Leading a Programme session 2Plan

What
What is the title of your session? What kind of session is it (interactive lecture, seminar, practical etc.) What level is it set? What is your microteaching-learning outcome? Does it reflect the level of learning? / Session Title:
Session Type: workshop
Level: 7
Unit Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
  1. critically review the role of programme leaders in relation to the student lifecycle from outreach to alumni contacts
  2. produce an effective and evidence-based programme development plan
  3. critically evaluate their own approaches to leadership in Higher Education with relation to key theories and institutional policies
  4. situate their own professional development plan in the context of national, institutional and departmental priorities
Session Learning Outcome(s):
At the end of the session participants should be able to:
1)evaluate the frequency with which different programme leadership tasks should be completed, and roughly how much time they may take
2)evaluate the use of specific quantitative data such as ISS or NSS to inform programme development
3)consider how particular issues such as socialisation can be investigated and used to inform programme planning
Each of these session outcomes contributes to Unit Learning Outcomes 1 and 2.
When
Remember that you will need to keep to time (15 minutes for microteaching). / Date:20/02/14
Time:9-10:45am
Duration:1 hour 45
Where
What facilities do you have available? What will you need to bring (also see resources in your plan below)? Do you have a plan B in case you encounter a problem with the room or equipment? / Room:Delaney 0-09
Facilities:Computer with presentation software; data projector
Resources: programme leader task cards; flipchart and pens
The session is being peer-reviewed and filmed for training purposes, and a member of the Faculty senior management team has asked to sit in on the session as well. Thus there are three additional people in the room and some additional activity going on, which I need to be aware of.
How and Why
What techniques are you using when undertaking you teaching? Why have you selected these approaches? How will you assess that your students have achieved the learning outcome? / Approaches to learning:
This is a workshop with a practical group activity, followed by discussions. Participants will be expected to follow instructions and use this experience to develop their own ideas about how they should organise their time in programme leadership. (Constructivism)
Who and Why
What assumptions have you made about your learners? What strategies have you put in place to ensure an inclusive classroom? / My Students:
The group is fairly mixed in terms of experience of programme leadership. All will have worked with one or more programme leaders, so will have experience of how different programmes may be organised and managed.
I know everyone in the group fairly well. Nobody has declared a disability or particular learning need. Everyone usually participates to some extent. Everyone is busy and we are very pressed for time on this unit.
I expect that most people will have done part of the preparation(reading an article) but may not have been able to find all of the statistics they may need. I will bring with me a set of NSS data for the university which people can use if they can’t find anything more personalised.
Time (mins) / Activity Description / Activity Type / Resources needed
10 min / Plenary: Introduction to the session.Explanation about visitors to classroom. Giving out and asking participants to complete Post-its during the session regarding their particular interests and anything they may need help with.
Re-introductions / Presentation / PowerPoint; data projector; two sets of different coloured Post-its.
20 min / Group activity (groups formed by choice, although I may divide them depending on size/balance) / Discussion and card sorting: aim is to produce an annual plan of work for the programme leader / Cards prepared following their input from previous session; flipchart paper and pens
10 min / Discussion / Plenary: asking groups for views / None
10 min / Plenary: Uses of data to inform decision-making / Presentation / PowerPoint; data projector
15 min / Group activity: looking at data and discussing how it might be used / Small group discussion / BYOD to access data online; NSS data which I’ve brought with me if needed.
10 min / Discussion / Plenary: asking groups for views / None
15 min / Group activity: reviewing the article which they were asked to read and discussing how it could be used to inform planning. / Small group discussion / None; BYOD to access article online if needed
10 min / Discussion / Plenary: asking groups for views / None
5 min / Plenary: reminder about Post-its; tasks for next session / Presentation / none

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