Teaching Recognition at Kings (TRaK) Application for Fellowship

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Teaching Recognition at Kings

(TRaK)

Application for Fellowship

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:

You should have at least 3 years of full time equivalent service to apply for fellowship by this means.

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 on-going professional development (D2)

If your teaching and learning role is within D2 you will be able to demonstrate achievement and success in all parts of the dimensions of the framework – i.e. all the Areas of Activity, Core Knowledge and Professional

Values.

There is no limit to the list but 10 activities should be sufficient. One activity MUST be a peer support activity.

Professional and developmental activities

Activity (date) A1-5 K1-6 V1-4

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PART THREE Account of Professional Practice (APP)

You must address all of the Areas of Activity, together with relevant areas of Core Knowledge and all the

Professional Values. (Please see the READ programme handbook).

Evidence should come from ‘Typical activities’ for Fellowship at D2. For each Area of Activity you should provide around 3 to 5 examples to evidence your impact on the student learning experience, you should consider:

WHAT?

What do you do? Roles and responsibilities

What is your approach? (how do you do it?) The methods 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

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Evidencing A3: Assess and give feedback to learners

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?

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