Peer Sharing Practice_Open Class_Class Observation Booklet

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Open Classes showcase examples of teaching excellence, articulate instructional practices and facilitate discussions about high quality teaching and learning.

Open Class complements Peer Sharing Practice to further enable mentoring and collegial sharing opportunities among academic staff.

Class Observations are conducted to provide feedback on teaching techniques and delivery for new hires or lecturers who need to enhance competency in teaching and learning.

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Peer Sharing Practice (PSP) is a form of peer learning to encourage observation of collegial teaching and learning practices in the arts within the setting of a classroom.

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OPEN CLASS Purpose

Open classes are conducted:

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To showcase effective teaching practices in the cultivation of students’ understanding, competence and artistic awareness.

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To highlight excellent teaching practices in our learning environment.

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To document quality in the Arts pedagogy, among teaching staff.

Scope

Full-time and part- time lecturers can participate in open classes.

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Procedure Frequency

All Schools should have at least one open class session each semester.

Full-time lecturers are to observe one open class each academic year.

PR oversees registrations for the open classes, the management of frontof-house duties and co-ordinates logistical, filming and other technical arrangements; with support from the School concerned.

Part-time lecturers are strongly encouraged to observe open classes.

Feedback and follow-up actions

Administrative arrangements

Each Open Class observer will fill out an Open Class Feedback form and submit it to PR within 5 days after the session.

The Dean of a School (DoS) will propose Open Classes to be offered semester.

The Pedagogy and Research unit (PR) will schedule the Open Class with DoS and lecturers involved, and disseminate details (titles of modules, nature of classes, venues, dates, times, observers limits etc.)

PR then collates the feedback of an open class and sends a summary of the comments and / or recommendations, if any, to DoS by semester end.

PR is to archive the poster, programme sheet and film of every open class.

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CLASS OBSERVATION Purpose

To provide feedback on teaching techniques and delivery.

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To enhance the teaching competency of the observed lecturer.

Procedure

The observer connects with the observee to fix the date and time of the observation.

To gauge the level of student learning and engagement.

When there are two staff member teaching observers, they may choose to observe the same class session or two different class sessions.

To improve preparation and organisation of classes.

Class Observation Report

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Both full-time and parttime lecturers undergo class observations.

The observer will include, as far as is possible, concrete qualitative points to explain the awarded quantitative ratings.

This is within the context and content of the session observed. The report must be submitted to the specific Dean’s Office, or the OAA within 5 working days.

CLASS OBSERVATION Post-observation reflection

Upon receiving the post observation reflection form from the Dean, the observee needs to fill it out, responding to the observer’s feedback, and submit this form to his/her specific Dean within 5 working days.

The Dean may hold a discussion session with either the observer/ observee, or with both,

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if there is a need to clarify any point or comment stated in the class observation report.

The Dean will then comment on the observations/ recommendations of the observer as well as the responses of the observee.

The Dean will deposit a copy of the completed observation report to HR and PR in the shared drive.

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Peer Sharing

Practice

Scope

Participation

Both full-time and part-time lecturers of all Schools should participate in PSP class sessions, either as the host or as an observer.

Vice Deans are to email PR a list of lecturers who are to take part in the Practice in the upcoming semester before its beginning.

Procedure

PR will make necessary arrangements for the observers to choose their preferred class session as offered by the hosting lecturers, 5 days before the session.

Frequency At least twice every two years, confirmed full-time lecturers participate as the host and once as an observer.

The observer(s) and the host are to confirm the date/time of class visit and to discuss matters

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concerning the visitation, if any. All visits are to be held by the 15th week of the semester.

Reporting Reflections The observer is to submit his report of observation via the Peer Sharing Practice Report in the EAS online portal, within two weeks after the class session visit.

The observer may save the report in EAS and re-login any time again within the two weeks,

to complete and submit it. PR will analyse the reports and send a copy with its comments and/ or recommendations to the respective Vice Dean and DoS at the end of the semester for further actions, if any.

The hosting lecturer of a class session has the right to view the observer’s report and the request for the PR to view.

Pedagogy &

Research Unit NAFA 2020