Presenters: sparq at CIT Cliona Hatano Roisin O'Grady ...sparq at CIT stands for Students as...
sparq at CIT stands for Students as Partners in Quality and is a programme of AnSEO. Under sparq at CIT, students have the opportunity to enhance the quality of their educaon through a partnership approach. sparq at CIT aims to enhance the learning experience through purposeful and facilitated conversaons between staff and students and subsequent acon from the feedback provided. sparq at CIT is being undertaken with the expert input of NStEP (Naonal Student Engagement Programme) and sparqs (Student Partnership in Quality, Scotland) Office, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Naonal Student Engagement Programme: Supporng Partnership in Pracce Under the Irish Naonal Student Engagement Programme (NStEP), training is provided for class representaves to equip them with the skills and confidence to engage at an Instuonal level with issues relang to the quality of their learning. NStEP is a programme of HEA, QQI and USI. sparq at CIT Student Engagement Office (AnSEO) Presenters: Cliona Hatano Roisin O'Grady, Marese Bermingham What is sparq at CIT? Impact of sparq at CIT Future Plans Stronger, more purposeful partnership between CITSU and CIT management and staff. Greater engagement in quality systems by staff and students. Development of the Class Rep role. Enhances the feeling of “belonging”. Feedback from sparq at CIT activities informs Teaching & Learning Unit acvies. Greater levels of engagement by staff in Teaching & Learning Unit acvies. Development of the class representave system including training and upskilling under the NStEP programme. Development of staff and their understanding of meaningful student engagement and partnership. Further sparq at CIT events in conjuncon with departments and schools. Reaching a more diverse student body – engaging with students from all groups to include part-me students, mature students, students with disabilies, work based students, on-line students, internaonal students and students from ethnic minority groups. Recognising the need for all staff to connue developing acons to enhance the student experience, CIT established an Instute Strategic Student Engagement and Retenon Iniave in September 2012, now called the Student Engagement Office (AnSEO). sparq at CIT Cork Instute of Technology 2 Facules: Engineering and Science Business and Humanies 4 Constuent Colleges: CIT Bishopstown CIT Crawford College of Art and Design CIT Cork School of Music Naonal Marime College of Ireland 12,000 Registered Students: 8,000 are full-me and the remaining students are part-me 2,500 new entries year on year Challenges Faced Increasing awareness of sparq at CIT across the instute with further engagement from academic departments. The need for staff & students to be “engagement ready” – trained and prepared to listen, give appropriate feedback and potenally take acon. Embedding the idea of students as co-creators of their educaon. Creang & developing a culture of partnership at CIT. sparq at CIT Events Typical sparq at CIT events include facilitated and purposeful conversaons between students, teaching staff and other stakeholders at the college. Example: TableTalk Lunch in CIT’s Training Restaurant, a mix of - 24 class representaves, - 8 academic staff, - 8 facilitators had themed discussions in small groups based on student experiences. The theme of the event was the “First Year Experience”. Feedback from the lunch was overwhelmingly posive with 100% of the aendees reporng they would recommend the event to a colleague. Closing the Feedback Loop Feedback from students and staff aending these consultaons informs what modificaons can be made to teaching and learning, and can also be useful to explore how students can contribute to overcoming some of the issues raised in the feedback. Feedback is given in a number of ways: - The Head of Dept or relevant teaching staff can give a verbal report back to the class. - The Class Rep reports back to the class on developments. - Emails can be sent to all students involved with a report on the results and subsequent acons. - Staff can post informaon on a restricted-access website such as Blackboard. Would 100% recommend it! There was no pressure to talk so it was very easy for me to get my points across Do the same again, it was a great experience! Untitled-1 1 20/06/2017 16:09:31
Transcript of Presenters: sparq at CIT Cliona Hatano Roisin O'Grady ...sparq at CIT stands for Students as...
sparq at CIT stands for Students as Partners in Quality and is a programme of AnSEO.
Under sparq at CIT, students have the opportunity to enhance the quality of their education through a partnership approach.
sparq at CIT aims to enhance the learning experience through purposeful and facilitated conversations between staff and students and subsequent action from the feedback provided.
sparq at CIT is being undertaken with the expert input of NStEP (National Student Engagement Programme) and sparqs (Student Partnership in Quality, Scotland) Office, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The National Student Engagement Programme: Supporting Partnership in Practice Under the Irish National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP), training is provided for class representatives to equip them with the skills and confidence to engage at an Institutional level with issues relating to the quality of their learning. NStEP is a programme of HEA, QQI and USI.
sparq at CITStudent Engagement Office (AnSEO)
Presenters:Cliona Hatano
Roisin O'Grady,Marese Bermingham
What is sparq at CIT?
Impact of sparq at CIT
Future Plans
Stronger, more purposeful partnership between CITSU and CIT management and staff.
Greater engagement in quality systems by staff and students.
Development of the Class Rep role.
Enhances the feeling of “belonging”.
Feedback from sparq at CIT activities informs Teaching & Learning Unit activities.
Greater levels of engagement by staff in Teaching & Learning Unit activities.
Development of the class representative system including training and upskilling under the NStEP programme.
Development of staff and their understanding of meaningful student engagement and partnership.
Further sparq at CIT events in conjunction with departments and schools.
Reaching a more diverse student body – engaging with students from all groups to include part-time students, mature students, students with disabilities, work based students, on-line students, international students and students from ethnic minority groups.
Recognising the need for all staff to continue developing actions to enhance the student experience, CIT established an Institute Strategic Student Engagement and Retention Initiative in September 2012, now called the Student Engagement Office (AnSEO).
sparqat CIT
Cork Institute of Technology
2 Faculties: Engineering and Science Business and Humanities
4 Constituent Colleges: CIT BishopstownCIT Crawford College of Art and DesignCIT Cork School of MusicNational Maritime College of Ireland
12,000 Registered Students: 8,000 are full-time and the remaining students are part-time2,500 new entries year on year
Challenges Faced
Increasing awareness of sparq at CIT across the institute with further engagement from academic departments.
The need for staff & students to be “engagement ready” – trained and prepared to listen, give appropriate feedback and potentially take action.
Embedding the idea of students as co-creators of their education.
Creating & developing a culture of partnership at CIT.
sparq at CIT EventsTypical sparq at CIT events include facilitated and purposeful conversations between students, teaching staff and other stakeholders at the college.
Example: TableTalk Lunch in CIT’s Training Restaurant, a mix of- 24 class representatives, - 8 academic staff, - 8 facilitators had themed discussions in small groups based on student experiences. The theme of the event was the “First Year Experience”.
Feedback from the lunch was overwhelmingly positive with 100% of the attendees reporting they would recommend the event to a colleague.
Closing the Feedback Loop
Feedback from students and staff attending these consultations informs what modifications can be made to teaching and learning, and can also be useful to explore how students can contribute to overcoming some of the issues raised in the feedback.
Feedback is given in a number of ways:- The Head of Dept or relevant teaching staff can give a verbal report back to the class.- The Class Rep reports back to the class on developments.- Emails can be sent to all students involved with a report on the results and subsequent actions.- Staff can post information on a restricted-access website such as Blackboard.
Would 100% recommend it!There was no pressure to talk so it was very easy for me to get my points across
Do the same again, it was a great experience!
Untitled-1 1 20/06/2017 16:09:31
