One of our ABS Staff, Dr Peter Williams, was recently nominated as the external representative for the Learning and Teaching Committee at Alphacrucis College, based in Parramatta, Sydney.
The terms of reference for the committee include carrying out the work of the Alphacrucis College Academic Board in the following areas:
- Student assessment standards, policies, guidelines, practices, comparisons, evaluation of internal monitoring and external moderation;
- Good practice, review and improvement in pedagogy;
- Professional development of faculty in learning and teaching related areas, fostering of academic scholarship activities and overseeing the mentoring of new faculty;
- Review of new and revised subject outlines;
- Ensuring currency of Faculty Register;
- Other matters as referred by Academic Board concerning program quality, curriculum standards, academic integrity, misconduct and related issues;
- Other tasks as guided by the Alphacrucis Learning and Teaching Plan.
Peter currently chairs the Learning and Teaching Committee for the Faculty of Education, Business and Science here at Avondale University College, and is happy to be broadening his experience in the Learning and Teaching space.