?
Second referee
Name:
Job title:
School/Dept/Service
Email address
How is this person known to you?
Last Update 21/07/2014
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