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Membership Requirements for the Teaching and Learning Academy

Membership to the Academy will bring with it the usual features of a professional membership, that is, discipline around professional development, an independent disciplinary voice and a set of professional ethics and standards for university educators at JCU.

Membership categories include:

  • Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) or Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citation Recipients,

  • ALTC or DEEWR OLT Program Award Recipients,

  • JCU Faculty Citation Recipients,

  • Staff with extensive teaching and learning publishing records,

  • Staff with significant teaching and learning roles in Schools, Faculties or Divisions, for example:

    • Associate Dean Teaching and Learning,

    • Faculty Scholar,

    • Curriculum Scholar,

    • Director Teaching and Learning in School/Discipline/Department,

    • Course Coordinator,

    • Faculty Registrar,

    • Academic Adviser.

  • Staff with a leadership role in relation to a Curriculum Refresh project,

  • Staff with another significant teaching and learning role, for example:

    • Recognised by peers as an outstanding teacher,

    • Learning Adviser,

    • Academic Developer,

    • First Year Coordinator.

There will be two-yearly requirements to maintain membership, in the form of a collection of professional development points obtained through attendance and participation at in-house seminars and workshops, presentations or attendances at teaching and learning related conferences, publications in teaching and learning, and teaching and learning grants and awards or continued service in a significant teaching and learning role.