ERIC Number: EJ1125039
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 14
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Using Quality Enhancement Processes to Achieve Sustainable Development and Support for Sessional Staff
Lekkas, D.; Winning, T. A.
International Journal for Academic Development, v22 n1 p70-83 2017
Consistent with quality enhancement, we report on how we used a continuous improvement cycle to formalise and embed an academic development and support programme for our School's sessional staff. Key factors in establishing and maintaining the programme included: local change agents supported initially by institutional project funding; School support for key academic and administrative roles; timely access to reports and tools from nationally-funded projects and sessional staff input. Reviewing our approach against national standards highlighted ongoing actions while collaboration with academic developers is critical for advancing our understanding and reviewing our approaches in our continuously changing context.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adjunct Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Temporary Employment, Faculty Development, Change Agents, Educational Improvement, Administrator Role, Access to Information, National Standards, Educational Development, Teacher Surveys, Likert Scales, Benchmarking, Educational Quality, Data Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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