This week, Griffith Uni held their 2019 Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching (GAET) are awarded by the University to recognise and reward teachers, teaching teams, professional staff and programs for their contributions to student learning. GAET are awarded on the basis of a University-wide application process. These awards a very competitive and prestigious.
I am delighted to announce that I was awarded: Highly Commended for Excellence in Teaching Awards Sessional Academic Staff category!
Whoohoo!
This is a great honour and a lovely surprise!
So this week, I attended the 2019 Griffith Teaching Excellence in Teaching Awards night at Griffith’s Gold Coast with the other awardees, colleagues, friends and family.
It was a fantastic night!
Congrats to all the nominees, highly commended and award winners!
I was very pleased to see many colleagues I work with also being recognised like: Dr Dawn Adams, Bronwyn Reid O’Connor, Prof Stephen Billet and the wonderful Kungullanji Program and Indigenous Research Unit teams (below). Congrats all!
I adore teaching and take student engagement seriously.
As I say to my classes – I work to create the kind of class I wish I had as a student.
My teaching and learning pedagogy is underpinned by a commitment to community, care, confidence and curiosity.
I feel very honoured to be working with such amazing people who are up for exploring alternative ideas, working hard, sharing experiences, expanding knowledge and having a bit of fun along the way.
A massive big THANK YOU!
Thank you to all the managers, course convenors, colleagues and students who nominated me.
I was overwhelmed and very moved by the amount of thought and enthusiasm people put into my nomination. Award nominees are not told who nominated them – but you know who you are – and THANK YOU!
Also, a massive thank you to all the other staff and students who wrote in, supplied references and filled out end of course SET (Student Evaluations of Teaching) surveys that helped evidence my nomination.
Below is some anonymous student feedback about my teaching from previous classes. Such feedback is heart-warming, motivating and humbling.
GAET Award Categories
Each year, Griffith Excellence in Teaching Awards recognise 15 categories:
- 4 Group Excellence in Teaching Awards, one for each Griffith Academic Group (Arts, Education & Law, Health, Business & Sciences)
- 4 Group Educational Leadership Awards (one for each Academic Group)
- 4 Group Active Learning Awards (one for each Academic Group)
- 3 Excellence in Teaching Priority Area Awards one for each of the three categories:
- Early Career Award
- Sessional Academic Staff Award
- Innovative Assessment Award
GAET Award Assessment Criteria
Some people have asked me what/how the GAET is awarded. The GAETs are assessed based on submissions responding to criteria one, three and four (below) only, but may also include criteria two and five (optional).
- Criterion 1: What approaches to teaching and learning have you employed to influence, motivate and inspire students to learn?
- Criterion 2: What curricula, resources or services have you developed that reflect a command of the field? (OPTIONAL)
- Criterion 3: What approaches to assessment and feedback do you incorporate that foster independent learning?
- Criterion 4: What evaluation practices do you employ that bring about improvements in teaching and learning?
- Criterion 5: What innovation, leadership or scholarship has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience in your practice? (OPTIONAL)
Find out more about the award winners at the Griffith Celebrating Remarkable Teachers website.