First Year Teaching Forum
2009 First Year Teaching Forum
Welcome to the 2009 First Year Teaching Forum (FYTF) website.
We will be adding information to this site over the few weeks, but here are the important points to get us started …
All staff involved in, or interested in, first year teaching and transition issues are warmly invited to attend the 2009 First Year Teaching Forum. The FYTF is an initiative of the Student Transition and Retention Taskforce aimed at providing staff teaching and involved in first year with a forum to discuss and improve the first year experience at UTAS.
When and Where
This year the Forum will be held on Tuesday the 27th of October, from 10.00am - 3.30pm in the UniCentre on the Sandy Bay Campus in Hobart.
Keynote Speakers
Professor Keithia Wilson (Griffith University): Professor Wilson was the 2007 recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year, and was Keynote Speaker at the recent First Year in Higher Education Conference.
Associate Professor Alf Lizzio (Griffith University): Associate Professor Lizzio was a 2008 recipient of an ALTC Teaching Excellence Award.
This year's forum theme focuses on implementing a transition pedagogy, following on from Professor Sally Kift's Keynote Address to the FYTF in 2008 on the principles of First Year Curriculum Design. Professor Wilson and Associate Professor Lizzio will speak about `Institutional and Programmatic Interventions for Success in First Year'.
Program
The program was released on 30 September 2009 and is available at: First Year Teaching Forum 2009 Program [PDF, 16KB]
Registration
This year, participants in the FYTF can opt to register for the morning tea and keynote session only, or to register for the full forum (including lunch). The afternoon program for the FYTF will include discussion and workshops regarding the implementation of a transition pedagogy at UTAS.
Register at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=tvJ5ipbGOl8FpjDN495spA_3d_3d.
(A free bus will be provided to transport staff from the Launceston campus, and support is available with transportation requirements from the Cradle Coast campus.)
Regards,
2009 FYTF Team
Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching