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Teaching Capability Framework
At Deakin, we recognise that enhancing the capabilities of our teaching teams is one of the most important ways we can ensure a high-quality experience for our learners. The Deakin Teaching Capability Framework is designed to guide capability development of staff whose roles contribute to teaching and learning at Deakin.
The framework recognises four key professional domains of teaching and learning that encompass both academic and professional roles.
The dimensions of the framework have been articulated for the four professional domains. Choose the domain that is most relevant to your context. You may find that your practice operates across more than one of the domains. The practices identified are not exhaustive and not everyone will engage in all the practices shown in the framework.
Select the relevant domain to see the relevant framework for that context.
Design
learning opportunities
Deliver
teaching interactions
Enable
learning experiences
Lead
teaching teams
The framework articulates the central capacities that are important for staff in each of the four professional domains: Professional Values, Core Knowledge and Areas of Activity. This framework will help us to identify and articulate good practice in learning and teaching, and will drive our professional learning activities. Each of the values, core knowledge and activities are aligned to the Deakin Design Principles and Practices which represent a practice-led and evidence-informed approach to the design and delivery of teaching, learning, assessment and feedback activities at Deakin.
Who is the framework for?
At Deakin, teaching and supporting learning is a collaborative, multidisciplinary activity undertaken by those who design, deliver, enable and lead learning and teaching, in both academic and professional roles. The following overview shows some of these roles and the professional domain in which they may work, recognising that many staff work across a range of domains. When you are using the Teaching Capability Framework, you can choose the domain or domains that are most relevant for your context.
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DESIGN
Those who design learning opportunities at Deakin work together in their context to design curriculum, resources, pedagogical strategies, learning activities, assessment and ways to use technology in learning.
Design roles
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DELIVER
Those who deliver teaching, learning, assessment and feedback activities at Deakin on-campus, in workplaces, online and in communities.
Deliver roles
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ENABLE
Those who enable learner experiences at Deakin provide resources, structures and services which support student learning.
Enable roles
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LEAD
Those who lead teaching teams at Deakin influence and impact on others learning and teaching practice. They work to build capability of teaching teams to provide premium experiences to our learners.
Lead roles
What are the range of capabilities required for effective practice in teaching and learning support?
The Teaching Capability Framework describes fifteen capabilities aligned to the DeakinDesign Principles and Practice and the Professional Standards Framework (2023). These capabilities outline how we act, what we need to know, and what we do to ensure effective practice in teaching and learning support within our context at Deakin.
PROFESSIONAL VALUES
How we act
The Professional Values should be demonstrated in our teaching and learning practice.
- V1 Respect individual and diverse groups of learners
- V2 Promote engagement in learning and equity of opportunity
- V3 Use evidence-informed approaches
- V4 Respond to the wider higher education context
- V5 Collaborate with others to enhance practice
CORE KNOWLEDGE
What we need to know
Core Knowledge describes what we need to know in order to be able to effectively teach and support learning in our context.
- K1 How learners learn
- K2 Approaches to teaching and supporting learning
- K3 Critical evaluation of practice
- K4 Appropriate use of technologies and resources for learning
- K5 Requirements for quality assurance and enhancement
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
What we do
The Areas of Activity are the core activities we undertake as professionals in higher education.
- A1 Design and plan learning
- A2 Teach and support learning
- A3 Assess and give feedback
- A4 Support and guide learners
- A5 Enhance practice through professional development
Using the framework
For individuals
As an individual, aligning your practice to the Teaching Capability Framework will assist you to:
- understand the Professional Values, Core Knowledge and Areas of Activity that are important for Deakin staff
- reflect on your current teaching and learning practice and identify strengths and capabilities that could be further developed
- identify areas of your practice for collaborative reflection through peer supported teaching practice
- identify suitable professional learning activities to build your capability
- use as a starting point for conversations about professional learning and career development as part of your DeakinAchieve
- identify practice that you can use as evidence in applications for recognition and reward such as promotion, awards and HE Fellowships.
For leaders in learning and teaching
You can use the Teaching Capability Framework in your leadership of teaching and learning to:
- provide a basis for conversations about learning and teaching practice at a course/faculty/University level
- reflect on the strengths of your team’s current teaching and learning capabilities at a course/faculty/University level
- inform the design of professional learning activities to build capability at a course/faculty/University level
- identify areas of practice that can be used as evidence in applications for awards by teaching teams.
Creating a teaching evidence portfolio with PebblePad
We have developed a template you can use to develop a teaching evidence portfolio using PebblePad, to support any of the uses of the Teaching Capability Framework.
When you save your portfolio for the first time, you will have created a copy in your Assets. Go to the ‘Getting started’ and ‘Introduction to your portfolio’ tabs in the portfolio to find out more about how to use PebblePad.
How to create your own teaching evidence portfolio.
1. Navigate to PebblePad Teaching Evidence Portfolio
2. Select ‘Deakin University’ from the drop-down menu
3. Select ’I have a Deakin staff/learner account’
4. Sign in using SSO to access your portfolio
Using the TCF to support your professional learning
The development of professional interactions amongst teaching and learning staff is an important component of our professional learning activities at Deakin. Our professional learning is designed to acknowledge, value and provide support for a multiplicity of formal and informal experiences to build capability. Professional learning opportunities are listed below, along with the areas of activity, core knowledge and professional values that they develop.
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