Awards for Learning and Teaching

College Awards

• College of Business
• College of Arts
• College of Health and Science

Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Awards

• More information at Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Awards Policy and Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Awards Guidelines.

ALTC Australian Awards for University Teaching

• ALTC Australian Awards for University Teaching webpage

Application Process at UWS
Expressions of interest in a ALTC Australian Award for University Teaching are to be submitted to the Associate Dean Academic/Manager in the first instance after obtaining endorsement from the Head of School/Director. The Associate Dean Academic, in consultation with the Executive Dean will determine those staff who will be invited to submit a full proposal. Full proposals will be considered by the UWS ALTC Liaison Group, which will provide feedback (if necessary) prior to submission to the ALTC.

Awards that are available:

Citation Awards
These citations recognise and reward the diverse contributions that individuals and teams make to the quality of student learning. The 'ALTC Citations' are granted to people who have made a significant contribution to the quality of student learning in a specific area of responsibility over a sustained period, whether they are academic staff, general staff, sessional staff or institutional associates. People who are awarded ALTC Citations are widely recognised for their achievements within the nominating institution and have received strong institutional endorsement.

• Timelines and Process Steps (MS Word, 122Kb)
• Information for Applicants (MS Word, 194Kb)
• EOI Template (MS Word, 109Kb)

For more information, please see Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.

Teaching Excellence Awards
These awards celebrate a group of the nation's most outstanding university teachers in their fields. They give recognition to university teachers renowned for the excellence of their teaching, who have superb presentation skills and who have made a broad and deep contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education.

• Timelines and Process Steps (MS Word, 122Kb)
• Information for Applicants (MS Word, 192Kb)
• EOI Template (MS Word, 109Kb)

For more information, please see Awards for Teaching Excellence.

Prime Minister's Award
The Prime Minister's Award is the premier university teaching award. It is awarded to an academic or team with an exceptional record of advancing student learning, educational leadership and scholarly contribution to teaching and learning. Each year the winner of the Prime Minister's Award for the Australian University Teacher of the Year is chosen from the winners of the Teaching Excellence Awards.

For more information, please see Prime Minister's Award for the Australian University Teacher of the Year.

Program Awards
The Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning recognise learning and teaching support programs and services that make an outstanding contribution to the quality of student learning and the quality of the student experience of higher education. These 'ALTC Program Awards' are given to exemplary programs and services whose effectiveness has been demonstrated through strenuous evaluation. The programs and services that receive these awards set benchmarks for similar activities in other institutions.

• Timelines and Process Steps (MS Word, 122Kb)
• Information for Applicants (MS Word, 193Kb)
• EOI Template (MS Word, 107Kb)

For more information, please see Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning.

Career Achievement Award
Periodically, the ALTC acknowledges an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to teaching and learning that is recognised throughout the higher education sector. The ALTC Career Achievement Award is given to individuals whose career achievements in learning and teaching in higher education have had a major influence and left an enduring legacy.

For more information, please see Career Achievement Award.

Award Guidelines

• More information at ALTC Award Guidelines.

Support Available to Staff when Preparing an Application
Support is available to staff who are invited by their College to submit a full application. For additional information, please contact your Associate Dean Academic and the Academic Coordinator, ALTC Initiatives.

Previous Winners

• 2008 UWS Award Winners
• 2007 UWS Award Winners

Resources

• Applying for ALTC Teaching Awards - Nov 2008 Slideshow (MS PowerPoint, 7.02MB)
• ALTC Teaching Award Application - Data Collection Table (MS Word, 35Kb)
• Using Evidence to support a Teaching Award submission (MS Word, 40Kb)
• Teaching Excellence - Self Evaluation Form (MS Word, 56Kb)
• Citations Workshop (MS PowerPoint, 8.91MB)
• Citations - Example Claims (MS PowerPoint, 53Kb)
• Citations - Self Evaluation Form (MS Word, 58Kb)
• Programs that Enhance Learning - Self Evaluation Form (MS Word, 55Kb)
• Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) Codes (PDF, 995Kb)
• Recognising excellence in teaching: Applying for teaching awards - Associate Professor Catherine Sinclair (Lectures Online Recorded Lecture)

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